After more than 25 years of investing in and redeveloping a stretch of Niagara Street in Buffalo, businessman and landlord William Breeser has set his sights on using seven parcels on Niagara, Breckenridge and Gelston streets for a redevelopment project that will bring ground-floor retail space and apartments to the neighborhood.
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The 1.1-acre site is located at 1225-1227, 1233, 1239 and 1245 Niagara St., 82-90 Breckenridge and 72 and 76 Gelston. That’s diagonally across from Rich Products Corp.’s headquarters complex and one block east of the Niagara Thruway and Niagara River.
The overall property consists of three two-story houses, a pair of two-story frame buildings, a two-story brick building and a three-story brick building
Breeser is still working on “future plans” for the project, which is in the preliminary design stages, according to his subdivision application to the city to consolidate the properties into three parcels.
“At this point, I have no specific plans,” he said. “I am trying to gather information and consider options.”
The project would not use the entire site, which sits in the Upper Black Rock Historic District.
Rather, he wants to break out portions of the lots at 1225-1227 Niagara and 82-90 Breckenridge to create a new 0.1-acre parcel at the corner, which will separate a recently renovated three-story building that is 150 years old. To the north, he wants to…
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