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East Side Gets a Win: 304-Unit Affordable Housing Complex Gets the Green Light

By Anthony Morelli|Posted: Mar 25, 2026 / 12:29 AM UTC

A long-vacant lot near ECMC is set to become hundreds of affordable apartments after the Buffalo Planning Board signed off on the Glenview Heights project.

WHY IT MATTERS: Turning a long-vacant East Side property into hundreds of affordable homes is exactly the kind of progress the neighborhood has been waiting for.

Good news on the East Side: a 304-unit affordable housing development called Glenview Heights just cleared the Buffalo Planning Board, putting it one major step closer to becoming a reality. The project would redevelop the former Kensington Heights public housing site right next to Erie County Medical Center โ€” a property that's been sitting largely empty for years.

For the Delavan-Grider neighborhood, this is a big deal. The development promises to bring a serious supply of affordable housing to a part of the city that desperately needs it.

Developers are estimating that ground could break and site clearing could start within the next year. For a part of Buffalo that's been waiting on revitalization for a long time, that's genuinely encouraging news.

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