TPS Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 It must be working a little... http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2015/12/04/buffalo-yes-buffalo-now-ranks-as-the-hottest.html Though I'm sure someone will find the dark cloud in this silver lining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 It must be working a little... http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2015/12/04/buffalo-yes-buffalo-now-ranks-as-the-hottest.html Though I'm sure someone will find the dark cloud in this silver lining. Why do a buzzkill on good news? Another reason buffalo needs to thank pegulas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 It must be working a little... http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2015/12/04/buffalo-yes-buffalo-now-ranks-as-the-hottest.html Though I'm sure someone will find the dark cloud in this silver lining. Global warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Global warming + 2015 El Nino Correction. BFLO will make it happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Why do a buzzkill on good news?you must be new to PPP..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Correction. BFLO will make it happen! We are having a very mild winter. Might as well be the Miami of the North lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 We are having a very mild winter. Might as well be the Miami of the North lol That's proof of global warming is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 It must be working a little... http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2015/12/04/buffalo-yes-buffalo-now-ranks-as-the-hottest.html Though I'm sure someone will find the dark cloud in this silver lining. Actually means there a bust right around the corner. I was talking with a real estate investment trust guy a few years ago. He said you can tell how close a real estate bust is by the number of construction cranes are in a city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Actually means there a bust right around the corner. I was talking with a real estate investment trust guy a few years ago. He said you can tell how close a real estate bust is by the number of construction cranes are in a city. Or by whether or not they build a "tallest building." Works for countries, too. When a country finishes a "world's tallest building," that almost always precedes an economic recession. I think Dubai is the first country in 100 years to buck that trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 the conundrum that is buffalo's economy: the most cranes, yet its tallest building was sold at auction in October... The most important indicator from my perspective, it's getting increasingly difficult to get a reservation at some my favorite restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 the conundrum that is buffalo's economy: the most cranes, yet its tallest building was sold at auction in October... The most important indicator from my perspective, it's getting increasingly difficult to get a reservation at some my favorite restaurants. This is the downside you're looking for. Buffalo finally catching up to the real estate boom of the mid '00s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 the conundrum that is buffalo's economy: the most cranes, yet its tallest building was sold at auction in October... The most important indicator from my perspective, it's getting increasingly difficult to get a reservation at some my favorite restaurants. Did you try reserving with a different name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 The most important indicator from my perspective, it's getting increasingly difficult to get a reservation at some my favorite restaurants. Yeah, that happens to me too, once they get to know me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 We are having a very mild winter. Might as well be the Miami of the North lol Are they still boating on Lake Erie? They are here on Lake Michigan... Getting tons of bassboaters and duck/geese hunters and it is almost mid-December!!! FWIW.. You CAN hunt in CHICAGO... Wolf Lake and Lake Calumet have a long waterfowl hunting history... Which will be winding down this month (I think last day is 12/15?/). If this keeps up... We will see sportsman and pleasure boaters ALL winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Yeah, that happens to me too, once they get to know me. Thanks Dane cook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Actually means there a bust right around the corner. I was talking with a real estate investment trust guy a few years ago. He said you can tell how close a real estate bust is by the number of construction cranes are in a city. The biggest skyscraper construction boom in Chicago was in the 1980's... When is it goiing to go bust? Oh wait... Very soon... 30 years is "right around the corner." Better late than never for Illinois... the conundrum that is buffalo's economy: the most cranes, yet its tallest building was sold at auction in October... The most important indicator from my perspective, it's getting increasingly difficult to get a reservation at some my favorite restaurants. 10 days ago... Wednesday night (before T-Day... Biggest bar night of the year)... Wife, my two children, and myself walked right into Bar Bill in East Aurora and got a table... Oh wait, that is too low brow... AND not trendy BFLO.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Did you try reserving with a different name? Thanks, I'll give it a try...or maybe I should try the less trendy places of East Aurora... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Thanks, I'll give it a try...or maybe I should try the less trendy places of East Aurora... See... You guys understand me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 the conundrum that is buffalo's economy: the most cranes, yet its tallest building was sold at auction in October... The most important indicator from my perspective, it's getting increasingly difficult to get a reservation at some my favorite restaurants. Have you tried tipping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Are they still boating on Lake Erie? They are here on Lake Michigan... Getting tons of bassboaters and duck/geese hunters and it is almost mid-December!!! FWIW.. You CAN hunt in CHICAGO... Wolf Lake and Lake Calumet have a long waterfowl hunting history... Which will be winding down this month (I think last day is 12/15?/). If this keeps up... We will see sportsman and pleasure boaters ALL winter! Yes driving home I saw bass boats out on the lake yesterday. I haven't checked the lake temp on the NWS website lately but it's probably in mid 40s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Great timing: December 10th: State announces "economic development funding" December 11th: Company gets $3,000,000 in development funding, closes plant, and doesn't have to pay back the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 https://www.wkbw.com/news/i-team/i-team-five-years-later-150-million-wonder-falls-project-is-just-a-dream 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: https://www.wkbw.com/news/i-team/i-team-five-years-later-150-million-wonder-falls-project-is-just-a-dream So the 2018 tax reform screwed a project that was supposed to be completed by 2017? Yeah, more like the $150,000,000 wasn't enough to grease all the required corrupt palms in Niagara Falls. Edited July 8, 2019 by Koko78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 20 minutes ago, Koko78 said: So the 2018 tax reform screwed a project that was supposed to be completed by 2017? Yeah, more like the $150,000,000 wasn't enough to grease all the required corrupt palms in Niagara Falls. I did some real estate work in NF and am well aware of the lock that unions have in that town. Also it takes a stack of 100 dollar bills to grease the skids with the non union people controlling the project. My particular project had a real estate tax price tag of just under $30,000. That identical store would have a real estate tax of $6,000-$8,000 in PA. A well known discount grocery chain with headquarters in Germany located there and their real estate people told me that construction labor costs were about 75% more than for a typical store. Of the many, many stores that I found locations for the NF store is the only one that failed to stay in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 https://buffalonews.com/2020/02/25/zemsky-confirms-that-tesla-and-panasonic-are-abandoning-their-solar-roof-project/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubs Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 On 12/21/2014 at 2:56 PM, ExiledInIllinois said: Yeah... I agree. I guess it was the OP's original expectation that it was working out. Of course I hold my breath when I first hear of stuff like this and wish for the best. It still is upstate Western New York. so you think government should be taxing us and then spending money where it pleases, but when it does you don’t expect much success and hold your breath and hope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sodbuster Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 50 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: https://buffalonews.com/2020/02/25/zemsky-confirms-that-tesla-and-panasonic-are-abandoning-their-solar-roof-project/ Ehhh, the title is a little bit of clickbait and the article is misleading. Tesla doesn't use Panasonic's cells in their roof tiles. They're still ramping solar roof production at the Buffalo Gigafactory. There are a ton of arguments against subsidies like this (I'm personally not a fan), but the BN is only muddying the water here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Grand Island to get a 1000 jobs from Amazon Amazon coming to Grand Island, confirms former Town ... www.wkbw.com › news › local-news › amazon-coming-to-grand-isla... 18 hours ago - GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WKBW) — Former Grand Island Town Supervisor Nate McMurray now confirms Amazon is looking to set up shop in the ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 47 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Grand Island to get a 1000 jobs from Amazon Amazon coming to Grand Island, confirms former Town ... www.wkbw.com › news › local-news › amazon-coming-to-grand-isla... 18 hours ago - GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WKBW) — Former Grand Island Town Supervisor Nate McMurray now confirms Amazon is looking to set up shop in the ... shhh... noone tell AOC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 1 minute ago, Foxx said: shhh... no one tell AOC. she really screwed NYC out of thousands of good jobs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 18 minutes ago, Foxx said: shhh... noone tell AOC. I was watching spectrum news last night and it was actually some Republican dude who was raising the same issues she was, traffic, crowding and specific to GI, those bridges. So not everyone wants massive growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tiberius said: I was watching spectrum news last night and it was actually some Republican dude who was raising the same issues she was, traffic, crowding and specific to GI, those bridges. So not everyone wants massive growth. 1000 jobs is massive growth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, Foxx said: 1000 jobs is massive growth? For Grand Island it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, Wacka said: For Grand Island it is. storage and distributions center means we are talking round the clock operations. it won't be this massive influx of 1000 peeps all at the same time. it is going to be good for the economy. didn't Fantasy Island just close shop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, Foxx said: 1000 jobs is massive growth? For Grand Island? Ya, that would alter their economic situation all over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 https://nypost.com/2020/08/21/audit-finds-cuomos-buffalo-billions-a-waste-of-tax-money/ On 2/26/2020 at 7:04 AM, Tiberius said: Grand Island to get a 1000 jobs from Amazon Amazon coming to Grand Island, confirms former Town ... www.wkbw.com › news › local-news › amazon-coming-to-grand-isla... 18 hours ago - GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WKBW) — Former Grand Island Town Supervisor Nate McMurray now confirms Amazon is looking to set up shop in the ... https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/erie-county/grand-island/grand-island-town-supervisor-says-amazon-project-is-off/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 9:26 AM, Wacka said: For Grand Island it is. ...Grand Island deal is now supposedly off....new location is Medina, NY in Orleans County, which is east of Buffalo.....initial reports say $300 million dollar facility, nearly identical to the one being built in Syracuse (another smaller one being built in Syracuse as well)....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/corfu-scrap-yard-is-the-final-destination-for-some-tesla-equipment-purchased-by-state-government/71-e169658b-15f3-4a76-aa24-f68219dcc805 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) Knew this was going to happen. I lived in the SF Bay area when Obummer wasted a half Billion in Solyndra. In a couple years it was aempty buildingsnwith one of them being a toxic waste site. Edited October 20, 2021 by Wacka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 On 12/21/2014 at 2:49 PM, Azalin said: If that's the case, it's even dumber to expect it to have any effect. Don't misunderstand me - I'd love to see WNY turn things around, but I'm honestly surprised that so many people are willing to put up with the heavy taxation, the depressed economy, and the brutal winters associated with the region. There are many attractive alternatives with lower taxes, more jobs, and little to no snow to slog through. And sunlight, don’t forget sunlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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