November 9, 20204 yr Do streetviews of this former steel mill site. It's 178 acres of redevelopment, including repurposing a large mill structure as well as a former railroad roundhouse. It's quite impressive.... https://www.hazelwoodgreen.com/site "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 9, 20204 yr Redesign of Strip District office tower gets planning commission approval Quote A developer has hooked the Pittsburgh Planning Commission with the big changes it has made to a Strip District office tower that will replace the building best known for the giant smiling fish sign on its side. Nearly three months after rejecting the original design, commission members unanimously approved a revised rendition Tuesday that clears the way for the project to begin. Developer JMC Holdings won over the commission by replacing the 21-story block-like design with four “mini-towers” ranging from 19 to 23 floors with rooftop terraces on each. Edited December 9, 20204 yr by ohpenn
December 9, 20204 yr 54 minutes ago, ohpenn said: Redesign of Strip District office tower gets planning commission approval Love the greenery, hope more and more developers start doing that.
December 10, 20204 yr On 12/9/2020 at 10:28 AM, VintageLife said: Love the greenery, hope more and more developers start doing that. Yeah, especially in areas like that, that lack greenery.
December 10, 20204 yr i love this design and setting -- although i will miss the fish sign warehouse a little it was sorta iconic -- are those wraparound windows?
December 13, 20204 yr Quote i love this design and setting -- although i will miss the fish sign warehouse a little it was sorta iconic -- are those wraparound windows? Not sure about the windows and yeah, the fish sign going away is unfortunate... and ironic given the unwanted proliferation of signs on downtown towers.
May 5, 20214 yr Quote The office tower, featuring more than 500,000 square feet of space, would sit at the western edge of the 28-acre site closest to Downtown. FNB, the anchor tenant, would take 160,000 square feet spread over nine floors, with options to expand. Quote In all, the Penguins are proposing a $1 billion redevelopment across the site that includes offices, housing, a hotel, a live music venue and an 850-space parking garage. Penguins win planning commission approval for FNB headquarters at former Civic Arena site Edited May 5, 20214 yr by ohpenn
May 6, 20214 yr That's great news. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 27, 20213 yr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 28, 20213 yr I'm curious about what a rebuilt Hill District would look like. P-burgh should have a seamless urban fabric from downtown to Oakland and that one can walk between them uninterrupted. Then they should extend the T light rail to Oakland and maybe Shadyside. Edited June 28, 20213 yr by Philly215jawns
March 3, 20223 yr the pitts is getting an office tower too. fnb financial 416'/26fl work starts this summer, wraps 2024 - F.N.B. Corporation, the parent company of First National Bank and the Pittsburgh Penguins, will serve as the anchor tenant for FNB Financial Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. - The architectural design is being done by Gensler, a firm based in Philadelphia, officials reported. Gensler’s concept for the tower utilizes glass and crisp angles to integrate the large structure into the skyline, officials said. more: https://triblive.com/local/penguins-fnb-break-ground-on-tower-to-anchor-civic-arena-development/ https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2020/10/08/buccini-pollin-financed-to-build-new-office-tower.html cam: http://ibeamsystems.com/camera/fnbfinancialcenterlowerhilldistrict/live/ newer render older render
July 12, 20222 yr Cross-posted in the remote work thread "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 9, 20222 yr demo for 1520 penn in the strip -- it will be a 340'/23fl residential apt bldg more: https://www.focus.studio/1520smallman https://apps.pittsburghpa.gov/redtail/images/12181_DCP-ZDR-2019-02015_1501_Penn_Ave.pdf via wpipkins2 render
August 11, 20222 yr more pitts! UPMC Presbyterian Inpatient Tower | 288 FT | 17 Floors more: https://www.upmc.com/locations/hospitals/presbyterian/about/tower/image-gallery https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/upmc-plans-636-beds-new progress:
April 20, 20232 yr more doin's in the pitts -- UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) is Pennsylvania's largest employer. UPMC will construct the largest medical facility in Pittsburgh's history and will be the largest medical construction project in PA. This tower is on of three "specialty" hospitals focusing on specific ailments. This facility will be the center for organ transplant surgery. The ground breaking ceremony was held in June and construction is underway. UPMC Presbyterian will be home to 636 private patient rooms to deliver UPMC's nationally ranked care and Life Changing Medicine in specialties such as transplant, heart and vascular, and neurological care from world-renowned physician-scientists and their clinical teams. The tower — which will be 17 stories and 900,000 square feet — will feature iconic architectural design that will transform the Oakland landscape: UPMC Presbyterian Inpatient Tower | 288 FT | 17 Floors yesterday -- via wpipkins2
September 29, 20231 yr $2.9M ask — tour the most expensive condo in downtown pitts — 🙀 https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cw6fb8xO0_N/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
October 11, 20231 yr the julian 419 Melwood Avenue in North Oakland 110’/10 fl/128 units — i think all 1bdrm https://hudsoncompanies.net/portfolio/the-julian/ https://www.opdc.org/design-development-review-projects/the-julian via wpipkins2 earlier view of the site
November 28, 20231 yr Oh hell no. https://apps.pittsburghpa.gov/redtail/images/23358_3-2339_E_Carson_Street.pdf "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 28, 20231 yr 8 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Oh hell no. https://apps.pittsburghpa.gov/redtail/images/23358_3-2339_E_Carson_Street.pdf Idk what I was expecting but it certainly wasn't that 🌋
July 11, 2024Jul 11 The BNY Mellon Tower can't survive. Pittsburgh must plan now for what's next. The second-tallest skyscraper in Downtown Pittsburgh could become completely vacant within the next five years, an unsettling post-pandemic reality that will alter the shape of Downtown permanently. Public and private leaders must capitalize on the only advantage they have: Time. Pittsburgh needs a plan before lease of the Bank of New York (until recently Bank of New York Mellon), the anchor tenant in the MetLife-owned tower that carries its name, expires in 2028. While it is not certain the global conglomerate will abandon the building, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests it: The bank has been unusually passive about bringing workers back to the office, and it has ample office space elsewhere in Downtown into which it has been moving Mellon Tower workers. No large business is likely to move in, and finding another use for a 54-story commercial hub built in 1983 will be all but impossible. Leaders should assume that, barring a miracle, the structure at 500 Grant St. is heading straight for demolition. The question is: What comes next? The BNY Mellon Center doesn’t lend itself to residential conversion, the only possible alternative use. One look at the floor plan makes this clear. More below: https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2024/07/09/mellon-tower-downtown-empy-tenants-demolition/stories/202407090011 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 13, 2024Jul 13 On 7/11/2024 at 2:09 PM, ColDayMan said: The BNY Mellon Tower can't survive. Pittsburgh must plan now for what's next. The second-tallest skyscraper in Downtown Pittsburgh could become completely vacant within the next five years, an unsettling post-pandemic reality that will alter the shape of Downtown permanently. Public and private leaders must capitalize on the only advantage they have: Time. Pittsburgh needs a plan before lease of the Bank of New York (until recently Bank of New York Mellon), the anchor tenant in the MetLife-owned tower that carries its name, expires in 2028. While it is not certain the global conglomerate will abandon the building, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests it: The bank has been unusually passive about bringing workers back to the office, and it has ample office space elsewhere in Downtown into which it has been moving Mellon Tower workers. No large business is likely to move in, and finding another use for a 54-story commercial hub built in 1983 will be all but impossible. Leaders should assume that, barring a miracle, the structure at 500 Grant St. is heading straight for demolition. The question is: What comes next? The BNY Mellon Center doesn’t lend itself to residential conversion, the only possible alternative use. One look at the floor plan makes this clear. More below: https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2024/07/09/mellon-tower-downtown-empy-tenants-demolition/stories/202407090011 Demo seems insane, I can’t imagine they have zero ideas of what to do with it.
July 25, 2024Jul 25 On 7/13/2024 at 1:22 PM, VintageLife said: Demo seems insane, I can’t imagine they have zero ideas of what to do with it. It is insane. And extremely unlikely. This is a bunch of bluster and nonsense from a paper trying to create controversy from nothing for clicks.
September 5, 2024Sep 5 On 7/11/2024 at 2:09 PM, ColDayMan said: The BNY Mellon Center doesn’t lend itself to residential conversion, the only possible alternative use. This sentence does not seem to be reality-based.
September 5, 2024Sep 5 The Macy's building in Cincy has large floor plates, but similary the angles of the facade and the large core make the deep floor plates more manageable so while it could be converted to residential, at over 50 stories and with roughly 40 units per floor (assuming similar unit mix to Macy's conversion in Cincy) that's conservatively 1,800 units in one building which is pretty insane.
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