Written on Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 10:29am by Mark | 6 Comments

Inertia

I, like everyone else, is happy to hear about CentriLogic, a Toronto based data service company taking up space downtown and adding between 50-75 jobs over the next few years. But then I had to be a Debbie Downer and come across an identical story printed almost a decade ago…

Buffalo Business Journal: July 14, 2000

WorldWide Fibers leased all 40,000 square feet of the former Jim Kelly’s Sports City Grill space and in the process is bringing 50 new workers to downtown.

Buffalo Business Journal: October 14, 2009

The new site, owner Robert Offley said, will play a major role in his company’s growth. He projected 50 to 75 people would be hired for jobs over the next three years…The Buffalo office location will occupy 23,000 square feet on the first floor.

According to WIVB,

CentriLogic will be occupying the former Jim Kelly’s Sports City Grill.

It is very good to see a Canadian company investing in tech infrastructure in downtown. Its too bad that its really only replacing a company that did the same services with the same amount of employees. Buffalo goes one step forward and one step back on a good day.

6 Comments

  1. STEEL says:
    October 16, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    This was a beautiful and very elegant space when it was a banking floor, The giant windows give spectacular views to some of the country’s most important architectural landmarks. Do they black out the windows to create a data center?

  2. mark says:
    October 16, 2009 at 2:51 pm

    the main doorway is still non-tinted glass but they have dark gray walls going along all the windowed area.

  3. STEEL says:
    October 16, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    Sad and stupid. Such a waste of a prime corner.

  4. Dan says:
    October 16, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    And no more model trains at Xmas, in the Erie County Savings Bank.
    oops – just dated myself :)

  5. Chris Smith says:
    October 16, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    That makes two datacenters in the former quasi-shopping mall. Switch and Data also has a sizable DC on the first floor across from Gino and Joes.

  6. STEEL says:
    October 16, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    For years AT&T had major operations on the third and forth floor of the building above the mall. All of their major trunks came into the building because they had there operators there. Remember operators? They may still have stuff in there. There are not so many operators these days but because of this the building is wired with fiber up the wazoo. This is what attracts the data companies.

 

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