By all accounts, the partnership between Terry Pegula and developer Nick Sinatra that centers on the long-stalled $46 million Heritage Point project could be a significant game changer not only for the Canalside and Lower Main Street district but all of downtown Buffalo.
“It’s the tie-breaker,” said Carl Calabrese, former Town of Tonawanda Supervisor and Deputy Erie County Executive. “This is the kind of message that developers are looking for when it comes to Buffalo.”
Since the Covid-19 outbreak in March 2020, the region – and specifically downtown Buffalo – has seen a long laundry list of announced projects either stall or outright head into the development graveyard…