One HSBC Center

One HSBC Center
One HSBC Center, in Buffalo, NY
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Office
Location	1 HSBC Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
Coordinates	42°52′46″N 78°52′33″W / 42.8795°N 78.8757°W / 42.8795; -78.8757Coordinates: 42°52′46″N 78°52′33″W / 42.8795°N 78.8757°W / 42.8795; -78.8757
Construction started	1969
Completed	1972
Cost	US$ 50 million
Height
Roof	529 ft (161 m)
Technical details
Floor count	40 (38 occupiable)
Floor area	1,200,000 sq ft (111,483.6 m2)
Elevator count	27
Design and construction
Owner	Seneca One Realty
Management	Seneca One Realty
Architect	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

One HSBC Center is a skyscraper located in downtown Buffalo, New York. Formerly known as the Marine Midland Center, its name was changed in 1999 shortly after Marine Midland's parent company HSBC rebranded the bank as HSBC Bank USA.^[1] 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), or 161.2 meters high. It is an example of modernist style architecture.^[2]

Building facts

• One HSBC Center is the tallest building between Cleveland and Albany.
• One HSBC Center is the tallest (privately owned) office building outside of NYC in New York State.
• The building's plaza hosts Ronald Bladen's monumental 1973 work titled "Vroom, Shhh."
• The building spans the southern end of Main Street, under which the Buffalo Metro Rail passes.
• On a clear day, One HSBC Center can be seen from 20 miles (32 km) away along the New York State Thruway. Due to the large number of railroad overpasses in Erie County, the skyscraper can also be seen from many vantage points along Harlem Road, Union Road, the 400 expressway (as far away as Elma), areas nearby Ralph Wilson Stadium (particularly the Lake Ave. and Abbott Rd. intersection), and the Grand Island bridges along the Niagara section of the Thruway.

Tenants

• HSBC Bank USA, occupying 75% of the building
• Phillips Lytle LLP
• Consulate General of Canada in Buffalo
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Seymour H. Knox Foundation
• The John R. Oshei Foundation
• UBS AG Financial Services
• Harold C. Brown
• SoftBank Capital
• Robert Half International

Gallery

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  view from canal side

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  One HSBC Center behind Ellicott Square Building

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  Coca-Cola Field with The One HSBC Center building in the background viewed from the 3rd base side of the park.

See also

• HSBC Buildings around the world
• List of tallest buildings in Buffalo

Preceded by Buffalo City Hall

Tallest Building in Buffalo 1970—Present 161m

Succeeded by None

References

1. ^ Hartley, Tom (1998). "`Marine Midland' no more". Buffalo Business First. http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/1998/12/07/story1.html. Retrieved 2011-05-14. 
2. ^ "One HSBC Center". emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/building/1hsbccenter-buffalo-ny-usa. Retrieved 2011-05-14. 

External links

• Building website
• Skyscraperpage building page
• Emporis building page