The Fate of This Building Lies With Buffalos Zoning Board

The fate of a proposed six-story, residential anchored development in the heart of North Buffalo’s Hertel Avenue district could be clearer by mid-week.

Or not.

Jacob Stiller’s Forward Development plan to advance the $20 million project will begin its review on Oct. 2, when the Buffalo Zoning Board of Appeals considers six variance’s Stiller needs. The zoning board may delay or defer any vote until later this fall in order to allow for more community input.

The project, set for 1707 Hertel Avenue - the site of Deep South Taco. Deep South Taco remains open.

Plans call for the decade-old Deep South Taco  building - located at the southwest corner of Hertel and Strain Avenues - to be demolished and replaced with the six-story, 58,000-square-foot complex.

The building will be anchored by 52 apartments - a mix of one-bedroom and two-bedroom units on the upper floors with street-level commercial space and 24,600-square-feet of underground parking.

According to plans Stiller and his architect, East Aurora’s Line 42 Architecture, the sixth floor will be a rooftop deck.

The building will serve as a development bookend along Hertel Avenue to John Daly’s six-story, apartment anchored complex at the corner of Hertel and Parkside Avenues. Daly also received a number of variances to develop his building.

In addition to zoning board approvals, Stiller’s project is subject to Buffalo Planning Board approval and a green light from the Buffalo Common Council.
Construction isn’t expected to start until next spring.