Delaware North Building

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Delaware North Building
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Delaware North Building
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice, commercial, hotel
Architectural style Postmodern architecture
Location250 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York, United States
Coordinates 42°53′28″N78°52′37″W / 42.891045°N 78.876980°W / 42.891045; -78.876980
Construction startedJanuary, 2014
Topped-outOctober 10, 2014 [1]
Estimated completionNovember 2015
Cost US$ 117 million
OwnerUniland Development co.
Height
Architectural53 m (174 ft)
Roof59.1 m (194 ft)
Technical details
Floor count12
Floor area332,000 sq ft (30,800 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firm Diamond Schmitt Architects
DeveloperUniland Development co.
Other information
Number of roomsHotel: 116 rooms
Parking593 spaces
Website
Official website

The Delaware North Building is a mixed-use development in Buffalo, New York. The 12-story, 330,000-square-foot mixed-use building features Class A office space, a 120-room Westin hotel, ground level retail, a 7,000-square-foot outdoor courtyard, and an adjacent structured parking ramp. Delaware North's World Headquarters anchors the building. [2]

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Construction

The new building replaces the two-story Delaware Court building (1917–2014) at the northwest corner of Delaware Avenue and Chippewa Street [3] and occupies a 1.95-acre site. [1] The new building replicates the iconic curved façade of the old, using terracotta features of the original structure. [4] The building features 193,000 sq ft of class A office space on the sixth through 12th floors, a 116-room hotel occupying 104,000 sq ft, 18,000 sq ft of retail space, and indoor parking for 593 vehicles in a five-level attached parking ramp. [5] The building's 2,600-square-foot lobby features the largest living green wall in Western New York, a 22 ft × 21 ft expanse of plants providing beauty, improving indoor air quality, and reducing energy use.[ how? ] In 2019, the building received a LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. [6] [7]

Operations

The Delaware North Building serves as headquarters for namesake company Delaware North, which also operates a 116-room Westin hotel and Patina 250 restaurant within the building. [8] Other tenants include KeyBank offices and retail branch, UBS Financial Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Cullen Foundation, and Osteopathic Wellness Medicine. [9]

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