40 Fountain Plaza

{{short description|Building in Buffalo, New York, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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| name = 40 Fountain Plaza

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| image = Key Center South Tower.jpg

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| caption = 40 Fountain Plaza, in Buffalo, NY

| location = 40 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY, United States

| coordinates = {{coord|42|53|22.5|N|78|52|26|W|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}

| status = Complete

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| completion_date = 1990

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| building_type = Office

| roof = {{convert|225|ft|m|1}}

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| floor_count = 13

| elevator_count = 5

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| floor_area = {{convert|157700|sqft|m2|1|abbr=on}}

| architect = Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects

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| developer = CitiPark/CitiComm

| owner = Anthill US Inc [a subsidiary of Odoo SA]

| management = Ciminelli Group

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40 Fountain Plaza, formerly Key Center South Tower, is a high-rise located in Buffalo, NY. It stands 225 feet (69 m) and 13 stories tall.{{Cite web|title=Skyscraperpage.com Building Entry|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=16751|publisher=Skyscraperpage.com|accessdate=2010-10-07}} The building has a twin tower next door, 50 Fountain Plaza (formerly Key Center North Tower), which is four stories taller, and connected by a two-story glass atrium encompassing 18,800 square feet of retail space. The complex was formally known as the Key Center at Fountain Plaza.{{cite web | url=http://www.emporis.com/building/keycentersouthtower-buffalo-ny-usa | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203025340/http://www.emporis.com/building/keycentersouthtower-buffalo-ny-usa | url-status=usurped | archive-date=December 3, 2013 | title=Key Center - South Tower | publisher=emporis | accessdate=22 November 2013}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2016/08/11/key-center-becomes-40-50-fountain-plaza-building.html |title=Key Center becomes 40-50 Fountain Plaza |last=Fink |first=James |date=August 11, 2016 |work=Buffalo Business First |access-date=February 9, 2019}} Both buildings have distinctive pyramid tops that are trimmed with LED lighting strips which are illuminated at night and can change color for specific occasions or holidays. {{Cite web |date=2018-11-28 |title=Renovations Underway at 40-50 Fountain Plaza |url=https://www.buffalorising.com/2018/11/renovations-underway-at-40-50-fountain-plaza/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Buffalo Rising |language=en-US}} In the front of the two towers is a large fountain and reflecting pool in the summer. In the winter, it serves as an outdoor ice rink that is free to the public.{{cite web | url=http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/12/free-ice-skating-downtown-rotary-rink.html#SlideFrame_2 | title=Free Ice Skating Downtown @ Rotary Rink | publisher=Buffalo Rising | date=December 17, 2009 | accessdate=February 4, 2012 | author=Centurione, Giovanni | archive-date=July 19, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719090033/http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/12/free-ice-skating-downtown-rotary-rink.html#SlideFrame_2 | url-status=dead }}