Genesee Building/Hyatt Regency Hotel

Genesee Building/Hyatt Regency Hotel is a 15-story tall hotel building in Buffalo, New York that was built as the Hyatt Regency Hotel in 1922^[2] by architects E.B. Green and William S. Wicks.^[3]

Genesee Building/Hyatt Regency Hotel
Hyatt Regency Hotel in 2022
Former names	Genesee House, The Genesee Hotel
General information
Address	2 Fountain Plaza
Coordinates	42°53′18.82″N 78°52′26.63″W
Owner	Jemal’s Genesee LLC[1]

History

The building was originally built as the Genesee Building in 1811 as a quick way-station for people like farmers carrying livestock, it wasn't until 1842 when it would be rebuilt as a 5-story tall brick hotel and then in 1881 it was remodeled into The Genesee Hotel.^[4]

In the 1980s the building was under-utilized but a local developer named Paul Snyder decided to incorporate the building into the Hyatt business.^[5]

On 1 June 2022, the building closed briefly after its closure in March 2022 after the COVID-19 pandemic which caused the building to lose a lot of revenue.^[6] but as of 2024 it is back in operation as Hyatt.