Larkin Terminal Warehouse

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Status Complete Country United States Floors 10 Architectural style International Style Construction started 1911		Type Daylight Factory Opened 1912 Town or city Buffalo Architecture firm Lockwood, Greene & Co.

Alternative names Larkin R/S/T Building, Larkin at Exchange Address 726 Exchange Street at van Rensselaer Street Current tenants Keybank, Kaleida Health, John R. Oishei Foundation Similar Larkin Administration Building, Peace Bridge, Darwin D Martin House

The Larkin Terminal Warehouse also known as Larkin at Exchange or the Larkin R/S/T Building is located at 726 Exchange Street, Buffalo, New York in a neighborhood known as the "Hydraulics". The neighborhood was one of Buffalo's earliest industrial districts and it derived its name from the construction of a small hydraulic canal. The building, clearly visible from the I-190 interstate, was originally part of the Larkin Company and was one of the last constructed buildings in the complex. The building has a radio tower on top of it which was erected by WBEN in 1936.

Map of Larkin Terminal Warehouse, Buffalo, NY 14210, USA

History

The Larkin Company owned the building until 1967, when it was sold to Graphic Controls. In 2001, CityView Properties purchased the building from Graphic Controls. The group has spent over $40 million dollars in renovations to the building. On September 10th 2009, First Niagara Financial Group relocated its corporate headquarters to the Larkin Terminal Warehouse building.

As of January 2016, the John R. Oishei Foundation's headquarters are located at the Larkin Terminal Warehouse. As of December 2015, the Foundation has $300 million in assets and gives away nearly $20 million annually. It is among the region’s most well-known grantmakers, providing resources for programs, capital projects and nonprofit executive development and in the last few years alone, it provided multimillion-dollar gifts to the largest health and education projects in Western New York.