Lots of construction work in Buffalo

Business First reports that there are nearly $225 million of construction work projects are underway within a compact, four-block area of Canalside.

Besides the East Canal park, Benderson Development is investing more than $30 million to transform the former Donovan State Office Building into the One Canalside Building that will house the Phillips Lytle law firm and a 96-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel and just across Scott Street, the Buffalo Sabres have started work on the $172.2 million HarborCenter project. HarborCenter will be anchored by a pair of hockey rinks and a 200-room brand name hotel.

The former Aud site is being transformed into a series of replica Erie Canal waterways. Explore & More Children’s Museum is raising $6 million for its proposed 40,000-square-foot museum that will also go on a portion of the Aud land.  [Read the rest of the story here]

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