The owner of Samuel’s Grande Manor is still pursuing his $6 million plan to bolster his business by expanding the well-known banquet facility in Clarence.
But it’s taking a different shape than what Charles Pezzino originally proposed.
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Pezzino, whose family has owned Samuel’s for more than 40 years, has significantly revised his proposal for the back portion of the 9.4-acre site at 8570 Main St., due to cost overruns in the previous plan.
Instead of constructing two 30,000-square-foot buildings in back, with 12 high-end residential units in each, he’s now proposing a pair of 10-unit townhome buildings, on either side of the rear area. That’s behind the patio, gardens and circular driveway that connects the main parking areas, and well back from the banquet facility closer to Main.
He’s working with Metzger Civil Engineering, James Fahy Design Associates and Sutton Architecture, which will come to the Clarence Planning Board on Wednesday. Dubbed “The Samuel,” it’s one of several updates he has laid out for the business, which would also gain six luxury apartments on the second floor of the main facility, and two leased restaurants on the ground floor.
Pezzino did not respond to a request for comment.
Also pending before the Clarence panel, Stephen Development is proposing to construct a 55,000-square-foot industrial light manufacturing facility for Dimar Manufacturing Corp.
The new building would be located at…
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