City Looking Into $500,000 Grant for Development at 215 E. Main St.

City looking into $500,000 grant for development at 215 E. Main St.

BATAVIA - The plan for 215 E. Main St. is mixed-use - market-rate rental units and commercial space with $500,000 in New York Main Street Anchor Grant funds. That's what the city is hoping will happen. City Council members are…

Aiming to bring some 'shine' to downtown, entrepreneurs plan to turn around former Continental site

After a long hiatus from any action at 215 E. Main St., Batavia, this building has been put on the design table for apartments and commercial space by new owners Matt Gray, Paul Thompson and their partners. See rendering below.Photo by Howard Owens After more than seven months of planning, with a closing in May and final design and costing estimates still being finalized, entrepreneur Matt Gray is now discussing yet another project in the works …

St. Joseph Commissioners enthusiastic about mixed use development proposed downtown

A major mixed use commercial and residential development is being proposed for downtown St. Joseph. City commissioners on Monday heard from Peter Rienks of the Rienks Group, which has expressed an interest in purchasing a city owned lot at the corner of Lake Boulevard and Broad Street. That’s the parking lot and “empty lot” that used to be a YWCA property. Rienks told commissioners what his firm has in mind would be transformational for the city…