The Eastman Kodak complex called the Marketing Education Center (MEC) (also called Riverwood) has been sold to the Rainaldi family of Rochester. They are known for refurbishing the Culver Road Armory in Rochester and two 19th century cobblestone houses into stores in Victor.

The 360,000 complex of buildings on East River Road in the Town of Henrietta were built by Kodak in the 1960s. Kodak at one time used the complex to train copier repair personnel. In the 1990s the Rochester Genealogical Society held a meeting there where we given a demonstration on photo editing at a time when few people had a digital camera. I went there to Haznat training classes in the auditorium in the 1990s while working at Kodak. Kodak sold the complex sometime around 2000 but that buyer never did anything with the property. It is said that the main problem was that the complex has asbestos throughout.

The Rainaldi family will create modern space for as many as 20 high technology companies. They will replace all the windows with energy efficient glass, upgrade the electric, HVAC and data services. The first space will be available in spring 2016  and the whole complex should be filled by 2017.