The sixth floor of the
Larkin Center of Commerce (701 Seneca Street) is filling up quickly with new
tenants as ongoing redevelopment efforts continue. In the last year the
building has welcomed three new companies that have relocated from the suburbs.
The certified public accounting firm (CPA) of Schunk, Wilson, & Company has returned to Buffalo this year after spending more than thirty years in Amherst. Originally located in the City, the firm left like many other companies for the suburbs in the 1970s. The firm was founded in 1966 and consistently ranks in the top 25 WNY CPA firms in Business First. They are settling in nicely to their new space as employees continue to make small aesthetic touches like recovering cubicle walls with new patterned fabric.
Another newer tenant of the
sixth floor is the Strauss Group, which has moved from Williamsville about one year ago. The company is
an executive search consultant that is, “a distinctive blend of pure
entrepreneurial energy with the underpinnings of corporate structure” and
“offers executive search as well as contract staffing solutions.”
Finally, Worldwide Express has been in
their new space for eight months after moving in from Williamsville. The
company has additional offices in Rochester, Syracuse, Tulsa and Pittsburgh to
name a few. Worldwide Express has a partnership with UPS that enables them to
offer light package services for domestic and international shipping. They also
specialize in freight shipping and offer “domestic and international air
freight services through over 30 regional, national, and global carriers.”
A common factor of these
groups moving to the City of Buffalo is obviously the building, but also the
emerging urban node that is the Larkin District. These three groups moving
back/to Buffalo represent a growing trend to return to an urban setting. Slowly
but surely, more employers are vacating large, suburban, one-story office parks
in favor of spaces in emerging urban corridors. The continued renovation at 701
Seneca is another great example in Buffalo of repurposing our rich historic
assets and illustrates the ongoing efforts of revitalizing the communities of
our city.
For additional photos of the progress at the Larkin Center
of Commerce and the Larkin District, click
here
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