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High-rise building in Rochester, New York From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tower280 at Midtown, formerly known as Midtown Tower, is a high-rise building in downtown Rochester, New York, United States. It contains luxury apartments as well as a top floor penthouse with office space and retail space and a restaurant on the bottom three levels.
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History
Midtown Tower was first constructed in 1962 as part of the now defunct Midtown Plaza shopping center before the mall's closing and subsequent demolition.[2] While part of Midtown Plaza it was home to a seventy eight room hotel, offices and the Top of the Plaza restaurant and nightclub which was known early on for its jazz scene and notable performing acts such as Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Sarah Vaughn. As the mall began its decline the hotel closed in 1980 with the restaurant, after a few format changes, closing for good in 2000.[3]
As Midtown Plaza was torn down to make way for the later-cancelled PAETEC Headquarters, the steel structure of Midtown Tower was saved and ultimately retrofitted with a more modern façade. The tower now houses residential units as well as retail and office space on the bottom three levels. By October 2016, the tower's residential spaces were nearly rented out with some retail space still available.[4]
In 2025, the Clock of Nations, designed by Gere Kavanaugh and a focal point of Midtown Plaza before the mall's demolition, was moved into the building's lobby from storage.[5]
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Notable tenants
- Colliers Engineering & Design - formerly Bergmann Associates
- Branca Italian Restaurant
- Brand Networks
Gallery
View of the tower with its old façade in 2010
Stripped-down skeleton in 2012
Tower under renovation in 2015
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