{{short description|Skyscraper in Rochester, New York}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Innovation Square | image = MarchForScienceClintonAvenueSouth.jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = | highest_region = Rochester, New York | highest_prev = Kodak Tower | highest_next = | highest_start = 1967 | highest_end = <!-- Do not add --> | location = 100 Clinton Avenue South<br />Rochester, New York | coordinates = {{coord|43.15455|-77.60477|region:US|display=inline,title}} | status = | construction_start_date = June 28, 1965<ref name="RBJ_June09">{{cite news|first=Andrea |last=Deckert |title=Xerox seeks to sell tower, then lease it back |url=http://www.rbj.net/fullarticle.cfm?sdid=78796 |work=Rochester Business Journal |location=Rochester, New York |date=June 18, 2009 |access-date=June 19, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}</ref> | completion_date = 1967 | opening_date = 1968 (As Xerox Tower)
Summer 2021 (As Innovation Square) | building_type = Office, Residential, and College Dormitories | antenna_spire = | current_tenants = Innovation Square | roof = | top_floor = {{convert|443|ft|m}} | floor_count = 30 | elevator_count = | cost = US$27 million<ref name="Okla_JR_May01">{{cite news |title=Xerox wants to sell its Rochester tower |agency=Associated Press |work=Star-Gazette|date=May 31, 2001|page=16A |access-date=June 19, 2009 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-gazette-xerox-sell/157041663/}}</ref> | floor_area = {{convert|519,994|sqft|m2}} | architect = Welton Becket and Associates | structural_engineer = | main_contractor = Turner Construction Company | developer = Central City Holding Corporation, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., Joseph R. Loring & Associates, Raisler Corporation | former_name = Xerox Square | owner = Gallina Development | operator = Gallina Development | landlord = | website = [https://www.innovationsquareroc.com/ Official Website] | references = <ref>{{cite web|title=Xerox Tower|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/xerox-tower/9773|website=Skyscraper Center|publisher=CTBUH|access-date=2017-07-07}}</ref> }} '''Innovation Square''', formerly '''Xerox Tower''', is a skyscraper in downtown Rochester, New York, standing at {{convert|443|ft|m}} tall.<ref>Xerox Tower {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061208202440/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=xeroxtower-rochester-ny-usa]}} emporis.com</ref> The tower is the centerpiece of a roughly {{convert|2.7|acre|ha}} complex named ''Xerox Square''.<ref name=Deckert2013 /> When it was built in 1967, it was the tallest building made of poured-in-place exposed aggregate concrete. It is the tallest building in Rochester, as well as the third tallest building in Upstate New York. It was initially used as the headquarters of Xerox Corporation.
The "Digital X" Xerox logo at the top of the building was removed in 2005 with Xerox's new positioning away from "The Document Company" signature and the related logo in use since 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Xerox, The Very, Very, Very Shiny Company|date=January 7, 2008|work=UnderConsideration - Brand New |url=https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/xerox_the_very_very_very_shiny.php|access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref>
On April 18, 2009, Xerox announced their wish to sell the tower and other buildings in Xerox Square, and lease back the office space.<ref name="RBJ_June09" /> In August 2013 the property was sold to Buckingham Properties for $40 million. Under the terms of the sale Xerox continued to lease space in the building for eight years, with an option to renew. Between the Summer and Autumn of 2015, a multi-color light display was added to all four corners of the tower roof.<ref name=Deckert2013>{{cite news|last=Deckert|first=Andrea|title=Xerox Square sells at $40M|url=http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=197673|access-date=Nov 1, 2013|newspaper=Rochester Business Journal|date=Aug 2, 2013|archive-date=November 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102205656/http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=197673|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The complex formerly featured an outdoor skating rink, and an English pub-style restaurant called ''The Shakespeare'', both of which operated until the late 1970s or 1980s before being converted to a private outdoor lounge for Xerox employees.<ref>{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Morell|title=Whatever Happened to ... the ice rink at Xerox Square|url = http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/rocroots/2017/02/11/whatever-happened-ice-rink-xerox-square/97768582/|access-date=Mar 4, 2013|newspaper=Democrat & Chronicle|date = Feb 11, 2017}}</ref>
On January 26, 2018, Xerox has announced that it would vacate the entire building to move all its local employees to Webster.<ref>{{cite news|title=Xerox to leave downtown offices, relocate employees to Webster campus|url = https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/2018/01/26/xerox-leave-downtown-offices-relocate-employees-webster-campus/1069376001/|access-date=Jan 31, 2018|newspaper=Democrat & Chronicle|date = Jan 26, 2018}}</ref>
Consulting and accounting firm EFPR was the first commercial tenant in February 2020, occupying the 14th and 15th floors of the tower.<ref>{{Cite web |last=WHAM |date=2019-11-12 |title=EFPR Group to become first new tenant of former Xerox Tower |url=https://13wham.com/news/local/efpr-group-to-become-first-new-tenant-of-former-xerox-tower |access-date=2026-05-22 |website=WHAM |language=en}}</ref>
More recently, it was sold to Gallina Development.<ref>{{Cite web|last=WHAM|date=2020-09-21|title=Gallina Development acquires former Xerox Tower|url=https://13wham.com/news/local/gallina-development-acquires-former-xerox-tower|access-date=2020-09-22|website=WHAM}}</ref> Gallina announced that it would rename the complex "Innovation Square" and retrofit it with housing, commercial, and college student living space.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-23 |title=Xerox Tower to become 'Innovation Square' |url=https://www.whec.com/news/update-on-xerox-tower-plans-expected-friday/5903391/ |access-date=2021-09-10 |website=WHEC News10NBC |language=en |archive-date=2021-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910022502/https://www.whec.com/news/update-on-xerox-tower-plans-expected-friday/5903391/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The auditorium (formerly known as Xerox Auditorium), which was kept, reopened as a performing arts center in September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharp |first=Brian |title=Renovated theater at former Xerox Square will cater to community arts groups |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2021/09/09/former-xerox-auditorium-downtown-rochester-ny-gets-new-look/8256773002/ |access-date=2021-09-10 |website=Democrat and Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2023, the YMCA opened a branch in the building.<ref>{{Cite web |last=WHAM |date=2023-09-12 |title=Downtown Rochester's new YMCA location celebrates grand opening |url=https://13wham.com/news/local/downtown-rochesters-new-ymca-location-celebrates-grand-opening-innovation-square |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=WHAM |language=en}}</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery> File:Xerox Square east entrance.JPG|East entrance, showing plaza File:Xerox Square entrance to parking garage.JPG|Parking garage entrance File:Xerox Square plaque.JPG|Plaque before it became Innovation Square File:Xerox Square plaza.JPG|Plaza. Formerly an ice skating rink File:Xerox Square skyway to Midtown Plaza.JPG|Former skyway to the former Midtown Plaza File:Xerox Square tower base.JPG|Base File:Xerox Tower façade.JPG|Façade, south side File:Rochester - Court Street at night.jpg|Xerox Tower before the "X" was removed </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061208202440/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=xeroxtower-rochester-ny-usa Xerox Tower, Emporis]}} *[http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1150 Xerox Tower, Skyscraperpage] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081008102500/http://www.rochesterdowntown.com/business/fetchBuilding_c.php?72 Xerox Tower, RochesterDowntown]
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