Working in Brief

Measures of Success

• Increase in Square Footage of Desirable (Class A/R1)Product
• Increase in Overall Occupancy Rate
• Increase in Size of Workforce
• Corporate Longevity – Retention and expansion rates
• Increase in # Of Companies by Type/ % of City and Region
• Increase in # Of Employees by Type/ % of City and Region
• SF by Type / % of City and Region

Top Rules for Working Downtown

• Accountability
• Bring the Real Estate Community on Board
• Expand the Power! Education, Ambassadors
• Have the Right People at the Table
• Recognize the Reality of Existing Conditions
• Speak from the Same Page
• Stick with the Plan
• Tap into Existing Resources

Existing Projects

• The Hampton Inn
• 665 Main Street
• Century Centre II
• Adelphia National Operations Center
• Waterfront Entertainment District

Work to Date

• Byte Belt
• Empire Zone
• One-On-One Retention Program
• Buffalo Niagara Now
• Coordinated Local Development Process
• Permitting Reform
• Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Master Plan
• Renewal Community Designation
• 1998 and 2000 Downtown Buffalo Business and Employment Trends
• 1998 Downtown Employee Survey
• CB Richard Ellis Office Occupancy Report
• BOMA Office Occupancy Report
• Militello Office Occupancy Report

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