Completed in 1959, it is the thirteenth-tallest building in Buffalo, standing at 263 feet (80 m) and 20 stories tall.

The structural frames for the building are not steel, but concrete beams and columns.

The building architects were Emery Roth & Sons of New York City.

They spent $41 million renovating the building into a mixed use complex including the 123-room Hilton Garden Inn Buffalo Downtown, two floors of apartments, and three floors of office space.

[5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, as the Tishman Building.