Timeline:

Grace Universalist Church 1908 - 1937 (?)

• Designed by Boston architect George F. Newton
• Constructed: 1907-1908 Grace Universalist
• Buffalo Sanitary Bulletin 2/28/1909: it was also used for basketball and public lectures

Studio Arena 1937 - 1969 (?)

• Neal Du Brock moved the theater to the Town Casino

Roderick L Griffis 1969 - 1978

• 303 Lafayette purchased 11/26/1969

Charismatic Center 1978 - 2022

• 303 Lafayette purchased 12/11/1978
• 148-150 Hoyt purchased for $1 by Charismatic Center 7/10/2012
• 6 Code Citations 4/18/2017
• 10 Code Citations 8/12/2021
• Legal Filing (demolition fee?) 8/17/2022 for $15,000 relating to the People of New York State
• Preservation Board approval to demolish 9/22/2022
• Demolished 10/4/2022 - 10/12/2022
• https://buffalonews.com/business/local/article_fa47d900-432a-11ed-af6b-6fc326ffe26e.html

303 Lafayette LLC 2022 - present

• purchased for $60,000 11/23/2022
• mortgaged for $100,000 11/23/2022
• "Big Reveal" on buffalorising.com: 2/06/2025
• Signs posted: 2/07/2025
• Zoning Board of Appeals 2/19/2025
• Community meetings 3/07/2025
• Planning Board (withdrawn) 3/10/2025
• Developer meeting 3/12/2025
• Developer meeting announced 6/17/2025 for the following Monday (for 6/23 at 6:30)
• Developer meeting cancelled with 2:38 PM 6/23/2025
• Developer meeting requested End of June (for 7/10 at 6)
• sent to one neighbor who was out of town and received it 7/3/2025