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Thread: AM&As paperwork filed in City Hall; $50M project planned

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    Quote Originally Posted by 300miles View Post
    Interesting. Thanks. That actually gives some assurance that it's probably a 'real' project and that, at a minimum, we'll end up with a rehabbed building like you posted earlier.

    NP.

    The good thing about it is it needs to create 10 permanent to my understanding in order for the green card to happen. That means it actually has to open.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leftWNYbecauseofBS View Post
    Breaks for cleanup are valid. Breaks for restoration are valid.

    Heck, I would go as far as to suggest there should be breaks for signature buildings. Consider how much pride and prestige comes from the quality of City Hall or the Guaranty Building. Look at how many people anguish over the demolition of the Larkin Administration Building. All of these have something in common. They are buildings that last the test of time (even for some by memory) and they simply are not made today.

    The problem is you would have developers saying they are building a "signature building" but then again who's opinion would you use? Decades ago when some of the cool buildings were built why weren't incentives needed to make the building special?


    What if there was a program where developers could get breaks to equal the cost of making a building amazing on the exterior? Instead of a box of glass or manufactured concrete panels, developers could invest in their buildings to the point where people who thought of Buffalo thought of those structures.

    I could see if the break equaled the cost of the "amazing" part but what if the "amazing" part means that building will not generate property taxes for 50 years? Sometimes "amazing" cost a lot.
    How does one calculate how much "amazing" costs?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNYresident View Post
    How does one calculate how much "amazing" costs?
    Good question.

    I think you could set some standards for materials and elements. Similar to how energy efficiency credits are applied and historic credits approved. Beyond that, maybe a panel of experts in the industry would need to provide a certification of sorts. You could even develop of formula to compare the quality of the requested structure to it's surroundings. The more requesting structure separates itself the better.

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