A new plan has emerged for the Amherst Bowling Center property at 47 E. Amherst Street. Regan Development is working with HHL Architects on a proposal to demolish the existing 52,000 sq.ft building and replace it with a two- and four-story, 130-unit apartment complex. The project carries a $26 million price tag.
From the Application:
The site will be bifurcated into two areas via a boundary line with each area having a separate building within. The building fronting Pannell Street is proposed as a two-story Stack Unit Type with ground floor commercial space and 10 residential 1 and 2-bedroom dwelling units on the second floor. This building is approximately 23,108 total GSF with 11,554 GSF on the ground floor.
The building fronting on East Amherst Street will wrap around the corner and continue along Holden Street. This building is proposed as a four-story Stacked Unit Type, with 120 residential dwelling units of 1,2 and 3-bedroom unit types. Additional features are two ADA-sized elevators, a tenant community space with kitchenette, tenant storage space, and ancillary building operation areas. This building is approximately 136,060 total GSF and 34,015 GSF on the ground floor.
The site work proposed includes onsite and ROW landscaping and lighting. Tenant playground areas are also proposed along with 34 interior bicycle storage spaces and at least 6 exterior bicycle spaces, including a bicycle repair station. Landscaped walks designed with seating and focal art features will balance out the site with approximately 135 space landscaped parking areas having at least 10 HC spaces.
Exterior Finish systems include Cultured Stone with cement mortar joints, New Brick with cement mortar joints and EFIS.
In 2019, Hormoz Mansouri’s EI Team, Inc. received approvals to construct a five-story, 184-unit apartment building with first floor commercial space and parking for 167 vehicles on the site (below). That project never left the drawing boards.
Regan Development has completed three affordable housing projects in Buffalo, all rehabs of existing buildings: The Packard Building on Main Street, Niagara Gateway at 885 Niagara Street, and The Mill at Crossroads on Doat Street.
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