Paladino Proposes Destruction Of Historic Building

Carl Paladino’s proposal to construct a parking ramp and hotel, offices, and apartments at Franklin and West Tupper streets means tearing down a historical apartment house build in 1886.

The building located at 329 Franklin Street was known as the Bachelor.  It is the oldest downtown building designed by Green & Wicks, one of the few buildings a part of downtown that is now made up of surface parking.

Ellicott Development plans to include the historic Forbes Theatre into the mixed-use project—a credit to Paladino and his firm, which has done multiple historic rehabilitation projects in recent years. Ellicott Development has a contract to purchase the Bachelor from Nick Sinatra’s BN Medical Campus Rental Group LLC, which acquired the building in 2014.

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