723 Main Street- Glass Wall Please
Avalon Development has signed an anchor tenant for its 723 Main Street renovation project. So what will the revamped property look like? RisingDamp666 on Queenseye’s original post demands, “Please no old-timey facade! Put a glass wall in front of this.” Does this qualify?
Avalon Copy Centers is taking 4000 sq.ft. of the one-story, 5500 sq.ft. building at 723 Main. Chris Jacobs’ Avalon Development has been buying and renovating a string of non-descript buildings on the east side of the 700 block in recent years.
In 2002, Avalon redeveloped the circa-1911 Stokes Seeds Building at 737 Main Street. The three-story building features 18,000 sq.ft. of commercial space that has been a big hit with technology and other firms that can be creative with the loft-like space.
723 Main Street, "after"
723 Main Street, "before"
As an encore, the firm renovated 731 Main Street, re-christened the Swan Building. The 9,000 sq.ft. building features new terra-cotta cladding, dark bronze aluminum windows and doors, and art glazed transoms. According to Chris Jacobs, 731 Main may have been the first new terra cotta building downtown in over 30 years.
Swan Building, 731 Main Street
Last October, Avalon purchased 739-741 Main Street. Full Circle Studios recently moved into the building. The Avalon properties with their high ceilings, exposed brick walls and on-site parking have been a hit with tenants.
Get connected: Avalon Development, 716.856.0810
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gaustad
Prefect! This block is really coming along, Chrus J has vision and will be making good rents off this real soon.
I always had high hopes for this particular block. It is downtown, but yet its own little neighborhod.
Now if we could get more investment like this on the rest of Main St.
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GDC
Looking back at the slideshow, I almost forgot how dumpy the area used to look. What an improvement. By the way, where are all the business signs? I can't tell if it their are any businesses inside or just decorated windows from the pics.
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LivingForge
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this put two business/legal copy centers on the same block? Folks in the know, how high is the demand for greater copy capacity?
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coolrobc
LivingForge- you'd be surprised.
My sister in law works for Avalon in Syracuse, they do a lot of work for law firms, hospitals etc. Much of the work (especially for the law firms) is duplication of records and case files. This can amount to several bankers boxes of documents depending on what it is. They show up at your office, take the documents, make the copies then bring everything back, for some projects I believe the also do on site stuff.
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davvid
"Does this qualify?"
Its still a little old-timey but its fine. The window framing should be as thin and unpronounced as possible. It seems like glass from floor to ceiling would be the goal so maybe that strip of brick along the bottom of the facade could go away. If there must be thick aluminum window framing maybe it could be coated black or brown.
Print shops are always a good thing and competing print shops are even better.
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buffgayguy
Returning to Buffalo from the west coast, I am so happy to see this city turning around. That block was so run down when I left and seeing it come back to life is wonderful!
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ExWNYer
Isn't there a place called Document Advantage right next door?
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LivingForge
ExWNYer, that's what I'm thinking, they're going to be right next door to each other.
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ExWNYer
I know the guy that owns Document Advantage- Rory. He used to live out here in San Francisco. He was advertised on this site when it opened. I hope it doesn't cut into his business. I know his business is a very high end printing shop. It's great to have business liek this opening on Main and I'm all for it, but is this like Subway and Quiznos opening up right next to each other?
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RisingDamp666
Quality yes, but Modern, no. Who'll take that big leap? Who's gonna propel Buffalo into this century?
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sbrof
It will be nice either way. The new courthouse / gate condo's will bring a little bit of 'new' to Buffalo.
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RisingDamp666
'Big New' is great, but 'Little New' is even more satisfying becuse it integrates into the street elevation as a refreshing texture break. "BigNew" often seems too sculptural and self-involved to bring the crisp lines of modern to the human scale. I'd like to see more of both in Buffalo and the Gates and courthouse projects will hopefully inspire more ideas at the little guy level.
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