Continuing efforts to revive Rochester, New York, after decades of decline, The Architectural Team (TAT) has embarked on a plan to transform a former department store into a mixed-use complex that will have apartments, offices, and a rooftop garden.
The $200 million plan, which is in partnership with the WinnCompanies, an adaptive-reuse developer, focuses on a store known as Sibley’s (Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company), which was a much-loved retail fixture in the upstate city from around the Civil War until 1990. It’s a hopeful project for a city whose overall population dipped four percent from 2000 to 2010, according to city officials. The Eastman Kodak film company, an influential Rochester corporation that employed tens of thousands of people, declared bankruptcy in 2012, adding to Rochester’s woes.
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