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The prep work is takingh place along Goodrich Street near and is being done in anticipation of GVI receiving one of its final reviews next The , on May 19, will go over developmen plans for the 10-story, 600,000-square-foot building that will house both Kaleida’sa Global Vascular Institute and a companiohn medical research and teaching facility run by the Universith at Buffalo. The project, including the UB component, carriesd a $275 million development price tag, and is one of the largestt in Buffalo’s economic development pipeline. The , later this will consider a height varianc forthe building.
While some pre-constructio n prep work is underway, a formal ground breakintg won’t take place until June. “This is a major for the better, for healthcare in Westerj New York,” said James Kaskie, Kaleida presidenf and chief executive officer. The GVI, whicj will be connected to BuffaloGeneral Hospital, is part of a sweepinvg series of developments Kaleida has planned for the medicalo campus, including shifting the current operationsx from Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospitak and the Deaconess Center to the downtownj Buffalo campus within the next few Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital is expectec to be fully incorporated into the medical campua by October 2011, Kaskie The Millard Fillmore transition is one of the recommendations from the state-appointex Berger Commission that looked at streamlining medical serviced around New York state.
“This is all part of the new futurr forhealth care,” Kaskie As part of the GVI project, Kaskie said negotiationes are wrapping up with Buffalio officials that will see the city transfer a small portiohn of Goodrich Street, beginning at Ellicotty Street, to Kaleida, a move that will alloew for smoother pedestrian access to the various medicalk campus buildings and to handlee some logistical concerns with regards to the GVI. That sliverr of Goodrich Street is rarelyh used by the general public and is primaril y forBuffalo General-bound vehicles. The GVI is expected to take at leasf two yearsto construct.