Main Seneca Building

Main Seneca Building
Main Seneca Building, in Buffalo, NY
General information
Status Complete
Type Office
Location 237 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, United States
Coordinates 42°52′51″N 78°52′33″W / 42.8807196°N 78.8759074°W / 42.8807196; -78.8759074Coordinates: 42°52′51″N 78°52′33″W / 42.8807196°N 78.8759074°W / 42.8807196; -78.8759074
Completed April, 1913
Owner Main Street Buffalo Properties, LP
Management Priam Enterprises LLC
Height
Roof 76.2 m (250 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 17
Design and construction
Architect Green & Wicks
Developer Lnquist and Illsey

The Main Seneca Building, originally known as the "Marine Midland Trust Company Building" or the "Marine Trust Building," is a 17 story Renaissance Revival style highrise in downtown Buffalo, New York. The building was previously the headquarters for Marine Midland Bank before the bank constructed One Marine Midland Center at 1 Seneca Tower, the tallest building in Buffalo.

History

The building was designed by Buffalo architects Green & Wicks and was completed by Lnquist and Illsey in April 1913 on the corner of Main and Seneca streets.[1] The building served as the headquarters for Marine Midland Bank before moving across the street into Buffalo's tallest building, One Seneca Tower.[2]

Marine Trust Building entrance in 2016

In December 2014, the building was sold by real estate developer David L. Sweet to Paul J. Kolkmeyer, a developer and former CEO of First Niagara Bank, for $3.89 million. Kolkmeyer's firm, Amherst-based Priam Enterprises LLC, buys, manages and develops residential apartment buildings and student housing in Buffalo and the surrounding communities.[3] In addition to purchasing the Main Seneca Building, Kolkmeyer purchased the Main Court Building at 43 Main St. (for $4.5 million), as well as the Rand Building, designed by James W. Kideney & Associates, at 14 Lafayette Square, the Roblin Building at 241 Main St., (together for $2.56 million) and The Stanton Building (also known as the Glenny Building), designed by Richard A. Waite, at 251 Main St. (for $646,569).[3]

Paul Kolkmeyer is planning to introduce several new uses to the Building. According to Business First, Kolkmeyer expects to put 25 condominiums on the building’s top five floors and open a banquet facility in the first floor banking hall. Additionally, he has indicated his desire to put a small boutique hotel into the third floor, and consolidate office tenants into the remaining levels.[4]

The public face of the Main Seneca Building has been Andrew J Shaevel who advised potential buyer David Nalbandyan in their attempt to purchase the building now works alongside Paul Kolkmeyer in the revitalization of the property. Shaevel was accompanied by Oxana Nichitina of Buffalo, and Alla Rabinovich of Recckio Real Estate & Development and Paul Ciminelli of Ciminelli Real Estate for the failed bid attempt.[5]

Shaevel and Kolkmeyer joined forces however to revitalize the property where they hosted the first event on June 11, 2018 at "The Admiral Room" at the "Marlin" the new name for the Main Seneca Building[6]

On June 27, 2018 the New York State Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission brought a civil lawsuit against Shaevel and his company Hylan Asset Management and Andrew Shaevel personally for the alleged purchase, collection of payday loan debts that consumers did not owe. The complaint alleges that Shaevel and his co-conspirators knew the debt was invalid but continued to collect on the fake debt anyway. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Trust Companies, Volume 31 (Google eBook). Trust Companies Pub. Association. 1920. p. 270.
  2. ↑ LaChiusa, Chuck. "Marine Trust Company Building".
  3. 1 2 Christmann, Samantha (December 31, 2014). "Kolkmeyer completes purchase of 5 buildings". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ↑ BRO staff (December 15, 2014). "Condos, Boutique Hotel, Offices, and Banquet Facility for Main-Seneca Building". Buffalo Rising. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "One Seneca Tower sold to mortgage holder for $28 million". The Buffalo News. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  6. ↑ Muller, Brittany (2018-04-06). "New life for former Marine Trust Building". WKBW. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  7. ↑ "A.G. Underwood Announces Joint Lawsuit With Federal Trade Commission To Shut Down Phantom Debt Collection Scheme | New York State Attorney General". ag.ny.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-14.


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