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Judge backs Ciminelli's 201 Ellicott project

State Supreme Court Justice Emilio Colaiacovo ruled last week that Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. can move forward with its $50 million development.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Following a ruling in State Supreme Court, the proposed mixed-use project at 201 Ellicott Street can proceed.

State Supreme Court Justice Emilio Colaiacovo ruled last week that Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. can move forward with its $50 million development that will turn a downtown parking lot near the Hotel@Lafayette and the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library into a 21,000-square-foot market and 201 apartments. The Ciminelli development team expects to close on the 2.5-acre site at  201 Ellicott Street this week.

Fellow developer Rocco Termini, through his Signature Development Buffalo LLC and seven entities related to his Hotel@TheLafayette, had filed suit against Ciminelli, Braymiller Market, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown along with the city’s planning and zoning board of appeals. The suit alleged that the project — by removing the 375-space surface lot  — would harm Termini's and other nearby businesses. He sought a temporary restraining order preventing the sale of the surface lot and the 14 variances approved the city agencies nullified.

You can read the full story on the Buffalo Business First website.

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