One Seneca Tower

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One Seneca Tower
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One Seneca Tower, in Buffalo, NY
Former namesOne HSBC Center, Marine Midland Center
Record height
Tallest in Buffalo since 1970 [I]
Preceded by Buffalo City Hall
General information
StatusComplete
TypeClass "A" Office
LocationOne Seneca Tower, Buffalo, NY, United States
Coordinates 42°52′46″N78°52′33″W / 42.8795°N 78.8757°W / 42.8795; -78.8757 Coordinates: 42°52′46″N78°52′33″W / 42.8795°N 78.8757°W / 42.8795; -78.8757
Construction started1969
Completed1972
Cost$50 million US$($342 million in 2018 dollars [1] )
OwnerDouglas Development Corporation, Washington, DC
Management CBRE Group
Height
Roof529 ft (161 m)
Technical details
Floor count40 (38 occupiable)
Floor area1,200,000 sq ft (111,483.6 m2)
Lifts/elevators27
Design and construction
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
DeveloperDouglas Development Corporation, Washington, DC
Other information
Parking808 spaces in attached Seneca Ramp and 465 spaces on 2 levels below the building

One Seneca Tower is a skyscraper located in downtown Buffalo, New York. The building was formerly known as One HSBC Center (1999-2013) not to be confused with Five Star Bank Plaza, previously known as One HSBC Plaza and One Marine Midland Plaza and prior to that, as Marine Midland Center (1972-1999), its name was changed in 1999 shortly after Marine Midland's parent company HSBC re-branded the bank as HSBC Bank USA. [2] The building was constructed at a cost of $50 million between 1969 and 1972, and contains over 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m2) of space. Today, the 40 story building still dominates the Buffalo skyline, at 529 feet (161 m) high. It is an example of modern architecture. [3] The building's design is similar to that of the 33 South Sixth building in Minneapolis.

Skyscraper tall building

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Marine Midland Bank

Marine Midland Bank was a bank formerly headquartered in Buffalo, New York, with several hundred branches throughout the state of New York. In 1998 branches extended to Pennsylvania. It was acquired by HSBC in 1980, and changed its name to HSBC Bank USA in 1999. As a result of several transactions since the turn of the millennium, much of what was once Marine Midland is now part of KeyBank with the exception of Downstate New York and Pennsylvania.

Contents

Currently, the first five floors are undergoing a $100 million renovation by Douglas Development, set to be complete in five years.

Building facts

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Broadcast towers atop the building

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Significant former tenants

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Future

On December 5, 2012, HSBC Bank USA announced that they would vacate the space it leased in the tower by the time their lease expires in October 2013. Paired with the departure of Phillips Lytle LLP, and the recent closing of the Canadian Consulate, the tower was 90 percent vacant as of 2014. [6] [7]

In August 2016, it was announced that Washington, D.C. based Douglas Development will buy One Seneca tower. [8]

On September 29, 2016, Buffalo Business First reported that Douglas Jemal of Washington, D.C. had completed the purchase of One Seneca Tower and an adjacent parking ramp with plans to redevelop the tower and plaza into a mixed-use complex including retail, restaurant, hotel, office and apartment components.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  2. ↑ Hartley, Tom (1998). "`Marine Midland' no more". Buffalo Business First. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. ↑ "One HSBC Center". emporis.com. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  4. ↑ http://www.fybush.com/site-20160506/
  5. ↑ Fink, James. Pegula Sports & Entertainment leases floor in One Seneca Tower. Business First. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ Epstein, Jonathan (2012). "`Tower owners see strong future despite HSBC's move to vacate building'". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
  7. ↑ 6 November 2013. "Seneca Tower mortgage transferred to firm handling high-risk loans". Buffalo News. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  8. ↑ Epstein, Jonathan D. (August 16, 2016). "No wrecking ball for One Seneca Tower - The Buffalo News". The Buffalo News . Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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