[CPEO-BIF] "Land Where Kensington Heights Projects Once Stood About to Hit Auction Block, " Buffalo, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Land Where Kensington Heights Projects Once Stood About to Hit Auction Block

By Kevin Jolly
Time Warner Cable (Buffalo, NY)
July 1, 2016

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority is selling the long-dormant Kensington Heights housing development site, which sits on Fillmore Avenue near Route 33.

A public housing development was built there in 1958, but was abandoned in 1980. Demolition work started in 2010. All asbestos has been taken care of.

The real-estate sign might read: "58-year old apartment shell sitting in middle of a 16.8-acre brownfield. Close to a hospital, school, and major expressway. Recently remediated. Make offer."

"At this point in time, the board felt it was necessary to put the property up for sale to determine what could be the best use for future development of other types of options so, that is the direction the agency is going in at this time," said Dawn Sanders-Garrett, BMHA executive director.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.twcnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2016/07/1/buffalo-municipal-housing-authority-selling-former-kensington-heights-housing-development-site-.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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