Neisner Bros.

Share:    

Comments? Corrections? Send us a message about this building





Photo credit: Joe Sparacio, Buffalo Rising, Mark Paradowski

Location

460 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202
Google Bird's Eye View
Ellicott Council District
SBL: 111.13-5-4.1
Erie County Property Info
County Tax Map (loads GIS page)
City of Buffalo Parcel Viewer
Part of the larger 456 Main Street parcel

Next to: Baker's Shoes and 472 Main Street
Across from: Hengerer's Department Store

Owner

Carl Paladino, Ellicott Development
4858 GROUP, LP per City of Buffalo Property Information
Search NYS Corporation Database for 4858 GROUP

Carl and William Paladino's company, Ellicott Development, or corporations it controls: (Ellicott Group LLC, Pearl Group LLC, Huron Group Inc, Tupper Group Inc, Deltup LLC, Del-Al LLC, 84 Group, 1238 Group, 1239 Group, 4858 Group, 5277 Group, 9274 Group, etc.), owns these buildings or parcels of preservation concern (not a complete list):

You can also view this list at Ellicott's category page.

Physical Description

73,000 sq.ft. building with underground parking

Current Condition

History

  • Former E.W. Edwards & Son department store
  • 1937 - Space leased to Neisner Brothers five and dime
  • 1978 - Ames Department Stores purchased Neisner and shuttered their locations
  • 1980 - Building re-opened as Courtyard Mall after interior and exterior renovations. The Permanent Saving Bank occupied the ground floor while the basement was a food court
  • 1990 - The property sits vacant for over a decade beginning in 1990.
    • Oliver Tyrone Pulver and Corporex Cos., both large out-of-town developers, at different times studied the possibility of building a high rise office building on the site. Both developments failed to materialize Buffalo Rising
  • 1995 - Carl Paladino’s Ellicott Development purchased the property for $367,000.

Recent Events and Actions Taken

  • 2007 - Poor renovation of the exterior facade. The Neisner's terra-cotta facade has been covered again, and the first floor storefront windows removed for a brick wall.
    • The New York State Division of Parole signed on as an anchor tenant for 15,000 sq.ft.

Other Pertinent Facts

Links



Newest Pages


Added 2013-10-22 • Last changed 2016-10-26