Land deal for Kaleida project OK'd - Business First of Buffalo:

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The Buffalo Common Council on Tuesdat approved the contract for the sale of a portionb of Goodrich Street between Ellicottr Street andMichigan Avenue. Acquisition of the street will allow betterz access for theplanned $173 millio GVI, which will be builg next to Buffalo General Hospital. The two facilitiesd will be connected across The deal was consideredr one of the few remaining steps towarfd the startof construction. Closing on the transaction is expectedd to take about45 days. The 10-story building will includ four floors ofKaleida cardiac, stroke, and vascular operations plus an expandexd emergency room.
It will also house research, includingf four floors of the ’e $118 million clinical translationalresearchy center. The combined project is estimatedat $291 million. Pre-constructionn site work is already underway, with demolition completed on buildings that once housedBuffalo General’s communitgy mental health clinics. Earlier in June, Kaleid a Health received two key approvale to build the globalvascular institute.
The New York State Departmentof Health’s Hospitall Review and Planning Council approved Kaleida Health’s final certificatse of need (CON) for the 10-stor structure and the City of Buffalo’s Plannint Board unanimously approved the site plan for the