From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: A proposed $15 million “beach and surf club” in downtown Niagara Falls has been tangled up in controversy over whether the developer “copied and pasted” artist renderings from a defunct project in Japan. Developer Michael DiCienzo is seeking $4 million in public subsidies for his year-round surf club concept,…
From the Niagara Gazette: A pair of projects in Niagara Falls will receive $400,000 in funding through the city’s economic development corporation. Mayor Paul Dyster announced Tuesday that the Niagara Falls Development Corp. will issue $300,000 to NFNY Hotel Management, an affiliate company of bi-national hotelier Michael DiCienzo. The funds will be used in as…
From the Buffalo News: Canadian hotel developer Michael DiCienzo wants to build a $50 million luxury hotel and a $20 million “daredevil-themed” water park on the U.S. side of Niagara Falls, but the Niagara Falls mayor sounded less than supportive of the project on Tuesday. DiCienzo’s company is proposing a 200-room, upscale hotel with “oversized…
From Time Warner Cable News: The space on 310 Rainbow Boulevard in Niagara Falls is the projected home of a future six-story, mixed use development, but as it stands today, it’s still just empty undeveloped space. “It’s a large project it’s a very complex project and it’s taking considerably longer than anyone had anticipated to…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The New York side of Niagara Falls will never be what the Canadian side is, says Michael DiCienzo. And the Niagara Falls developer understands that. But it’s not deterring his company from plunking down $50 million on hotels and attractions on the US side. “That could easily double,” says the…
From Buffalo Business First: What has long been rumored, concerning the primary restaurant and sports bar inside the newly-christened Sheraton Hotel in Niagara Falls, is now official. Michael DiCienzo, Canadian Niagara Hotels vice president, said the Old Falls Street Sports Bar is being renovated and changed over to a TGIFriday’s restaurant and sports bar. TGIF’s…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A city council decision allowing the Hilton hotel to park guests’ cars on leased land could be headed to the Ontario Municipal Board after a competitor expressed his disappointment in the move. “This certainly would be taken further,” said Michael DiCienzo, a vice-president with Canadian Niagara Hotels. It’s another twist…