A recent lawsuit, Chicago Housing Authority v. Destefano & Partners, resulted in a ruling that says project owners and developers may not allocate liability for Americans with Disabilities Act claims to architects, contractors or other project participants. Though the ...

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Success is catchy, Buckingham Properties CEO and Managing Partner Laurence Glazer remarked in May at the official start of construction on The Tower at Midtown. Many city leaders believe the infectious optimism Glazer and his wife Jane Glazer demonstrated in ...

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The clock on a 10-day right of first refusal to purchase the Clover Lanes Inc. bowling alley property in Brighton began ticking when Mario and Flora Daniele received their first notice of a potential sale, not when it was mailed, ...

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SWBR Architects, a Rochester-based firm, announced completion of the first phase of Judson Meadows, a five-phase 48 acre full senior community campus for Baptist Health in Albany. The firm served as lead architect on the $10.5 million assignment. SWBR provided ...

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With an end to a political stalemate that jeopardized the construction of a Costco store as part of the massive CityGate development project, developer Anthony Costello predicts work to clear the site will begin soon in order to meet the ...

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It should come as no shock to Rochester planners that residents cited a lack of retail in the Center City as a reason — the top one, in fact, with more than 2,000 respondents — that discourages people from visiting ...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent bus tour highlighting the Midtown development project, Eastman Business Park and University of Rochester may have paid off, to the tune of $96.2 million. The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council was awarded the most funding ...

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Patrick Ralleo opened the State Street Bakery and Eatery about two months ago, partly because he is a Rochesterian but also because he saw a need in the downtown area. Ralleo heard from people who thought it would be nice ...

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal challenging a federal rule that bars development on 50 million acres of roadless areas in national forests.   The justices ruled Monday they will leave in place a ...

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Rochester has entered into a new partnership with North East Area Development Inc. on building deconstruction in the Beechwood Neighborhood. NEAD obtained a $42,000 grant last week from the state Department of Conservation to engage teenage city students in a ...

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Buckingham Properties has cleared the former site of Olympic Bowl at 1350 Scottsville Road to make way for new economic development. The 6.65 acre site has utilities for new construction of a modern industrial, manufacturing or distribution facility ...

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SALAMANCA — The Seneca Nation of Indians is convening a daylong meeting with economic development leaders from New York and Pennsylvania. Thursday's meeting will focus on collaboration between the western New York tribe and officials ...

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