The Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park (BLCP) is a “smart growth” urban commerce park located on 275 acres of reclaimed waterfront brownfield land in the City of Buffalo . Portions of the BLCP site were formerly occupied by foundries dating back to the early 1900s.  A combination of state and federal brownfield programs were utilized to prepare the site for redevelopment, and the first two phases have been successfully completed and are home to several newly constructed manufacturing facilities. A public park surrounding the Union Ship Canal is also an important component of the overall development.

TVGA Consultants (TVGA) was retained by the Buffalo Urban Development Corporation (BUDC) to provide site planning services for the final two phases of the BLCP, which encompass approximately 150 acres. TVGA’s scope of services also includes design and construction phase services for the Phase III roadway and utilities.  The “fast track” design of the 2,200 LF of roadway and associated utilities was completed in late 2007 in order to accommodate the private development of a 600,000 SF warehousing and distribution complex that began construction in early 2008. This required intensive coordination between the TVGA design team, the City and the private developer’s engineer/architect.

TVGA prepared the contract documents, bid the project and performed construction inspection for Phase III road and utility construction.  Phase III construction was substantially complete by June 2008 to coincide with the opening of the warehousing and distribution complex. TVGA was responsible for ensuring that construction activities complied with the contract documents as well as the provisions of the NYSDEC-approved Soils Management Plan, which addressed residual contamination at the site.