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NexGen Fitness is expected to open at 40-50 Fountain Plaza this fall. In addition, NexGen Fitness is unveiling NexGen Recovery, a revolutionary addition to the private training, offering recovery and rejuvenation in infrared saunas and a state-of-the-art salt room.

Douglas Jemal's Douglas Development Corp. has hired Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. to manage Seneca One tower and fill up its commercial space, taking another step forward in its effort to remake Buffalo's tallest skyscraper.

A national provider of upscale flexible office space is coming to Seneca One Tower. Serendipity Labs, which offers safe, secure and on-demand offices for companies of all sizes, has signed a 10-year lease to open a new location in Buffalo's tallest building.

Building owners are actively considering capital improvements that may reduce the transmission of COVID-19, such as HVAC system upgrades, UV lighting technologies, antimicrobial building materials and touchless technologies.

Crews deal with high temperatures while working to complete two Ciminelli developments, the 201 Ellicott Project and The West End.

Ciminelli is among the companies adding adhesive disinfectant strips to door handles in common areas. “When organic material comes in contact with it, like this virus, it starts going to town and starts an oxidation process that destroys the organic material,” said Chris Keenan, Sr. VP of Property Management at Ciminelli.

"The smartest way to be a good home provider is to invest in the resident experience," Artie Vanderpool of Ciminelli said. "Now that we have Whose Your Landlord surveying our tenants and providing us with such positive feedback and actionable items, we can take our capital and use it to create a sense of home. "

Located on a 2.4-acre parcel at 240-260 Lakefront Boulevard, the 20 three-story townhouses will each have three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, a two-car attached garage, and 2,700 to 3,500 sq.ft. of living space.

During Paul's interview with Buffalo Rising, numerous pertinent issues facing Buffalo’s development scene were discussed, including preservation, the mega-region, parking lots, walkability, weather, and condos.

Ciminelli confirmed that all of the urban fill soil has been removed from the site at 201 Ellicott St. as part of a state-supervised remediation. That effort will eventually see the 2.5-acre site readied for construction into a 220,000-square-foot development after decades as a city-owned parking lot.