Project Spotlight: Heart of the City

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1689866293537{margin-bottom: 2px !important;}”]Earlier this year, Finance and Commerce selected KA-Rochester’s Heart of the City project as a Top Project of 2022.

CLIENT: City of Rochester with support from Destination Medical Center, Economic Development Agency

PROJECT: Heart of the City

LOCATION: Plaza-type spaces between the Gonda Building, Kahler and Marriott Hotels, Wells Fargo, and Chateau Theater in Downtown Rochester block

ARCHITECT: Coen + Partners / RSP Architects

COST: ~$17 million

FUNCTION: Serves as a public space where individuals can gather and engage with downtown Rochester and its community. The space hosts markets, pop-ups, live music, and more!

A WORD FROM KRAUS-ANDERSON PROJECT MANAGER: “This was a unique project for Kraus-Anderson and the City of Rochester. It required a lot of collaboration and cooperation from a number of different parties, all starting at a time when that couldn’t be done in person thanks to COVID-19. It required digging through bedrock and around a maze of existing utilities while maintaining access to the small businesses around the site.

Through this, and a host of other challenges, we were able to provide the City of Rochester with a renewed space at the front door of the Mayo Clinic that gets used for community events — large and small, lunch breaks, and impromptu meetings. Because it is only a few blocks from our KA-Rochester office, we get to be around it and see the lasting impact of the project more than we typically do, which has been great!” —Charlie Sweeney, Assistant Project Manager[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=”30437,30438,30439,30443,30436,30442,30433,30441″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gmaps link=”#E-8_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”][/vc_column][/vc_row]