As part of a project to make the Mancuso Office Building at 26 Harvester Ave., Batavia, handicap accessible, a new elevator is being installed behind the building.
Mancuso Business Development Group President Tom Mancuso said other accessibility upgrades are being made to the building in all the public areas, such as the bathrooms.
The four-story building is split-level, with the first floor not being on grade with either the front or the back of the building, so the elevator is being designed to make five stops.
A new lobby is being installed in the back of the building that will be at grade with the back parking lot.
"It's just (such) a historic, attractive building that we didn't want to make changes to the front of it," Mancuso said.
The elevator should be operational by the end of March.
Mancuso didn't reveal the cost of the project, but indicated it is expensive. The entire project is privately financed, he said.
One of the building's current tenants, Rosicki Rosicki & Associates, is an enthusiastic supporter of working with disabled people, Mancuso said.
Another Mancuso tenant, in the Harvester Center, Larry Brown, is a disabled veteran.
"He's always helping us be aware of and work on our accessibility issues," Mancuso said.
What? Privately financed?
What?
Privately financed?
I'll have to send as much business to these folks that I can!