Johnathan Epstein reports for the Buffalo News: “Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. has reduced the height of its proposed Reverie project on Elmwood by another three feet and now plans to renovate—not demolish—a second building on the site, as it seeks to overcome community opposition. “The Amherst-based developer said Wednesday that it has now reduced the overall height of the proposed building from 67 feet to 50 feet and 3 inches. It already reduced the number of floors from the original five to four when it revised the project in January. “That’s still 75 inches higher than the new Green Code’s 44-foot maximum height and three-story limit for the Elmwood Village. So Ciminelli will still need a zoning variance for the project before it can go forward. “Plans call for the building to include apartments, retail space and parking, with a facade consisting of brick and other traditional materials to stay consistent with the neighborhood.”
