June 2017 photos
Ciminelli
Real Estate Corporation (2017 Website)
... Adaptive reuse:
51 apartments and a
small amount of commercial space ... Adaptive
reuse architect: CJS Architects (Chaintreuil, Jenson, Stark Architects)
2017 Website
Daylight
Factory: Large windows set between heavy steel-reinforced concrete
piers ... Brick spandrel
panels and concrete sills
Neoclassical
detailing: pediment
Frieze
and cornice
wrap the building with a simple brick parapet
above
Brick
spandrel
panels
Main entrance
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Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation is moving forward with its planned
purchase and redevelopment of the Garrett Leather building
at 1360 Niagara Street. Ciminelli is proposing 51 apartments
and a
small amount of commercial space for the property which it has
under
contract. Garrett Leather is moving to Cheektowaga later this year.
The 80,000 sq.ft. building was constructed in 1919 for the
Mentholatum Company. The structure is a daylight factory of
brick and concrete construction with four stories plus basement.
The structure will be redeveloped into a residential building with up
to 51 one and two-bedroom apartments. There is also an attached
single-story warehouse building of approximately 3,500 sq.ft. that
will house support space for the residences and provide up to 2,500
sq.ft. of retail or restaurant space.
Parking will be accommodated in 3 ways. The basement level, which is
currently used for parking will be reused in the same manner and will
accommodate up to 38 vehicles. The property is 0.936 acres of which
19,500 sf is taken up by the building footprint. The remainder of the
parcel will accommodate a minimum of 17 parking spaces according to
Ciminelli. CJS Architects is project architect.
There is an adjacent dead end right-of-way, Brace Street, to
the
south of the property. Currently this street is used for surface
parking and as access to the basement parking. The owner will
coordinate the repaving and striping of the street with the City with
the intention of using this as supplemental parking, adding up to 31
spaces. Total parking both on and offsite will be 86 spaces.
The apartment units will be market rate and boast generous kitchens,
walk-in closets, double vanities, pantries, in-unit laundry,
fireplaces, and high level finishes. In addition, the project will
provide an interior bicycle storage room, a multi-purpose community
room, roof top patio,
and additional basement storage. Ciminelli is working with Preservation
Studios [2017 website]to
obtain historic preservation tax credits for the project.
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Mentholatum
Name Returning to Niagara Street
By James Fink
Buffalo
Business First, May 19, 2016
(online July 2017)
Buffalo’s past
will be coming back to Niagara Street when Ciminelli Real Estate begins
work on its latest project.
The Amherst-headquartered development company has opted to call one of
its newest projects, “The Mentholatum,” for a
residential-anchored
project it has for a historic building at 1360 Niagara St. The
five-story, early-1900s building, was for decades home to the Mentholatum
Co., and, more recently Garrett Leather Co.
Ciminelli bought the building from Garrett earlier this year, paying $2
million for the property. Garrett Leather has recently moved to its new
manufacturing and headquarters on Boxwood Lane in Cheektowaga. The work
was completed earlier this month, with it overseen by Concept
Construction Corp., the general contractor on the project.
Mentholatum Co., which is now headquartered in Orchard Park, has given
its blessing to the new “old” name for the building. The formal name
change is still pending a formal approval between Ciminelli and
Mentholatum.
Ciminelli has tapped into other historical names for some of its more
recent developments. The Bethune Lofts on Main Street was named after
the building's architect Louise Blanchard Bethune and the soon-to-open Sinclair on Washington
Street goes back to its original name.
Ciminelli expects to begin work on the $16 million conversion project
by early summer, said Amber Holycross, project manager.
A final, but mandated coastal review (because of its proximity to the
Niagara River) by the Buffalo Common Council is expected at a May 24
meeting. A council economic development committee, Tuesday, gave its
tactic approval to the project. Earlier this year, the Buffalo Planning
Board and Buffalo Preservation Board signed off on the project as did
the Buffalo Zoning Board of Appeals.
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