From a pure bricks-and-mortar perspective, work on the Golisano Institute of Business and Entrepreneurship building on Washington Street is progressing and progressing at a fast pace.
But, the real story goes well beyond the former Buffalo News building on Washington Street.
The story is the warm welcome and interest that Golisano Institute leaders are hearing and seeing as they begin recruiting high school and college-aged students for the inaugural class.
James Dentinger, Institute regional executive vice president, is predicting as many as 100 students - some enrolled in a two-year program; others in a more fast tracked one-year program - may make up the inaugural class that begins in September.
The common thread: Stoking their inner business and entrepreneurial interests.
"That's our secret sauce," Dentinger said.
It is that same entrepreneurial spirit and spunk that the institute's namesake - Rochester billionaire B. Thomas Golisano used to start Paychex.
Golisano, later, bought the Buffalo Sabres and has been a major benefactor in both Rochester and Buffalo with the fledgling downtown Buffalo institute one of his latest examples.
Golisano has invested north of $20 million to start up the downtown real-life educational institute.
"Our intent is to give students real life experiences," Dentinger said.
The classwork is intense but it is designed to make students business and entrepreneurship ready.
"That's our biggest success story," Dentinger said.