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Downtown architectural gems, attractions fling open doors free to visitors Saturday

Downtown architectural gems, attractions fling open doors free to visitors Saturday

Buffalo has reinvented itself over the years with a focus on the city’s later 19th- and early 20th-century architecture. The doors to 34 downtown buildings, many from that era, will open free from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, so the public can experience why they garner attention. Visitors will be able to see architectural gems including the Guaranty Building and M&T Gold Dome Bank, ...

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Trailblazers in Building & Real Estate

Trailblazers in Building & Real Estate

Paul Ciminelli has spent close to four decades building his Buffalo-based Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. into an operation with offices in Florida, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and a business presence in eight states. Among its significant achievements have been completing the 350,000-square-foot Conventus medical office building in Buffalo and providing property management work for KeyBank. ...

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2023 Real Estate Review: Office landlords feel the pinch

2023 Real Estate Review: Office landlords feel the pinch

Businesses are fleeing sprawling offices, and experts say the market has plenty of room to fall before it hits bottom. "We have not yet bottomed out. The reason for that is there are still companies with leases that are going to expire in the next few years that are likely to be rightsizing."

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Ciminelli Real Estate begins leadership transition to next generation

Ciminelli Real Estate begins leadership transition to next generation

Paul Ciminelli, longtime president and CEO of Ciminelli Real Estate Corp., named his son, Kyle, as company president this week, anointing him as eventual successor to the top job as part of a planned transition. "My goal has always been to make this a third-generation company," Paul Ciminelli said.

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Q4 2023: The Ciminelli Scoop

Q4 2023: The Ciminelli Scoop

The last newsletter of 2023 is here! The final quarter of 2023 included award winning Ciminelli projects and people, our team's first year attending the WNY Sustainable Business Summit, and an open house at one of our investment properties in Boston, MA!

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Brisk condo sales underway at Bethune Lofts

Brisk condo sales underway at Bethune Lofts

Nearly 45% of the 87 market-rate apartments at the four-story building have now been sold, indicating strong interest in residential ownership in a city that has not traditionally had a large condo market.

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Bethune condo sales near halfway point

Bethune condo sales near halfway point

716 Realty Group has neared the halfway mark with 39 units under contract at The Bethune Lofts condominium project, where Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation is converting the complex's 87 apartments into condos.

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How developer Paul Ciminelli weathers ‘challenging times’

How developer Paul Ciminelli weathers ‘challenging times’

Developer, Paul Ciminelli, shares how he leads Ciminelli through a challenging market by diversifying the company's offerings and learning when to pivot to take advantage of more favorable opportunities.

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