Specifically, the plans include roughly 200 residential units, commercial space and 300 parking spots - some of which will be under ground.
"Overall, it's mixed use," Ranalli continued. "We want to continue to push Canalside toward a neighborhood, and we've talked about this for a while now, but really it's a mix of uses - we want to honor the history of the street patterns, so the bridges on the site will continue up through as streets. We've got multiple buildings to bring the scale down to a pedestrian level, where we'll have a really active first floor with shops, restaurants, retail and things like that."
“It is equally exciting to know that the North Aud Block is just one of many public and private projects building momentum on our waterfront," said Higgins in a statement. "The Longshed is under construction, development of the South Aud Block is moving forward, the return of cars to Lower Main Street is almost complete, we are close to seeing revitalization of the DL&W Terminal, plans for the Outer Harbor are continuing to materialize, transportation planning to remove the Skyway is underway, and restaurant and residential projects have been announced along the Buffalo River.”