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How much did the Marine Midland Center (now Seneca One Tower) in Buffalo cost to build?

Seneca One Tower (formerly Marine Midland Center and One HSBC Center) is a 40-storey, 529-foot (161-metre) office skyscraper in downtown Buffalo, New York, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Gordon Bunshaft credited, the tallest privately owned office building in New York State outside New York City. BuffaloAH.com says it was built in 1969-1974 at a cost of USD 50 million and gives construction start as March 1969 and completion in 1972; Wikipedia gives the same cost, and a USD 150 million renovation into apartments by Douglas Development finished in 2021.

Reported project cost

$50 million

Cost basis: 1972

View of Seneca One Tower from the top of Buffalo City Hall
Kenneth C. ZirkelCC BY 4.0

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Reported project cost1972
en.wikipedia.org

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Heightbuffaloah.com
161 m

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