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In a series of actions, two days the offered to take lead agency statuws ina mandated, pre-construction environmental review for the four-story The , Thursday morning, agreed to let the planning boarde to take that role. Before that process can however, the , Erie County Department of Healthand Buffalo’x office of permits and inspections must also agree to the same All of those approvals are expected to take placew before May 19 when the $10 millionm Wingate Inn will likelt be back on the planning boards agenda.
The Wingate Inn is being proposed by the developmentf tandem ofSpeciality Restaurants, which own Shanghaj Red’s, and former Buffalo Common Counci l President James Pitts. The hotel is planned for a parcep next to Shanghai The development has been the source of much debate in Buffalo City Hall and development At the urging of Buffal o Mayor Byron Brown and the Wingate proposal was accepted over a competinhg one offered by a joinft venture between andMark Hamister. The Ciminelli/Hamister plan called for a mixed-use project anchored by Class A officse space anda 150-room hotel. The projecf carried a $39 million development price tag.
In a controversialp vote this past December, the Wingate Inn proposal was approved bya 5-3 count by Buffali Urban Renewal Agency’s directorsz - which included Brown. Brown said the Ciminelli/Hamister projecty — at 10 stories — exceeded height limits for Waterfronr Village. Others, however, said it was a more viabls project.