I’ve seen this old mansion a thousand times and always wondered what the future had in store for it. It's situated directly next to the back entrance of what was Latina Market. One of the last visits I paid to Latina Market, I actually walked up to the vacant residence to take a photo and snoop around. Just the other day Peirre Wallinder (WNY Properties) informed me that the house was being sold, so I called on the soon-to-be new owner, Charlie Frederiksen of Frederiksen Development, to ask him what his plans were. “We’re converting the house into eight luxury apartments,” he said. “We picked it up for $315,000 and we’re putting a million into it. We own a bunch of other properties around town… we specialize in restoring old houses.”
The house, located at 249 North Street, is centrally located near the Elmwood District and Allentown. It’s also just a few doors down from Symphony Circle and one of the Karpeles Manuscript Museums. It was built in 1900, and was recently listed as a 9,000 sq,’ historic multi-unit mansion. “We got a call from Pierre asking us to come give an estimate,” Charlie continued. “When we asked the owners what the plan was they said rehab it or sell it. When we found out the price, we bought it. We’ll be closing in the middle of August, and construction will start in September. We want to tackle the exterior before the snow flies. We’re really excited to fix this one up.”
Buffalo Rising will be taking a walk-through of the building in a couple of weeks to show the state of the mansion's interior.