BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A long-anticipated project at Canalside has received the green light from the Buffalo Planning Board, potentially clearing the way for a $190 million mixed-use development to break ground later this year.
Funded through a combination of public and private sources — including state tax credits — the development of the North Aud Block marks a major milestone in the decades-long transformation of the historic waterfront site once central to canal-based commerce.
“It is time to get shovels in the ground — or really, to fill the hole we’ve been looking at for the last 15 years,” said Mark Wendel, president of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation…