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Adam–AM&A Historic District, a former department store and warehouse complex in Buffalo, is proposed to be converted to apartments and offices.", "strategy": ["redevelop"], "new_use": ["housing", "office"], "share_retrofit": null, "status": "proposed", "year_retrofit": null, "developer": null, "architect": null, "after_notes": "converted to apartments and offices", "narrative": "J. N. Adam–AM&A Historic District is a national historic district located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York.  The district resulted from the agglomeration of commercial structures over many years of commercial growth and still reflects conscious decisions made by the original planners of the J. N. Adam & Co., and later AM&A's department stores.  The main department store was designed by Starrett & van Vleck and built in 1935, with additions made in 1946–1948. The service building and entrances date to 1909 and is a six-story, brick flat roofed commercial structure.  Two six story, brick commercial structures fronting on Washington Street were designed by Green & Wicks in the 1890s.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._N._Adam%E2%80%93AM%26A_Historic_District", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q6104242", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._N._Adam%E2%80%93AM%26A_Historic_District", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 0, "county_fips": "36029", "opp_score": 5.0, "opp_reasons": ["already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans", "county grew 3.3% 2018–23", "housing in the record"], "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/ny/buffalo-j-n-adamam-a-historic-district/", "events": [], "sources": [{"id": 6993, "site_id": "n-2ed4876441", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._N._Adam%E2%80%93AM%26A_Historic_District", "title": "J. N. Adam–AM&A Historic District", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "J. N. 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N. Adam–AM&A Historic District (Buffalo, NY) is an industrial site originally a department store/warehouse complex. It is recorded as 'proposed' for redevelopment to housing/office, but 'after_notes' state it's 'converted to apartments and offices'.", "why": "Proximity to Main Place Mall (0.2km) and active housing market (2024 permits: 584 units, $361M value). County housing prices rose 3.4% YoY (ZHVI). Retail establishments declined 6.7% since 2012.", "where_it_stands": "Status conflict: 'proposed' vs. 'converted' in notes. No evidence of current construction in record. 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