The Buffalo Common Council on June 16 approved a designated developer agreement covering properties associated with the Central Terminal, including addresses listed as 59 Memorial and 332 Curtis.

Council member (unnamed) praised the terminal’s architecture and history, calling it “something that could never be replicated,” and said the agreement was a tangible step following what the speaker described as a recent “windfall of state money for an adaptive reuse.”

The item was introduced on the agenda as a designated developer agreement for the Central Terminal and moved forward at the meeting; the motion was seconded by Council Member Noachowski. Council members spoke about the building’s historic craftsmanship and its cultural importance to the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.

Supporters framed the agreement as both preservation and neighborhood investment. “This day is for [David Fronczak], for a council member that stuck it out when everyone said he was foolish to do so,” the speaker said, referencing the long advocacy for preservation.

The council’s action establishes a formal developer agreement; the city’s remarks indicate state funding is also intended for the project, but the developer agreement itself is the city-level authorization now in place. The council did not vote on project design or financing details at the meeting; staff and future committee reports will address implementation steps and timelines.