Amherst’s Arbordale Nursery site targeted for new apartment complex

Developers Bryan and Matt Green are buying the Arbordale Nursery on Dodge Road, with plans to convert the business site into a new apartment complex. That will bring more than 100 new tenants to a 5.2-acre site between Dodge and the Lockport Expressway, or I-990, across from Robin Ridge Road.

The father-and-son duo, who own the Green Organization, want to capitalize on growing demand for new living options in the region’s largest suburb, as demonstrated with their recent success with other nearby apartment ventures.

They’re betting that the long and slender site’s proximity to the highway, the Audubon planned community south of Dodge, and the nearby offices and University at Buffalo’s North Campus along John J. Audubon Parkway will prove attractive to potential tenants.

The developer has put the site – which includes four buildings and a storage yard – under contract for over $1 million. According to documents submitted to the Town of Amherst, the Greens are proposing to demolish the 11,750-square-foot landscape and nursery operation at 480 Dodge and build four- and five-story apartment buildings on the northern portion of the property, each containing 52 units, for a total of 104.

The mix will consist of a combination of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, averaging 1,100 square feet in size but ranging from 800 to…