Colliers Engineering & Design affiliate Bergmann and In.Site:Architecture received the Design Award, the highest honor given in the annual architecture contest by AIA Rochester.
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Preservation League hopes to save woodlands near Genesee Valley Park 
Concerned that the University of Rochester is planning to clear up to an acre and a half of wooded land adjacent to Genesee Valley Park to build a facilities operations area, the Preservation League has added the park to its ...
Read More »Voters reject new $16.6 million library for Victor/Farmington 
Voters in Victor and Farmington rejected a proposed new library that would have tripled the tax liability for homeowners. The $16.6 million project for the 24,000-square-foot facility was soundly defeated at the polls, with 3,256 no votes compared to 1,415 ...
Read More »PathStone’s Skyview Park Apartments a model for big-box adaptive reuse 
When Amy Casciani looked at the shuttered remnants of retail vitality on the former Irondequoit Mall complex a few years back, she didn’t see urban/suburban blight, she saw a solution to a problem. Monroe County, like just about every other ...
Read More »Passero Associates celebrates 50 years 
It has been exactly 50 years since Gary Passero launched Passero Associates in a one-room office on Lake Avenue. Over the five decades that began on April 15, 1972, the engineering and consulting firm has become a stalwart not just ...
Read More »Officials christen new senior housing, Meadow Reserve at Irondequoit 
Meadow Reserve at Irondquoit, a $20.4 million affordable and supportive housing community for seniors, officially opened on Thursday. Developed by Rochester Management, Inc., Meadow Reserve provides 80 affordable housing units for residents 55 and older. Half of the units are ...
Read More »Clean Energy Webinar: Best time to invest is right now 
Kevin Schulte doesn’t mince words when it comes to whether a business should consider solar energy options. “Right now, in 2022, is the greatest opportunity to invest in clean energy and clean energy technologies than there has been in the ...
Read More »Open office hours for Downtown Revitalization planning team 
With an April 1 deadline for proposals on how to spend $10 million in Downtown Revitalization Initiative funding, officials will hold open office hours from noon to 3 p.m. on Friday at the Mercantile on Main at Sibley Square. The ...
Read More »$100 million state investment will jump-start Inner Loop North transformation 
Buoyed by more than $200 million in private investment along the site of the former Inner Loop East, city officials are ready to convert what remains of the sunken roadway.
Read More »SWBR promotes two to principal, four to senior associate 
SWBR, a Rochester-based multidisciplinary design from, has added two principals to the firm’s leadership team and also promoted four others to senior associates. Architects Leticia Blaya Fornataro and Robert Fornataro join the leadership core that is responsible for client relationships, ...
Read More »Passero promotes two to senior management, adds shareholders 
Civil engineer David Cox and architect Mira Mejibovsky have been promoted to the senior management team at Passero Associates. Cox, a senior associate and civil department manager, has 20 years of engineering experience, the past 12 with Passero. Mejibovsky, ...
Read More »DOT honored for Orleans County bridge project 
The state Route 104 bridge replacement project over Oak Orchard Creek in Orleans County was named Project of the Year by the Genesee Valley Chapter of the American Public Works Association. The project won in the “Structures less than $5 ...
Read More »Excelsior Communities to re-create Medical Arts Building 
Excelsior Communities has purchased the Medical Arts Building and plans to create a live-work-play facility within the historic 10-story art deco structure.
Read More »RDG+Partners relocates to former Hart’s building in the East End 
When RDG+Partners realized they had outgrown their space in Pittsford Village Green, the search began for a new home. You can only add on so many times before you reach a building’s limit. “Our old space was homey and comfortable ...
Read More »LaBella expands Buffalo presence with acquisition of Stieglitz Snyder 
LaBella Associates will soon acquire Stieglitz Snyder Architecture (SSA) of Buffalo, providing further expansion into Western New York for the Rochester-based multidiscipline design firm. Founded in 1970, SSA’s portfolio of projects includes residential, civic, cultural, corporate, educational and commercial. The ...
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