WBFO Business & Economy Desk

A popular East Buffalo restaurant is expanding into downtown

It was a big day for tourism in Niagara Falls Tuesday. A set of actions let Destination Niagara USA take over management of the Conference & Event Center Niagara Falls and Old Falls Street, while a public hearing unveiled renderings to "reimagine" the former Rainbow Centre Mall.

Plans for a new, half-billion dollar convention center in Buffalo are on hold. Instead, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz unveiled a plan Tuesday to update the look of downtown Buffalo’s existing facility.

Congressman Brian Higgins and Niagara Falls government and business leaders say the need to reopen the US border to Canadians is urgent. It will remain closed to non-essential travel during the holiday weekend, and local business advocates say commerce in the Cataract City continues to struggle.

New York State has announced that Douglas Development submitted the winning bid of $4.1 million at public auction for the five-story Walter J. Mahoney State Office Building in downtown Buffalo.

The six-week pilot program will help about 30 Black, Indigenous, Latinx, LGBTQ and other multicultural businesses learn how to create a business plan, establish credit and network.

The cash is in the bank, Shea's is waiting to host the show and 19 companies have been chosen to tell the judges Oct. 28 why they should be the winners of the annual 43North economic development competition.

The president and CEO of Catholic Health says he remains optimistic that the hospital system and the union representing its striking nurses will reach terms soon on a fair contract. Mark Sullivan provided an update on behalf of the hospital system during day six of the CWA 1133 strike outside Mercy Hospital in Buffalo.

A strike at Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo continues for a sixth day, after the hospital and union completed 11 hours of bargaining Tuesday.

The two sides in the Mercy Hospital strike wound up slogging through the complexities of running a hospital in the same bargaining room Tuesday, after they couldn't agree on real or virtual the day before.