The Culinary Institute, which opened in fall 2012, needed instructional space to accommodate up to 1,000 students in NCCC’s culinary arts, hospitality management and tourism/event management programs. The institute also involves a number of features to advance its educational mission and contribute to “place‐making” along Old Falls Street, such as ground floor student‐operated restaurant and pastry deli facilities, a college bookstore, and a “Niagara Wine Trail” shop.