A bitter battle between McGuire Development Co. and a former partner has ended with the company taking over the site of a long-stalled $200 million development of retail and housing on the edge of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, the Buffalo (N.Y.) News reported. McGuire on Friday seized control of the 11-acre Pilgrim Village, which is home to low-income townhouses, after developer Mark H. Trammell defaulted on more than $12 million in loans, company officials said. McGuire's takeover leaves the future of the apartments uncertain. For now, McGuire executives said, a non-profit company will continue managing the 66-unit property while McGuire decides how best to redevelop the site. With much of the Medical Campus built out in recent years, the Pilgrim Village reconstruction was one of a handful of projects still underway on and near the campus. The plan to construct a six-story building with apartments and shops aimed at graduate students, Medical Campus workers and low-income residents sought to capitalize on the neighborhood's rapid growth.
