<p>I hope Andrew Cuomo is as hyped about a marriage of opportunity as he is about same-sex weddings. I think we have partners here who are made for each other.</p><p>The governor announced last week that IBM is bringing 500 jobs to a new computer tech information center somewhere in downtown Buffalo. The state will drop $55 million to retrofit and stock a building. Outside of my downtown office window looms 38 nearly empty floors of the former One HSBC Center. The building is filled with fiber-optic cable and wired for computer technology. It has open floor plates and 1,200 connected parking spots, to accommodate a commuter army. After it goes through foreclosure, it will be auctioned off at a post-Christmas sale price.</p><p>Which is why, to my mind and to better development minds than mine the building potentially makes sense as a new home for IBM.</p><p>Realtor Peter Hunt and developer Paul Ciminelli think IBM fits as a piece of a convention center/hotel/condo/retail idea that Hunt floated this week. Developer Rocco Termini sees IBM as anchoring a research-and-development incubator for the entire building, now known as One Seneca Tower.</p><p><a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/columns/donn-esmonde/ibm-is-ideal-for-plan-to-rescue-tower-20140306">Keep reading...</a></p>