The new University at Buffalo medical school on the western edge of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is edging closer to the finish line, hitting the 84 percent completion mark.

Contractors have turned their attention to interior finishing work at the $375 million, eight-story Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Allen and Main streets.

“Each milestone brings us closer to achieving our vision for this project,” said Michael Cain, UB's medical school dean.

Contractors on the project, overseen by LPCiminelli, are working their way through the second phase of work, including the building's seven-story glass atrium and installation of furniture, fixtures and equipment for labs. Substantial work has been done on plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems.

The building's 650 ribbon-glass panels will make up 19,000 square feet of glass along the perimeter of the atrium, as well as a glass rain screen on the building's terra cotta façade.