the gates vascular institute and the university at buffalo‘s clinical and translational research center is a 10 story building at 875 ellicott st, buffalo, new york. the institute is next to buffalo general medical center and opened on may 24, 2012. the building was designed by mehrdad yazdani of cannondesign and offers services for stroke care, cardiac surgery, and vascular services. project costs were approximately $290,000,000.