Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – Armed with its final approval it needed from the City of Buffalo, renovation work on the Golisano Institute of Business and Entrepreneurship is underway and the downtown educational center is on pace to be student-ready by early September.
The Buffalo Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously backed the project that seeing the Golisano Institute turn the former Buffalo News building at 125 Washington Street into its Buffalo educational hub. The Buffalo project mirrors what Golisano created in Rochester.
Between acquisition and renovation costs, Golisano is investing more than $20 million in the Buffalo project – the latest in a series of investments the Rochester billionaire and Paychex founder has made in the immediate region…