Interested in what new projects are happening in Western New York? Read about the hottest development projects in Western New York including Allegany County where there are 13 developments, totalling $131.6 million and Ellicottville where there is $34.6 million for ski resorts and $16.8 million in other developments. SolarCity’s planned factory in South Buffalo, and the 3,000 jobs that come with it, is to be built on the former Republic Steel plant site in South Buffalo. With the ability to make enough solar panels to generate more than 1,000 megawatts of electricity, the factory would be the biggest solar panel factory in the Western Hemisphere and one of the biggest in the world.