DOT on move to Seneca Street site

[steven]

The DOT will be moving its offices to the Empire Plaza building on Seneca Street, just beyond Dunn Tire Park, later this year or by early next year, at the latest.

DOT officials confirmed the decision during a Tuesday meeting of the Buffalo Planning Board. The board unanimously approved the move and proposed renovations to the building.

Empire Plaza, a one-time back office operations center for the former Empire of America Bank, has been vacant for more than a decade. It was acquired in the mid-1990s by local businessmen Frank McGuire and Carl Paladino, who have courted a number of tenants for the 75,000-square-foot building.

The DOT must leave the Donovan Building, which is slated to be demolished as part of Bass Pro's conversion of Memorial Auditorium into a 250,000-square-foot store. The Donovan site will be used for parking for the Bass Pro store.

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[citymouse]

No surprize there!!
Paladino is the major landlord for all levels of goverment tenants.
The beat goes on.

[WestCoastPerspective]

Originally posted by citymouse
No surprize there!!
Paladino is the major landlord for all levels of goverment tenants.
The beat goes on.

Yepp- he seems to have alot of County and State offices. Acquest/Uniland have the federal offices cornered. It is so obvious that the owners of the Main Place/Liberty Bldgs. didn't even submit a proposal even though forty percent of their space is empty!

It'll be interesting to see what Palladino has planned for that building that is a gateway to downtown. Hopefully some more windows and returning to its natural brick color!