Some Buffaloninans give their perspective on the $260 million redevelopment Perry Apartments in Buffalo.
7 News reporter Yoselin Person spoke with long-time Buffalonian Franklin Parmer who feels this project is long overdue, but is glad action will soon happen.
“We need more housing especially for the lower income. Like the rent is high,” he says. “No one can afford a two thousand dollar a month rent.”
The executive director of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority Gillian Brown says his mission was to always save the buildings from continuing to be an eyesore that can be seen right off the 1-90.
“We’ve been working on this really mid to late 2018, and demolishing these vacant buildings at Perry have been a priority of mine for many many years,” Brown says.
Brown says the demolition alone is going to be $7 million.
“We would like and expect the demolition to be complete by the end of 2024, and we are going to be doing construction concurrently with the demolition,” he says.
The owner of Carl-Jeff Barbershop Jerry Daniels is also a long-time Buffalonian.