http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html en-us CuteNews http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html?subaction=showfull&id=1213202569&archive= RDDC Staff

The PAETEC Holding Company has named Gilbane Building Company of Rhode Island to act as the developer of its headquarters site at the former Midtown Plaza site in downtown Rochester, New York.

Bordered by Euclid, Broad, Clinton, and Main Streets, the former plaza is widely anticipated to be redeveloped as a mixed-use site jointly administered by the Empire State Development Corporation and the City.

Gilbane's experience includes extensive work in the County of San Diego and the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C.

Meanwhile, the City of Rochester has launched Midtown Rochester Rising , a website aimed at facilitating the rapid flow of information and communication to the numerous developers, neighboring enterprises, and business and community groups with interest in the site.

Click here for a related City of Rochester press release.]]> 1213202569 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:42:49 -0400 http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html?subaction=showfull&id=1207605473&archive= Staff Reports
Democrat & Chronicle

Two longtime Midtown Plaza tenants will be moving their businesses a little more than a block west on Main Street.

Fauna‰s Gifts & Vintage Toys and Whelpley & Paul Opticians will relocate to the Alliance Building]]> 1207605473 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:57:53 -0400 http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html?subaction=showfull&id=1207605312&archive= Alex Crichton
WXXI Public Broadcasting

Mayor Bob Duffy is encouraging resident to continue patronizing Midtown Plaza, despite plans to raze the site to make room for PAETEC's new
headquarters.]]> 1207605312 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:55:12 -0400 http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html?subaction=showfull&id=1207605117&archive= Susan Ashline
13Wham.com

Governor David Patterson drew a big crowd Thursday afternoon at Midtown Plaza where he guaranteed state funds to demolish the Plaza.
]]> 1207605117 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:51:57 -0400 http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html?subaction=showfull&id=1207604868&archive= Steve Orr
Democrat & Chronicle

The city of Rochester began condemnation proceedings today against the owners of Midtown Plaza, a necessary next step toward demolishing the downtown mall to make way for PAETEC Holding Corp.âs new headquarters.
]]> 1207604868 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:47:48 -0400 http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html?subaction=showfull&id=1207604709&archive= Brian Sharp & Jill Terreri
Democrat & Chronicle Staff Writers

On the morning of Feb. 13, Gov. Eliot Spitzer was in downtown Rochester, surrounded by business, government and labor leaders for a rally promoting his $1 billion upstate revitalization fund.

Spitzer championed the investment as "a critical piece of what I want to get done this year."]]> 1207604709 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:45:09 -0400 http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html?subaction=showfull&id=1204577837&archive= Brian Sharp
Democrat & Chronicle Staff Writer

Mayor Robert Duffy is offering $5.9 million to buy Midtown Plaza and estimates the city could spend $6 million to help relocate the existing tenants.
]]> 1204577837 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:57:17 -0500 http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html?subaction=showfull&id=1204577600&archive= Steve Orr
Democrat & Chronicle Staff Writer

Early last week, it came to light that the Rochester Rhinos, deeply in debt, could lose their taxpayer-financed soccer stadium.

Late last week, word arrived that millions of dollars in state funding had been stripped from another big local project, Renaissance Square.

The events dredged up memories of the high-speed ferry debacle and raised one prominent question: Why do so many of Rochester's high-profile
projects seem to founder?]]> 1204577600 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:53:20 -0500 http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html?subaction=showfull&id=1202145864&archive= Bud Lowell
WXXI

Another step has been taken in the eventual demolition and redevelopment of the Midtown Mall property.

The Rochester City Council voted last night to hire the local design firm of Labella Associates to begin environmental and other planning for the project.]]> 1202145864 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:24:24 -0500 http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/news/news.html?subaction=showfull&id=1199732151&archive= Matthew Daneman
USA Today

For 46 years, it has been a holiday tradition at Midtown Plaza mall in Rochester, N.Y., for children to ride on the monorail that circles the atrium, going past the tall, decorated tree and the area where they could later sit on Santa's lap.

If all goes according to plan, the mall, among the first built in the 1960s to lure shoppers back from the growing suburban retail areas, won't make it to a 47th holiday season. It is slated to be demolished this year to make way for a new headquarters for telecommunications firm PAETEC Holding Corp....]]> 1199732151 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:55:51 -0500