The building is the first in Buffalo to have an NFTA metro rail station inside. Among the medical education spaces on the first floor, the street-level active learning center (capacity 200) accommodates teams of students to facilitate group-based learning and problem-solving.

The student commons provides a place for students to unwind and socialize. Two auditoriums, a tech-optimized library with quiet reading rooms overlooking Allen Street and a café to grab coffee or a quick bite are also on this floor.

Ten laboratory neighborhoods feature state-of-the-art lab space for conducting research, separated by a glass wall from work stations for observing, writing and idea-sharing. Conference rooms and offices also share the floor.

Ten laboratory neighborhoods feature state-of-the-art lab space for conducting research, separated by a glass wall from work stations for observing, writing and idea-sharing. Conference rooms and offices also share the floor.

Ten laboratory neighborhoods feature state-of-the-art lab space for conducting research, separated by a glass wall from work stations for observing, writing and idea-sharing. Conference rooms and offices also share the floor.

Students practice patient interaction—taking histories, performing exams, communicating diagnoses and treatment options—in the Clinical Competency Center. In the Behling Human Simulation Center, they participate in interprofessional education activities, working with life-like mannequins designed to represent realistic patient scenarios. Computer labs, conference and training rooms, and offices are also on the floor, as well as the dean's suite.

A variety of facilities designed to foster rich, robust learning in state-of-the-art spaces are found here, including a biomedical engineering collaborative consultation space, human anatomy suite, robotics suite, structural sciences learning center and surgical skills suite.

Building mechanical systems are found on this floor.

The structure features a light-filled, six-story central atrium, accentuated by the skylights shown here (seven in all), designed to cultivate casual “collisions” and collaborations among the faculty, students and staff in the 628,000-square-foot building.