One HSBC Center
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One HSBC Center is a skyscraper located in downtown Buffalo, New York. Formerly known as the Marine Midland Building, its name was changed when HSBC Bank USA took over the company. It was constructed at a cost of $50 million between 1969 and 1972, and contains over 1,200,000 square feet of space. Today, the 40 story building still dominates the Buffalo skyline, at 529 feet, or 161 meters high. It is an example of modernist style architecture. One of the most interesting aspects of the building is that it spans the southern end of Main Street, under which the Buffalo Metro Rail passes.
It is the tallest building in Buffalo and the tallest between Cleveland and Albany.
When completed, the new Buffalo City Tower will surpass the HSBC Tower as the tallest building in Buffalo, and will be the tallest building in New York State outside of New York City.
On a clear day, the HSBC Tower can be seen from 20 miles 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, New York), and the Grand Island bridges along the Niagara section of the Thruway.
Of note, the 30th floor is occupied by the Canadian Consulate.
Architects: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP
Tenants:
- HSBC Bank USA occupies 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, Inc.
