Proposed Dave’s Hot Chicken site sells for $1.4M

The former Hector’s Hardware store at 5355 Transit Road, Clarence, has been sold to an affiliate of Bevilacqua Development for $1.4 million.

The town planning board in July approved a plan to convert the former store into a retail and restaurant plaza featuring the Dave’s Hot Chicken franchise, but this plan is not set in stone, according to Bevilacqua Development’s managing member, Jonathan Bevilacqua.

He said discussions with a potential tenant continue, but there is no timeline for development of the site. “I bought the property because it fits in well with the rest of my portfolio on the Transit Road corridor,” Bevilacqua said.

Any development would involve renovating the existing building, he said.

Bevilacqua’s 5355 Transit Road LLC purchased the property from Maple Transit Management Associates, which has owned the site since 1986.

By Jacob Tierney – Reporter, Buffalo Business First, Aug 21, 2024

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Dave’s Hot Chicken has been proposed as the tenant for a former hardware store in Clarence.

Bevilacqua Development nearing completion of Transit Meadows: 45,000 s/f office and retail throughout five buildings

East Amherst, NY Bevilacqua Development L.P. is now in the final stages of its new development, the Transit Meadows, located on Transit Rd. The project cost was not disclosed.

The site totals 45,000 s/f of office and retail space spread over three 10,000 s/f buildings and two 7,500 s/f buildings. With the landscaping, masonry façade, and 400 parking spaces, Bevilacqua has built a tenant roll and 74% occupancy before completion.

The project is located on Transit Rd. at the signaled intersection of Clarence Center Rd., near the border of Clarence.

This project is comprised of a mix of professional office space, as well as retail space geared toward health and wellness, such as a gym, chiropractor, day spa, and salon.

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Multi-phased project planned for Transit Road

Concept plans for the vacant land at Transit and Miles roads will be submitted in the coming weeks to the Town of Clarence for Bevilacqua’s mixed-use, residential-anchored proposed development.

Almost one year after acquiring a 36-acre parcel along Transit Road, Bevilacqua Development L.P. has fine-tuned its plans for the property.

Jonathan Bevilacqua, development company CEO, said the multi-phased plan will be steeped in residential options.

Bevilacqua’s Lymstone Lofts in Williamsville and University Place in Amherst both have commercial, restaurant and retail street level tenants and market rate apartments on their respective upper floors.

That same development pattern is proposed for the Transit Road complex.

A trio of projects — all geared for retailers, restaurants or offices — are planned along Transit Road, while five buildings will be set further back. The five buildings may either be three or four stories and collectively have anywhere from 80 to 100 apartments. Later phases will focus on the development of as many as 20 single-family homes.

The still-to-be named project is just north of another Bevilacqua project along the Clarence side of Transit Road. That project, Transit Meadows, is nearing its complete build out.

Carmina Wood & Morris has been retained to help Bevilacqua with the engineering work. Bevilacqua said he hopes to start the project next spring.

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Bevilacqua buys 36 acres on Transit for residential-retail development

By Stephen T. Watson | Published 10:51 a.m. September 26, 2018

Bevilacqua Development plans to construct residential and retail space on 36 acres of vacant land the company bought this week along Transit Road in Clarence.

CEO Jonathan Bevilacqua said the company doesn’t yet have a concept plan for the property, on Transit just north of Miles Road. But he said they expect to hammer out the design for a mixed-use development within the next two months and to submit a site plan to Clarence officials within six months.

Bevilacqua Development paid $760,000 to buy the vacant parcel from D3 Transit LLC, according to public records. Bevilacqua said the property was attractive because of its 720 feet of frontage on Transit, an amount that is difficult to assemble, and because of its proximity to the company’s other parcels in Clarence and East Amherst.

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Clarence location of Pita Gourmet under construction

By Andrew Z. Galarneau | Published August 20, 2018 | Updated August 20, 2018

The third location of Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant Pita Gourmet is taking shape in Clarence.

Construction is underway on a new building at 6031 Transit Road, where the Buggy Wash car wash formerly stood.

The new place will offer 70 seats and a patio facing Transit Road that will offer another 18 seats or so, said Joseph Mahfouz, an owner.

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Bevilacqua lands three tenants for Transit Road project

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By James Fink | Published July 27, 2018

With construction nearing completion, Bevilacqua Development has landed a trio of tenants for the retail wing of its Transit Meadows Office Park.

Signed for the 8,900-square-foot out parcel building that fronts onto Transit Road are: Pita Gourmet, Domino’s Pizza and Divine Nails and Spa.

For Pita Gourmet, the site will be its second along the Transit Road spine running between Clarence, Lancaster and Amherst.

Domino’s is relocating from another Transit Road site.

The building should be open by early fall, said Jonathan Bevilacqua, development company president.

Transit Meadows has five office buildings totaling 45,000-square-feet with a mix of tenants.

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Domino’s Pizza to move into new Transit Road plaza in Clarence

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A relocated Domino’s Pizza plans to move into a new retail building with a drive-thru on Transit Road across from Transit Valley Country Club.

Crews broke ground a month ago on the 8,500-square-foot, single-story building at 6031 Transit Road, the site of the former Buggy Wash car wash, said Bevilacqua Development CEO Jonathan Bevilacqua. The building shell should be finished in May and it should be ready for occupancy this summer.

Domino’s is moving there from 5855 Transit Road. In addition, Pita Gourmet is opening its third area location and Divine Nail Spa is opening a second salon there.

Bevilacqua also has finished work on two of five buildings in a planned office complex at 6041 Transit. TenEleven Group software company moved to 6047 Transit two months ago, and Transit Meadow Pediatrics will move from 6477 Transit to 6049 Transit on Feb. 12.

New drive-thru headed to Transit

by ETHAN POWERS – Editor – Clarence Bee

Though the idea encountered continued resistance and objection from the residents of Woodbridge Village, Transit Road will see the installation of a new drive-thru, the tenant of which has yet to be announced.

The Town Board voted unanimously at its July 12 meeting to approve a special exemption permit for a drive-thru facility for 6031 Transit Road, with the condition that the board will have final approval of the tenant.

Supervisor Patrick Casilio reaffirmed that the Town Board sought to implement a level of control with a project that could prove to have substantial traffic ramifications.

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Pita Gourmet is first tenant in planned retail building on Transit Road

By Stephen T. Watson   Buffalo News

Pita Gourmet plans to open its third area location in a new retail building that Bevilacqua Development wants to construct on Transit Road in Clarence.

Bevilacqua is looking to build an 8,500-square-foot, single-story building with a drive-through at 6031 Transit Road, across from the Transit Valley Country Club, on the site of the former Buggy Wash self-serve car wash.

The company doesn’t yet have a tenant for the drive-through section but Pita Gourmet has signed a lease for the other end of the building, said CEO Jonathan Bevilacqua. At least one or two other tenants would fill the building. Pita Gourmet’s other locations are in Niagara Falls and Lancaster.

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