
Jonathan Epstein
Business Reporter at Buffalo News
Business Reporter @ The Buffalo News since 2004, covering real estate & development. Reporter since 1994, previously @ The News Journal in DE & American Banker.
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jdsupra.com | Jonathan Epstein |Daniel E. Goren |Manny Levitt
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on June 6, 2025, published an advisory on identifying and reporting potential sanctions evasion and other suspicious activity related to Iran. The advisory provides information on frequently observed in Iranian sanctions evasion activities, as well as updated red flags related to illicit Iranian activity.
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buffalonews.com | Jonathan Epstein
Russell Salvatore Jr. – grandson of local restaurateur Russell Salvatore – is attempting his newest venture in the Town of Clarence, and he's hoping the town's Industrial Development Agency will back him with nearly $400,000 in tax breaks. Salvatore is proposing to build a 36,000-square-foot facility at 10180 Main St., with 20 multifamily apartments and 6,800 square feet of commercial space for multiple tenants.
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buffalonews.com | Jonathan Epstein
After two and a half years of work, Boston developer Beacon Communities and First Shiloh Development have completed their $71 million state-funded upgrade of the 30-year-old Ellicott Town Center affordable housing complex near downtown Buffalo. The Boston-based developer and its partner, an affiliate of First Shiloh Baptist Church, teamed up to renovate the 14-acre housing community, which was built in 1998 on the site of the former Ellicott Mall public housing project. Located at 233 E.
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buffalonews.com | Jonathan Epstein
BY JONATHAN D. EPSTEINJune 16, 2025A Beacon of hopeAfter two and a half years of work, Boston developer Beacon Communities and First Shiloh Development have completed their $71 million state-funded upgrade of the 30-year-old Ellicott Town Center affordable housing complex near downtown Buffalo.
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buffalonews.com | Jonathan Epstein
A Clarence-based video-game controller and accessory manufacturer wants to quadruple the amount of space it has for production, assembly and storage. Custom Controllerzz is asking the Clarence Industrial Development Agency for $130,000 in tax breaks to support the $1.1 million project to construct a 4,802-square-foot headquarters and operations building on 12 acres at 8003 Transit Road.
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Hamburg IDA to consider tax breaks for gym-and-apartment project https://t.co/ewaZxCIVd1 via @TheBuffaloNews

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