Ontario lands Rochester project…

Midtown Plaza set to fall as Ontario wins contract.

Ontario Specialty Contracting Inc. has been awarded the demolition and site preparation contract for downtown Rochester’s oft-discussed Midtown Plaza project.

Ontario Specialty bid $9.6 million for the work. The contract was awarded Tuesday by the Empire State Development Corp.’s board of directors.

The Midtown Plaza is being razed to make way for a $90 million project anchored by the headquarters Paetec Holding Corp. and the Rochester Broadway Theater League’s performing arts centre.

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