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'Home run' development on horizon for Rochester's riverfront

ROCHESTER – A $257 million riverfront project barreling toward approval in Rochester’s Destination Medical Center zone has all of the hallmarks planners wanted: deep-pocketed private investors, towers that help transform the city’s skyline, a healthy contribution to city tax collections, and new connections to the city’s mostly dormant riverfront.

It’s a “home run” of a project, in the words of DMC Board Member R.T. Rybak, and two public hearings this week will raise the likelihood that construction on Bloom International Realty’s riverfront development could begin later this year.