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The Delaware North Building is a
mixed-use development Mixed-use is a kind of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning type that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some ...
in
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. The 12-story, 330,000-square-foot mixed-use building features
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, a 120-room
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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.


Construction

The new building replaces the two-story Delaware Court building (1917–2014) at the northwest corner of Delaware Avenue and Chippewa Street and occupies a 1.95-acre site. The new building replicates the iconic curved façade of the old, using
terracotta Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based ceramic glaze, unglazed or glazed ceramic where the pottery firing, fired body is porous. In applied art, craft, construction, a ...
features of the original structure. 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. 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. In 2019, the building received a
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Silver certification from the
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.


Operations

The Delaware North Building serves as headquarters for namesake company
Delaware North Delaware North is a global food service and hospitality company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. The company also operates in the lodging, sporting, airport, gambling, and entertainment industries. The company employs over 55,000 people worl ...
, which also operates a 116-room
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and Patina 250 restaurant within the building. Other tenants include
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offices and retail branch, UBS Financial Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Cullen Foundation, and Osteopathic Wellness Medicine.


External links


Skyscraperpage building page

Emporis building page

Live camera feed of building

250 Delaware Avenue Property PageTime-lapse installation by Botanicus


Gallery

File:Delaware court2.JPG, Previous building Delaware court building (2013 photo) File:250 Delaware ave dec2014.JPG, Under construction (2014) File:250 Delaware ave rear.JPG, Rear of building File:250 Delaware ave terra cotta.JPG, Terracotta of 250 Delaware Ave File:ChippewaStreet.jpg, Night view from Chippewa st.


See also

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LECOM Harborcenter LECOM Harborcenter is an American mixed-use development in Buffalo, New York developed by Pegula Sports and Entertainment. The building occupies a full 1.7 acre city block formerly known as the Webster Block, directly across from and connected ...
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List of tallest buildings in Buffalo This list of the tallest buildings in Buffalo ranks skyscrapers in Buffalo, New York by height. The tallest building in Buffalo is currently the Seneca One Tower, which stands 529 feet (161 m) tall. As of 2017, Buffalo has 17 structures taller ...


References

{{reflist Skyscraper office buildings in Buffalo, New York Skyscrapers in Buffalo, New York Skyscraper hotels in New York (state)