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Oliver's, Britesmith Brewing team partner on new country market/deli
It will likely be another year before the team behind Oliver’s opens Perennial, a new farm-to-table restaurant planned for 6666 Gowanda State Road in Hamburg. In the meantime, they’re planning a new café to open late summer right next door. Ladybird...
Buffalo Go Green plans urban agriculture campus in Buffalo
Nonprofit organization Buffalo Go Green Inc. is planning to renovate a former industrial space on the East Side into a campus devoted to fresh food and urban agriculture. Buffalo Go Green purchased 243-261 Manhattan Ave. for $725,000 in April 2023. The...
Workers forfeit hundreds on a popular workplace benefit. Here's why.
Workers are losing out on hundreds of dollars in flexible spending account money. A new report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute analyzed more than 3.2 million flexible spending accounts in 2022. It found, while workers are contributing more...
Amherst public company looking for a new CFO
A local public company is looking for a new CFO. The current CFO and senior vice president of Allient Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNT), Michael Leach, recently announced his retirement after eight years with the company. According to a recent filing with the U.S....
Couple spent $2.3M to give new life to Millionaire's Row mansion
Buffalo's Orin Foster made his fortune manufacturing kidney pills in the late 1800s. That money bought him a mansion on Buffalo's Millionaire's Row — and that mansion is now home to OWM Integrative Wellness, a concierge medical practice. "We now have...
North Tonawanda bar to close, with another taking its place
Brownie’s Sports Bar and Tavern will close May 31 in North Tonawanda, with Voodoo Child Bar & Grill set to take its place later this summer. Owners Steve and Lynda Brown posted a video Tuesday night on social media, pointing to health issues as he...
ACV reportedly cuts more than 30 employees
Buffalo-based startup ACV has reduced part of its workforce. About 32 employees at ACV and ACV Capital, its financial arm, were cut last week, the Buffalo News reported, citing a separation agreement. “We take all decisions related to our business...
Edwards Vacuum's $319M plant: Project update, hiring news & more
Edwards Vacuum has started the hiring process for its $319 million factory being built in Genesee County. The company, which makes dry vacuum pumps for the semiconductor industry, broke ground on the 240,000-square-foot building last month. “We’re...
Holiday Valley ends food and beverage contract with Sodexo, hires 80
Holiday Valley Resort is taking food and beverage matters into its own hands across its Ellicottville campus. When the resort’s contract ended on May 1 with Sodexo Live!, Holiday Valley’s parent company, Win-Sum Ski Corp., decided to bring the business...
Median home prices increased $100K+ in these Erie County locations
Earlier this year, a West Seneca home for sale had 54 offers. There was a $112,000 difference between the lowest and highest offer. Michelle Petrie’s client put in one of those offers, but despite submitting it at $73,000 over the asking price, they...
GVI launches quicker, more effective treatment for AFib
Buffalo-area hospitals can lay claim to a series of innovations over the last 50 years, ranging from developments that led to the first tests for prostate cancer to new methods for treating blood clots and stroke. Today, the region’s physician researchers...
Developer moves ahead with plan for former downtown bookstore
Iskalo Development Corp.'s plan for the former Old Editions bookstore will go before the city preservation board on May 9 seeking permission to knock down two nearby vacant buildings. The company plans to renovate two structures at 68-76 E. Huron Street...
Babies R Us coming back to Buffalo area
Babies R Us is coming back to Western New York, but this time it will look a little different. Wisconsin-based Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) will open Babies R Us in 200 of its stores this year, including two in the Buffalo-area, according to a press release....
Introducing the business leaders on this year's Power 200 Women list
Welcome to our 2024 list of 200 powerful women in the region. For the last 10 years, we've compiled a list of the most powerful people in Buffalo and Western New York, starting with 100 in 2015. We proudly arrived at 200 women in 2021, and now we're...
Tesla files third notice of Buffalo layoffs in last month
Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) has filed its third notice with the state of local job cuts in the last month. The most recent Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice was for five employees at the South Buffalo plant who will be laid off starting in August....
Forty Thieves, Doc Sullivan's close following owner's death
Two Buffalo restaurants have closed until further notice following the death this week of owner Tommy Cowan. Forty Thieves Kitchen & Bar at 727 Elmwood Ave. and Doc Sullivan’s at 474 Abbott Road posted on social media they would remain closed until...
Buffalo hospital to create center for breast health
Erie County Medical Center is investing $2 million to create a center focused on breast health and expand its interventional pain program. ECMC’s Comprehensive Breast Health Center will be created on the first floor of the Grider Street hospital,...
Lebrun Circle home is Erie County's 14th to sell for $1M+ this year
As the weather heats up, the local million-dollar home market does, too. Richard Chou and Eileen McDonough Chou recently sold 99 Lebrun Circle, Amherst, for $1.099 million to John and Jenna Symons of Potomac, Maryland, according to May 2 filings with...
Genesee County companies find workers thanks to key partnership
With major growth happening at companies like HP Hood and Edwards Vacuum, Genesee County needs workers. A few key partnerships have created some programs that have already contributed to the local workforce and companies’ ability to expand. “Six...
New chef, new menu, new GM for Hofbrauhaus Buffalo
Hofbrauhaus Buffalo has a new general manager, a new chef and a new menu. But don’t expect the Bavarian-themed beer hall downtown to feel very different: You’ll still find traditional foods and oompah bands and a year-round Oktoberfest atmosphere....
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