Upset about not
obtaining approval for tax credits for its
planned redevelopment of the southern
historic portions of the Homeopathic
Hospital on Gates Circle, TM Montante
Development instead is knocking the
structures down.
The developer received
the too-easy-to-get emergency demolition
pass from the City on December 4. The
action bypasses Preservation Board review. The
buildings have been vacant since March
2012 when Kaleida Health closed the
hospital. Montante Group was selected to
purchase and redevelop the site in late
2013.
The main hospital
building was demolished to make way for
Canterbury Woods Gates Circle and Montante
made improvements to the complex’s parking
lot and converted medical office buildings
at 1275 Delaware and 50 Gates Circle to
apartments. Besides an extension of
Lancaster Avenue through the site, the
remainder of their reuse plan has gone
nowhere.
