Five Star Bank Plaza
Five Star Bank Plaza is a high-rise building located in Rochester, New York, United States.[2] It is the sixth tallest building in Rochester. When it was built, it was originally the First Federal Savings headquarters. It has also been known as One HSBC Plaza and Marine Midland Plaza. Standing at 284 feet (87 m) with 21 floors, the building was built in 1970 and renovated 1999. It has 560 parking spaces and 380,000 square feet (35,000 m2) of gross building area;[3] 351,400 of it being usable.[4]
| Five Star Bank Plaza | |
|---|---|
 | |
  Location within New York | |
| Former names | Marine Midland Plaza (1997-1999), One HSBC Plaza (1999-2016) |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 100 Chesnut Street, Rochester, NY, United States |
| Coordinates | 43.1548°N 77.6022°W |
| Completed | 1970 |
| Opening | 1970 |
| Renovated | 1999 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 284 ft (87 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 21 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP [1] |
| Structural engineer | Bruce Graham and Fazlur Rahman Khan |
The radio stations 95.1 WAIO, 100.5 WDVI-FM, 1180 WHAM, 1280 WHTK, 107.3 WNBL and other stations in the iHeartMedia company's Rochester cluster broadcast from studios located on the 16th floor of the tower. Five Star Bank moved its regional headquarters to Rochester in 2016. Five Star Bank will lease three floors for ten years. Marine Midland Bank moved into the plaza during a bank merger renaming the plaza Marine Midland Plaza. In 1999 Marine Midland was re-branded as HSBC in 1999 as part of HSBC's global re-branding, thus renaming the plaza One HSBC Plaza. HSBC Bank USA moved out of the plaza several years later. They sold the branch to First Niagara Bank back in 2012 then later consolidated with another branch nearby. Five Star Bank opened a branch in the Plaza in the former branch of First Federal & Marine Midland & HSBC and First Niagara.
The Building lights up certain offices to display a Christmas tree during the holiday season. Large illuminated lettering bearing the name and logo of Five Star Bank was added to the top of the building when the building changed names to Five Star Bank Plaza (Whose branch is respectively located at One Five Star Bank Plaza)[5][6][7].
References
- "Five Star Bank Plaza, Rochester". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- "One HSBC Plaza, Rochester". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- "Five Star Bank Plaza - The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- "// Location Details". Rochesterdowntown.com. 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- Clausen, Todd. "Rochester Democrat and Chronicle". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- Sharp, Brian. "Five Star Bank moving regional office to downtown Rochester". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- Clausen, Todd. "Rochester Democrat and Chronicle". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
