DePaul Ebenezer Sq. Apartments receives LEED for Homes Platinum Certification

Shown (from left) are: Gillian Conde, VP of DePaul Properties Inc.; Leonard Skrill, assistant commissioner Buffalo Regional Office of NYS Home and Community Renewal; Michael Kearns, NYS assemblyman; Moira Tashjian, associate commissioner for Adult Community Care Division of Adult Services NYS Office of Mental Health; Mark Fuller, DePaul president; Sheila Meegan, town of West Seneca supervisor; Gene Hart, town of West Seneca councilman; and Michael Ranney, Erie County commissioner of Mental Health

West Seneca, NY DePaul Ebenezer Square Apartments has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Homes Platinum Certification, the highest rating a project can receive. The LEED rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is the program for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and human health performance.

“SWBR is proud to have partnered with DePaul on this amazing project,” SWBR principal Joe Gibbons, AIA, said. “Ebenezer Square will truly provide a positive impact for many residents in the West Seneca and south Buffalo areas. This project demonstrates DePaul’s tremendous continued commitment to sustainability in affordable housing as it was recently certified by the USGBC as a LEED for Homes Platinum project. Solar technology supported by the state supplies three-quarters of the development’s electrical use.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo attended the Nov. 17 grand opening of the $24.4 million mixed-use development. The three-story, 124,000 s/f building at 2400 Seneca St. features one- and two-bedroom apartments for income-eligible tenants, including low-income families and people with behavioral health needs.

“These strategic investments help support some of our most vulnerable New Yorkers by ensuring they have access to a safe and decent place to call home,” Cuomo said. “This project brings together affordable housing alongside supportive residential programs, creating a truly integrated community that will foster recovery and independence.”

SWBR Architects, headquartered in Rochester, served as the architect of record for this project and was responsible for its architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and planning and structural engineering. Additional community partners included M/E Engineering, Parrone and Calamar Construction.