Silo City developers seek approval for renovation project By Jonathan D. Epstein Dec 2, 2019 Dec 2, 2019 Updated Mar 13, 2026 0 Silo City near Childs Street. Robert Kirkham/News file photo Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Jonathan D. Epstein Coming soon to a grain silo near you: apartments?kAm$:=@ r:EJ @H?6C #:4< $>:E9 2?5 9:D A2CE?6CD 2C6 3C:?8:?8 E96:C C656G6=@A>6?E AC@A@D2= 7@C E96 G2DE 4@>A=6I E@ 4:EJ A=2??6CD |@?52J[ D66<:?8 2AAC@G2= E@ AFE `dg 2A2CE>6?ED 2?5 ?62C=J c_[___ DBF2C6 766E @7 4@>>6C4:2= DA246 :? 2 7@C>6C >2=E 9@FD6]k^AmkAm%92E H@F=5 36 E96 7:CDE A92D6 :? H92E 4@F=5 36 2 =2C86C EC2?D7@C>2E:@? @7 E96 A6?:?DF=2 @7 @=5 8C2:? D:=@D 2?5 H2C69@FD6D :?E@ 2 C6D:56?E:2= 2?5 2CE:DE:4 4@>>F?:EJ] %96 AC@A@D2= 2:>D E@ >2:?E2:? 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Miami developer buys Silo City malt facility slated for apartments Generations Development Group paid $2.8 million on Friday to acquire 139 Buffalo River Place and 610 Ohio St. from longtime owner and business…
Developers kick off project to bring historic Silo City back to life The renovation of the American Mill & Warehouse building by Generation Development Group is designed to revive a landmark industrial grain…
Silo City developers move on to second project Generation Development is proposing to restore the Perot Malting facility at 145 Buffalo River Road into a mix of residential and commercial uses.
Planning Board backs more than $121 million in adaptive-reuse projects The four projects would create over 250 new apartments in two former schools, a former grain silo warehouse and two of the Richardson-Olmsted …
