Queen City Landing

{{Short description|Unbuilt skyscraper in Buffalo, New York}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox building

|name = Queen City Landing

|image = File:Queen City Landing.png

|caption = Rendering of the tower

|location = Immediately northwest of Ohio Street and Furhmann Boulevard, Buffalo, New York

|coordinates = {{coord|42.853176|-78.867624|display=inline,title}}

|status = Never built

|start_date =

|groundbreaking_date = April 17, 2017

|est_completion = undetermined

|opening =

|building_type = Mixed-use residential

|antenna_spire =

|roof = {{convert|324|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|top_floor =

|floor_count = 20

|elevator_count =

|cost = $60 million-$85 million

|floor_area =

|architect = Trautman Associates

|structural_engineer=

|main_contractor = R&P Oak Hill

|developer = Gerald Buchheit

|owner =

|management =

|references = [http://www.queencitylanding.com/ www.queencitylanding.com]

}}

Queen City Landing was an approved residential tower proposal by developer Gerald Buchheit on the Outer Harbor of Buffalo, New York. Preparation work included the demolition of a 6-story warehouse formerly operated by Freezer Queen Foods and the project was planned to have approximately 200 apartment units.Jonathan D. Epstein, [http://www.buffalonews.com/business/real-estate/judge8217s-ruling-clears-way-for-23-story-queen-city-landing-project-20160914 Judge’s ruling clears way for 23-story Queen City Landing project], The Buffalo News (September 21, 2016). Upon completion, it would have been the 6th-tallest building in Buffalo and the 13th-tallest in Upstate New York, with a height of 324 feet and 23 floors.

The tower was targeted in a lawsuit by local environmentalists out of concern that it posed a danger to bird migration, given its immediate proximity to the Tifft Nature Preserve, and also that the city board did not conduct a full environmental study on the site.[http://news.wbfo.org/post/lawsuit-targets-queen-city-landing-project], WFBO Buffalo, (July 1, 2016) However, on multiple occasions, a state Supreme Court judge upheld the city board's decision to build the tower and also ruled that the city acted properly in its environmental study.[http://www.twcnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2016/09/14/judge-approves-waterfront-project.html], Time Warner Cable News, (September 14, 2016). Bucheit completed the environmental cleanup of the site in late 2018.{{cite news|url = http://buffalonews.com/2018/04/22/queen-city-landing-project-faces-new-legal-appeal-to-block-it/|title = Queen City Landing project faces new legal appeal to block it|author = Jonathan D. Epstein|work = The Buffalo News|date = April 22, 2018|access-date = May 25, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://buffalonews.com/2019/01/27/prospectus-from-north-to-south-east-to-west-here-are-big-projects-to-watch-in-2019/ |title=From north to south, east to west, the big projects to watch in 2019 |author = Jonathan D. Epstein |date=2019-01-27 |website=The Buffalo News |language=en-us |access-date=2019-07-12}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.buffalorising.com/2018/12/cleanup-work-completed-at-queen-city-landing-site/ |title=Cleanup Work Completed at Queen City Landing Site |date=2018-12-27 |website=Buffalo Rising |language=en-US |access-date=2019-07-12}}

On November 18, 2019, Bucheit announced a slight change in the tower's design. The building would be reduced to 20 stories and would be moved farther away from the water, in addition to occupying 30 percent less land. The new finish date was tentatively projected to 2021.{{Cite news |url=https://buffalonews.com/2019/11/18/queen-city-landing-project-revised-with-20-floors-at-outer-harbor/ |title=Queen City Landing project revised with 20 floors at Outer Harbor |author=Jonathan D. Epstein |work=The Buffalo News |date=2019-11-18 |access-date=2019-11-22 |language=en-us}} In addition, Bucheit also added plans for a surrounding neighborhood around the main tower complete with two 6-story apartment buildings, a cluster of 3-story townhouses, and more public space. However, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, continued resistance from the plaintiffs, and an inability to secure public funding from the city, the project was "suspended indefinitely" in March 2020{{Cite web |url=https://www.wivb.com/news/queen-city-landing-project-on-outer-harbor-is-suspended-indefinitely-developer-says/ |title=Queen City Landing project on Outer Harbor is suspended indefinitely, developer says |date=2020-03-20 |website=News 4 Buffalo |language=en-US |access-date=2020-03-26}}{{Cite web |url=https://buffalonews.com/2020/03/20/buchheit-kills-queen-city-landing-project/ |title=Buchheit kills Queen City Landing project |author = Jonathan D. Epstein |date=2020-03-20 |website=The Buffalo News |language=en-us |access-date=2020-03-26}} and presumably cancelled for good the following year when the developer listed the property for sale.{{cite web|title=975 Fuhrmann Blvd, Buffalo, NY 14203|url=https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/975-Fuhrmann-Blvd_Buffalo_NY_14203_M91364-40213?fbclid=IwAR3TuU6zGqr2EZVvCJsgrAy_tFqMOlfzGtMy3eLMxGGyMq-4rS3G7FBGagM|access-date=2021-10-23|publisher=Realtor.com}}