In re the City of Rochester

Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs to defendant. Memorandum: The trial court correctly determined that claimant’s funeral home, which included a chapel with a cathedral ceiling, qualified as a specialty. It was specifically designed, constructed and used as a funeral home. The parties concur that its highest and best use was as a funeral home, and the evidence demonstrates the absence of a market for this type of property in the Rochester area. The structural characteristics and features of the building were unique; and the fact that respondent erected a *716replacement structure similar…