Housing emerged as a top priority for Downtown, ranking second at the December 1999 Downtown Summit and strongly emphasized in the survey and written reviews of the Downtown Strategic Plan. The emphasis was on smaller demonstration projects over mega-developments, and on creating a convenient, service-oriented housing development process that can harness the power of the private sector. Success in housing development downtown will be measured by the increase in occupied units. The ultimate goal is to increase the number of downtown housing units by 1500 over the next five years. Downtown Buffalo 2002! is currently tracking three housing projects in the downtown area. All of the housing projects involve the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of existing building stock.

See the newsletters section for the most up-to-date information on each of these projects.

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