Development Projects

• 58 Gibbs Street — Development of 4 and 5 story apartment building on the site of Tavern 58 at gibbs
  

• 125 Howell Street - Development of 5 4 story town house buildings.
  

• Aqueduct Project to open portions of Abandoned Subway to the public with an underground walkway, museum, and shops.
  

• Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School campus converted into a mixed use complex. Existing buildings may become boutique hotel, event facility and housing. 2 additional buildings are planned for apartments and assisted living housing.

• Edwards Building — conversion of former department store into 114 market-rate apartments.
  

• Gannett Building — Conversion of the Democrat and Chronicle headquarters into retail and loft apartments.
  

• Grove Street Flats —14-unit, building is nestled in between the recently built Grove Street Townhouses and Halo Lofts.
  

• Hotel Cadillac - Restoration to a boutique hotel
  

• Inn on Broadway expansion
  

• Lot 7 Inner Loop - a 54-unit, mixed-income apartment building, in partnership with Geva Theatre.
  

• Richford Building - Building on Chestnut Street, next to the Hotel Cadillac planned for renovation to become a hotel
  

• Rochester Museum and Science Center — Expansion project that will connect the Strasenburgh Planetarium to the main building. The new "Gateway" will house a new gift shop, cafe, and meeting rooms.
  

• Rochester Riverside Convention Center — Expansion of an additional 100,000 square feet out to corner of Broad Street and South Avenue. The expansion will also create 4 stories.
  

• Though not a project per se the city's Sewer Fiber Optic Network has great potential to become one in the near future.

• Alexander Park — Redevelopment of Genesee Hospital site and surrounding area. By Buckingham Properties.
  

• Center City Place - Modernization of building on State Street.
  

• CGI Communications Headquarters — Conversion of current headquarters in the Granite Building into loft apartments and move into new headquarters after conversion of vacant buildings next door.
  

• CityGate — Development of former Monroe Iola campus
  

• Cobbs Hill Village — Development of a 4 story apartment building on Norris drive across the Culver Road Armory and the pond.
  

• Culver Road Armory - Phase 3 - new retail building
  

• Main St. East/North Clinton Avenue Retail District revitalization.
  

• Port of Rochester — Construction scheduled to begin Fall 2013.
  

• The Reserve — House, townhouse and apartment development on the Erie Canal in Brighton.
  

• Roc City Skatepark — Phase 2
  

• The Villas at Wheatland Meadows — Active adult community across Scottsville Road from Scottsville Veterinary Adoptions.

• Apex Apartments - Off campus student apartments near the Rochester Institute of Technology campus.
  

• 44 Exchange Street Building - 5 story building, formally Central Trust bank headquarters being converted to condos.
  

• 50 Chestnut Street — Redevelopment 0f 13 story building into retail and 75 apartments.
  

• 55 Railroad Street — Redevelopment of vacant industrial buildings into mixed use adjacent to the Public Market.
  

• 88 Elm Street — Redevelopment of 13 story building into retail, office and 36 apartments.
  

• 200 East Main Street - Conversion of old Mcrory's department store into Federal and City office space.
  

• 250 South Ave. — Old City public bath house to be converted into loft apartments.
  

• 270 East Avenue — Retail and rental units on Inner Loop Parcel next to Arena's Florists
  

• 300 Alexander — Redevelopment of the original Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School on the corner of Alexander Street and East Avenue into 58 luxury apartments.
  

• 600 East Avenue — Replacement of the old Ora Academy building with a new modern 3 story office and apartment building.
  

• 625 South Goodman - 101-unit, four-story apartment complex on Karges Place, next to Interstate 490 at the Goodman Street exit. The project site is in the Swillburg neighborhood.
  

• 933 University Avenue — Replacement of a veterans clubhouse on 99 unit apartment complex.
  

• 1255 University Avenue — Redevelopment of a warehouse across from The Revelry into apartments, retail and office space.
  

• 1475 East Ave. — The Todd Mansion is being converted to four condos, 2,000 square feet each. In addition, 6 single family Tudor-style homes now being built behind 1475 East Avenue.
  

• 1630 Dewey Avenue — Demolition of vacant industrial building and construction of new Eastman Commons.
  

• Academy Building —Fitzhugh Street building purchased by Florida based developer George Traikos in 2007. Structure converted into a mixed-use building featuring residential units and a Founders Cafe.
  

• Alexander Street Apartments —A three-story, 60-unit building at 175 Alexander St., across from Monroe High School.
  

• Alliance Building — Redevelopment of 14 story building into retail and 130 apartments.
  

• New Amtrak Station - New intermodel station to replace temporary station built in 1970's.
  

• Baden-Ormond - City's first Urban Renewal project displaces 850 families, destroys countless buildings.
  

• Barrington on the Park — Six new townhouses in the Park Ave area.
  

• Bausch and Lomb Headquarters - Redevelopment into mixed-use space.
  

• Bevier Memorial Building
  

• Bridge Square Building — Previously known as the Josh Lofton High School, 4 story 53,000-square ft building renovation to 24 lofts, retail and office space.
  

• Brooks Landing Project — Includes a new hotel, office and retail at the intersection of Brooks Avenue and Genesee Street
  

• Buckingham Commons — Conversion of the former Artcraft building into loft apartments and offices, with a rooftop patio to view events at Frontier field. It is located downtown at the corner of Plymouth and Allen.
  

• Button Lofts — Conversion of former commercial building at 340 Rutgers St (off Monroe Avenue) into lofts, penthouses, and retail space.
  

• Carnegie Building — 5 story apartment building on South Goodman Street across from Village Gate and behind the Memorial Art Gallery.
  

• Charlotte Square — East End development of for-sale townhouses and rental units. Directly to the north of 2 Vine.
  

• Charlotte Square Phase 3 — Rental units on Inner Loop Parcel next to Townhomes (Phase 2).
  

• Cobblestone School — Defunct private school to be converted into apartments next to Chapel Hill on Prince Street.
  

• College Town — UR's mixed-use development in Upper Mount Hope
  

• Corn Hill Landing — Mixed use development on the Genesee River within walking distance of downtown.
  

• Court Street Apartments — Development of a 5 story 98 apartment building next to next to Dinosaur Bar-B-Que.
  

• Courtyard Hotel — replacing the East Avenue Inn & Suites
  

• Culver Road Armory — Redevelopment of Armory into retail, office, restaurant and residential space. Across from Cobbs Hill Park.
  

• New Democrat & Chronicle Headquarters — Located on the Midtown site, in front of the Windstream building.
  

• DePaul Community Services facility — New 50,000sf building on Mount Hope Avenue.
  

• ESL headquarters.
  

• East Avenue Inn & Suites — Renovation of a motel at the corner East Avenue and Alexander Street into a boutique motel.
  

• The Eastman Dental Dispensary — Conversion of former dental hospital and school into senior housing called Eastman Gardens.
  

• Eastman Reserve — Housing and retail project across from the Eastman Business Park.
  

• Eastman Theatre Renovation Project
  

• Edge of the Wedge — Conversion of old industrial space into restaurant, retail, and office space.
  

• Erie Harbor — Luxury waterfront apartments on Mount Hope Avenue.
  

• The Factory — Renovation of old factory at 33 Russell St into lofts, office, and retail spaces. Located in the Neighborhood of the Arts.
  

• In the mid-90's, Frontier Field was built, and a number of new businesses were built in the High Falls area as part of a city/county project. Many of the businesses (such as Jillian's and the Empire Brewery/Bru) have now closed.
  

• Flats at Brooks Landing — 11-story dorm with restaurant and boat launch, next to the Staybridge Suites in Brooks Landing.
  

• Gold Street Lofts on Mt. Hope — Construction of a 5 story 32 apartment and a 4 story 8 apartment for off campus student housing in between the Distillery on Mt. Hope Avenue and the Elmwood Inn.
  

• Golisano Autism Center —25,000 square foot building dedicated to provide a continuum of services for people with Autism.
  

• Hart's Local Grocers — First grocery store downtown in over twenty years! (May 2014)
  

• H.H. Warner Building — Located in the St. Paul Quarter Entertainment District, upper floors converted into apartments, lower level is retail.
  

• The Hamilton Apartments — High-rise waterfront affordable housing on Mount Hope Avenue.
  

• Hilton Garden Inn Downtown — Conversion of old office building into a new hotel on Main Street
  

• Hiram Sibley Building — Remodel of second floor to smaller office suites and conversion from office space to 15 apartments (3rd and 4th Floor) on the corner of East Avenue and Alexander Street.
  

• Industrie Lofts — 2 and 3 bedroom lofts starting @ $1200
  

• I-Square - Mixed-use development in Irondequoit.
  

• Jefferson Road is getting an upgrade to look more like West Ridge Road.
  

• Kirstein Building — $4 million renovation project to a 6 story building in the St. Paul Quarter.
  

• Liberty Landing — 4 story apartment complex to be built on the corner of University Avenue and Scio Street.
  

• The Lofts at Capron —19 for-sale condominiums, mixed-use building on South Avenue.
  

• The Lofts at the Carriage Factory —Carriage and early automobile factory built in the 19th century in the Susan B. Anthony neighborhood. Plans are to convert to a mixed use commercial and residential building.
  

• Manhattan Square Park — Rebuilding the park with improvements to the ice skating rink.
  

• Market Apartments at Corpus Christi - Conversion of church rectory into apartments. Next to Main Street Armory.
  

• Mayor Thomas P. Ryan, Jr. Community Center and Library
  

• New MCC Damon campus — Redevelopment of one of the buildings of the Kodak headquarters complex.
  

• Medical Arts Building — Redevelopment of this art deco building on Alexander Street with many green technologies.
  

• The Metropolitan — Redevelopment of the former Chase Tower to mixed use of commercial, retail and apartments by Gallina Development.
  

• Midtown Tower — Commercial development, 186 market-rate apartments and 24 owner-occupied condominiums on the upper floors.
  

• The Mills at High Falls — New development of 80 apartments and town homes in High Falls to be built at the current Kodak visitors parking lot.
  

• Monroe County Crime Lab - New 4 story structure at the corner of Plymoth Ave. and Broad St.
  

• Newcroft Park — New suburban-style cul-de-sac development on former brownfield site off Atlantic Avenue.
  

• Oak Hill Commons — New shopping property managed and built by Buckingham Properties on the Pittsford/Brighton border on Monroe Avenue.
  

• Open Sky Lofts - Redevelopment of strip mall into a 2 story apartment building
  

• PAETEC Park — 17,500-seat stadium for Raging Rhinos soccer and Rattlers lacrosse. Completed except for luxury boxes and locker rooms.
  

• Parazin Building — Renovation of a four story stone building in High Falls.
  

• Parcel 2
  

• Park Point at RIT — Formerly called RIT College Town — Mixed-use development adjacent to the RIT campus.
  

• Parry Building — Renovation of a former mustard factory in High Falls.
  

• Paul Wolk Commons - 45 Unit mixed use affordable development of an old garage building. Will also feature on site supportive services for residents with Mental Illness.
  

• Pitkin-Powers House — Development of mansion on East Avenue to 9 luxury apartments. One is a penthouse with roof access.
  

• Plymouth Terrace — Development of 27 townhouses and 2 story office building with a Post Office. Phase II currently in progress.
  

• RGRTA Transit Center — Bus terminal off St. Paul street, next to the H.H. Warner Building.
  

• Rivers Run —New adult community of apartments and townhouses next to RIT where residents can attend lectures.
  

• Riverview Apartments — Off-campus housing for University of Rochester students.
  

• Rochester Association for the Blind and Goodwill Industries plans an expansion by adding a new 2 story building, restore and old home (for administrative offices), raze a vacant home, and restore the now vacant Rochester Housing Authority building (for a call center). This added an additional 6 acres to the campus in the South Wedge going from I-490 to Alexander Street.
  

• Rohrbach Brewing Company — Renovation of former flea market on Railroad Street into a brewery, bottling plant, and tasting room.
  

• Sagamore on East — First floor retail, second floor office and 23 luxury housing units above.
  

• Seneca Park Zoo expansion —Consists of an African savanna exhibit, a Cold Asia exhibit and a passenger tram with on and off stations at the north and south ends of the zoo. These new exhibits will bring giraffes, zebras, ostriches, snow leopards and more to the local zoo.
  

• The Sibley Building — Renovations including retail, office, and residential units.
  

• Skyview Park Apartments — 73 unit senior apartment complex with courtyards of the former Sears building at the former Medley Center
  

• South Avenue Commons - a $4.8 million, four-story, mixed-use building at 661-663 South Avenue. The project will include 7,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor and 33 apartments on the upper floors.
  

• Stadium Estates —45 units of rental houses (single family, duplex and Triplex) scattered over 28 lots near Sahlen's Stadium in the JOSANA Neighborhood.
  

• Strong Museum Expansion — Expansion of existing museum (3 floors and 100,000 sq.ft) plus a parking garage, hotel, 4 residential buildings called Vida Apartments) and retail buildings and 1 retail building
  

• The Terminal Building - 8 story structure between the Gannett Building and the Monroe County Crime Lab to be redeveloped into 71 apartments.
  

• Three Heads Brewing — New facility in NOTA.
  

• Trolley Barn — Conversion of the old Jillians and Saddle Ridge entertainment complex into office space.
  

• Union Lafayette Townhouses — High end townhouses across from the Strong Museum.
  

• Union Square - 72 unit Apartment Building with a 4,000-square-foot commercial space immediately to the north (between Broad and East)
  

• Valley Court — Redevelopment of old apartment complex into 29 private homes down the street from the Brooks Landing Project.
  

• Veterans Outreach Center — 2007 $2.3m expansion of the facility located at 459 South Avenue
  

• Voter's Block Community — Development on the west side near the Susan B. Anthony house.
  

• Wedge Point - Mixed-use development in the South Wedge.
  

• Whole Foods Center
  

• Windsor Gate Townhomes — Five 2,300 sq. ft three bedroom, 2.5 bath town houses getting built in the Grove Street Section of the city. Asking price is $379K.
  

• Windstream building — Using the steel beam shell from the old Seneca Building of Midtown Plaza, a new 3 story building houses some 300 employees.
  

• Woodbury Place — Redevelopment of former Merkel Donohue buildings, down the street from the Lofts at Capron into retail and 20 apartments. Some will be used for the visiting actors of Geva Theatre.

• Renaissance Square - Performing Arts center + Bus Terminal and MCC campus
  

• The Golisano Performing Arts Center - Performing Arts center at Parcel 5

• Rochester Downtown Development Corporation
  

• http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=605593 - Development thread about all things Rochester. From economic to physical development.

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