Where is the President of Buffalo State.....and Councilman Golombek....have they heard of the redevelopment plans for the Pierce Arrow Complex?

Now I wonder what other developments could happen if Buffalo State were to stop turning down their 10,000 applicants per year and grew their student population by 30% to 50%.

As I said, it would change the face of Grant, Tonawanda and Amherst Streets...as well as Forest and Niagara.

But I guess there is only so much that can be done by an unqualified patronage appointment....that needed to fill a quota for diversity....maybe if she just skipped a hair and nail appointment she might actually be able to think about something other than herself....like a 5 year plan for Buffalo State growth!

and dont tell me about a sports stadium...how much of an increase in jobs and/or students are going to be created from the addition of a sports stadium....thats a quality of life issue....and if your turning down 10,000 applications per year....you would be a moron to refuse to think about how to grow your college!

WOW !!! Turning away 10,000 students ? If this indeed is true....WAKE UP Buff State!!! If I sold anything, and there was more of a demand than supply....I would make more of my product.

The president of Buff State is a waste! She has a goldmine of a property adjacent to the campus (Richardson Complex) and has strongly expressed that the college will have nothing to do with it, except maybe tear down the smaller structures and pave the land for more parking. Time to petition for a new president. This is a great opportunity for Buffalo to grow by accepting more students.

This sounds like a perfect fit. There can’t possibly be anyone or anything that can get in the way of this project. This area has everything a student could want within close proximity (grocery store, bowling, hamburgers , BBQ, thrift shop, porn etc)

I'd imagine its got a perfect open floor plan for student housing and mixed development... another hopefull check to the win column!

Student housing on the Elmwood hotel site would be sweet justice

Chris69 is correct, Buffalo State could probably grow their student population by 30% to 50%.

Buffalo State has an enrollment of roughly 11,000 students. In 2006, 10,000 students applied for admission, of which roughly 5,000 were accepted and 3,000 enrolled. Presumably, Buffalo State could increase their acceptances to a level where 4,000 incoming students would enroll each year, increasing total enrollment to maybe 15,000 or so. How much they would have to lower their admissions standards to do this, I don’t know.

Data here: http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/

But Buffalo State is pretty much an awful neighbor to the Elmwood and Grant Street neighborhoods. Compare the Forbes Avenue neighborhood in Pittsburgh with Pitt and CMU to Grant Street and the difference is like night and day.

A note to those who are commenting on Buff State enrollment. A 50% acceptance rate is not that good. Top colleges accept 10% or less. To advocate that the college lower its standards is silly talk. Raise the standards and raise the prestige first.

Bringing this building online with people would be huge to bringing the northern section of Elmwood alive. You would no longer need to cater to those with cars like it currently does and could start to infill site along the strip (at least south of Hertel) with nicer, more urban buildings.

Would anyone know who owns the lot @ Hertel and Elmwood? Always wondered why that plot has never been looked at for much... But back to the PA building - Just seems like this would extend the Elmwood Villiage. More people walikng and assist businesses along that stretch.

Sweet! Condos? The $100K range came to mind immediately, at least that’s what I and apparently everyone else on this site wants to see. And yeah the corner of Elmwood and Hertel is hideous w/ that porn shop and empty lot and closed doughnut shop. Something you wouldn’t think to see and the intersection of two of the best streets in the city.

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Buffalo State would be wise to expand the campus and academic programs gradually to accomodate additional enrollment. This can happen without compromising educational quality; in fact, Buff State can be more choosy from an academic standards perspective because demand is hot. The UB 2020 model is a good start. Increasing student enrollment by say 5,000 over the next ten years with a strategic focus on a quality campus tied to the Richardson Complex and on adjacent neighborhoods would be a huge benefit to the city.

With great additions to all of the academia housing, it might be time to start thinking of adding a new college, maybe something i v y......