Work resumes on the Seneca One Tower

Work resumes on the Seneca One Tower

AS NEW YORKCONTINUES TO MOVEFORWARD WITHREOPENING .

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AMAJORREDEVELOPMENTPROJECT IS ALSOGETTING BACK ONTRACK IN DOWNTOWNBUFFALO.7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER ED REILLYTOOK A SPECIAL TOURTODAY .

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TO SEEHOW THEY'REGETTING BACK TOWORK INSIDE THE'SENECA ONE TOWER'AND ITS NEW "M&TBANK TECH HUB".EVERYBODY ISPITCHING IN AND GLADTO BE AT WORK.

EVENI AM GLAD TO BE HERE,EVEN THOUGH I AMWEARING A MASKFOR THREE MONTHS .

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WORK ON THESENECA ONE TOWERREDEVELOPMENTPROJECT INDOWNTOWN BUFFALOWAS PUT ON HOLDBECAUSE OF COVID-19.BUT WORKERS ARENOW BACK ON THEJOB .

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ANDDEVELOPER DOUGLASJEMAL SAID IT WON'TBE LONG BEFOREPARTS ARE OPEN TOTHE PUBLIC.SO, WE ARE 60 DAYSAWAY FROM LIVE ANDIN-ACTIONTHE WASHINGTON-BASED DEVELOPERWAS IN TOWN TO GIVELT.

GOVERNOR KATHYHOCHUL A SPECIALINSIDE LOOK ATPROGRESS.COME TO A PLACE LIKETHIS THATTELEGRAPHS TO THEREST OF THE WORLDTHAT BUFFALO IS AWORLD-CLASS CITYM&T BANK ISPLANNING TO OPEN ANEW STATE THE ART'TECH HUB' INSIDE THETOWER .

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.USING 10TOWER FLOORS, 2BASE FLOORS ANDANOTHER FLOOR FORA 'TECH ACADEMY'.NOW THAT THECORONAVIRUS HASMADE DIGITALTECHNOLOGYCRUCIAL .

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THE TECHHUB BECOMES EVENMORE IMPORTANT FORTHE BANKTHE SILVER LINING TOTHIS PANDEMIC MAY BETHAT WE HAVEADVANCED THE BALL INMANY OF THOSE WAYSTHE ORIGINAL 'TECHHUB' DESIGN CALLEDFOR AN OPEN-WORKSPACE WHEREEMPLOYEES COULDEASILY COLLABORATEWITH EACH OTHERWHILE SHARINGGREAT VIEWS OF THECITY.BUT THE PANDEMIC ISFORCING SOMECHANGES TO THEPLAN TO KEEP PEOPLESAFE.CERTAINLY IN THESHORT TERM WHEN WETHINK ABOUT DENSITYAND TOTAL CAPACITYNOT ALL EMPLOYEESWILL START WORKHERE AT ONCE.I WOULD ANTICIPATETHAT WE WOULD RAMPOUR CAPACITY OVERTIME WE WANT TOFIRST AND FOREMOSTCREATE A SAFE SPACEFOR EVERYBODYTHROUGHOUT THESENECA ONE TOWER ..

SEVERAL CHANGESHAVE BEEN MADEBECAUSE OF THEVIRUS.FOUR PEOPLE ON ANELEVATOR.

LOOK, IT ISA NEW WORLD AND WEARE ALL STANDINGHERE WEARING MASKS.EVEN THOUGH MOREPEOPLE ARE WORKINGREMOTELY FROMHOME .

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DOUG JEMALBELIEVES THE SENECAONE TOWER WILLSTILL ATTRACT MANYCOMMERCIAL ANDRESIDENTIAL TENANTS.

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AND BECOME ADESTINATION SPOT INDOWNTOWN BUFFALO.WE AREN'T GOING TOLET COVID-19 GET USDOWN.

NOTHING ISGOINGTO GET USDOWN, WE HAVE BEENTHROUGH ENOUGH.

ITIS TIME FOR ALL OF ALLTO THINK VERY, VERYPOSTIVE AND BRINGOUR COMMUNITY BACKTOGETHER AGAIN.M&T BANK IS HOPINGTO MOVE EMPLOYEESINTO THE NEW TECHHUB STARTING AROUNDOCTOBER.

IN THESENECA ONE TOWER,ED REILLY 7 EW