Highrise Tower Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Greystar Buffalo Speedway Total Cost: $42,365,000 Scope of Work: 378-Unit, 3-Story surfaced parking, garden style apartment complex. Owner: Greystar Development Architect: Meeks + Partners 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 Lots of For Sale signs on Buffalo Speedway. I believe this is the sign and property? 2.5 Acres close to West Airport. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 Plan review permit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 Deforestation has started. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aachor Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Maybe someone who is more familiar with the history of the city can explain this. Why is it that there is this massive stretch of seemingly mostly untouched forest between Bellfort and Airport, right off of south main, and so close to the loop? How did it go so long without being developed, despite development on all sides and to the south, even farther from the loop? Was something in this area previously? Was there some sort of planned greenbelt at one time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) Oil drilling back in the early 1920's -40's, underground salt domes used for storage caverns for crude oil, sand pits and old trash dumps. Wildcat Golf Club was a trash dump years ago before it was converted to a golf course in the late 90's to 00's Edited January 15 by hindesky 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) 38 minutes ago, aachor said: Maybe someone who is more familiar with the history of the city can explain this. Why is it that there is this massive stretch of seemingly mostly untouched forest between Bellfort and Airport, right off of south main, and so close to the loop? How did it go so long without being developed, despite development on all sides and to the south, even farther from the loop? Was something in this area previously? Was there some sort of planned greenbelt at one time? Wildcat Golf Club was a landfill. The big green square on the right was a landfill (and becoming a solar farm). The main area had oil wells on it IIRC. Edited January 15 by wilcal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rechlin Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 More about it here: This map shows the oil wells in that area; the left side of the circle below more or less matches up with the area you circled above: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aachor Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 11 minutes ago, rechlin said: More about it here: This map shows the oil wells in that area; the left side of the circle below more or less matches up with the area you circled above: This is some awesome history. Thank you all! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toxtethogrady Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 On 1/14/2022 at 6:30 PM, aachor said: Maybe someone who is more familiar with the history of the city can explain this. Why is it that there is this massive stretch of seemingly mostly untouched forest between Bellfort and Airport, right off of south main, and so close to the loop? How did it go so long without being developed, despite development on all sides and to the south, even farther from the loop? Was something in this area previously? Was there some sort of planned greenbelt at one time? For a long time, the entire south side, especially around the Dome, was not able to develop because City utilities did not reach it. Also, 288 was not built. Both of those developments, which occurred in the '80s, allowed both commercial and residential development to extend southward. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) Architects - http://www.meekspartners.com Edited March 14 by hindesky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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