Close to everything, worlds apart.

Built in 1928, 257 Lafayette Center is a conversion of a historic school building into a mixed-use center & is a first in green design and city living in Buffalo. 257 Lafayette Center features loft living, an early childhood & daycare center, and professional incubator offices. The building is a state-of-the-art residential complex featuring:

• 20 luxury loft apartments;
• ADA accessible ground floor featuring a 5000-square-foot professional incubator office space and The Rose Garden Early Childhood Center.

Environmental benefits of 257 Lafayette:

• Photovoltaic solar panel system to provide approximately 33% of the building’s electrical demand;
• Energy Star rated building: 25% increase of energy performance above building code requirements;
• Highly efficient radiant heating system;
• Highly efficient electrical fixtures & Energy Star rated appliances;
• Insulated building envelope and window restoration;
• Recycling of construction waste material: 50% diversion from landfill;
• Reuse and restoration of historic windows, doors, hardware, etc.;
• Low-emitting construction materials for enhanced indoor air quality;
• Daylight harvesting;
• Rainwater collection and bio-retention System, to collect and purify parking lot runoff water to irrigate native plant rain garden;