After 23 years as a resident of the current Marine Drive complex, Sharlene Borilla is excited about plans for the $400 million, multiphase project that is expected to begin construction on what is now the development’s surface parking lot in either late 2024 or early 2025.
Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority officials invited Borilla and other residents of the complex to an open house of sorts Tuesday afternoon to get a first look at architectural renderings and interior layouts for the first phase of the new project.
“I’m very excited about the details of the architecture. They’re phenomenal,” said Borilla.
“They listened to residents on our request for the living environment we wanted,” she added.
Indeed, the building renderings and apartment layouts incorporate ideas from residents that were collected last year in a three-day design charrette, or stakeholders’ meeting, with architects from SWBR architects.
“We wanted Juliet windows, and we’re getting them,” Borilla said of the proposed design feature that gives the effect of a balcony and allows for increased ventilation.
The drab and outdated towers of the Marine Drive Apartments public housing facility adjacent to Canalside will be coming down after 72 years, to be replaced by a $400 million complex that can accommodate even more residents.
…
Read the full article here
Leave a Reply