PBT Real Estate Quarterly: An Office Market in Flex
“Tech flex space, which includes offices along with room for R&D, is becoming a bread-and-butter need in Pittsburgh. It’s a development model inspired by seminal real estate development projects including Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green and Tech Forge in Lawrenceville, both projects by the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania.” Article by Pittsburgh Business […]
Allegheny County to Open COVID-19 Testing Site in McKeesport
RIDC is proud to support the space needs for the new COVID-19 testing site in McKeesport – Tim White, Senior VP of Development. Please note, the drive-thru testing site opens Tuesday, September 15 and by appointment only. For more information: https://kdkaradio.radio.com/articles/allegheny-to-open-covid-test-site-in-mckeesport.
Mill 19 Now Has The Country’s Largest Single-Sloped Solar Array
The solar array installed by Scalo Solar Solutions atop RIDC’s Mill 19 is now the country’s largest single-sloped solar array. Article by Solar Power World and WESA.
Drive-in Stage Plays Are Coming to Mill 19!
Drive-in stage plays are coming to the Hazelwood Green site and RIDC’S Mill 19! “Drive-in movies are universally known. Well, how about a drive-in stage play? It’s one way Pittsburgh’s City Theatre is reimagining its 2020-21 season,” TribLIVE article by Paul Guggenheimer.
Mill 19 Named One of ENR MidAtlantic’s Best 2020 Projects
Among this year’s ENR MidAtlantic Best Projects winners is Mill 19!
Smith’s Pittsburgh Business Times Viewpoint: We should put more support behind innovation
“Let’s support and promote what we are good at to solve problems not just across the region, or across the country, but around the world,”- RIDC President Donald Smith for Pittsburgh Business Times.
WPXI’s ON THIS DAY: July 14, 1988, Last Volkswagen Built at Westmoreland County Factory
“The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority took over the plant and then turned the property over to RIDC, which manages it today. RIDC has successfully leased out portions of the plant to different companies, totaling about 1,000 employees, along with the Advanced Technology Center of the Westmoreland County Community College.” Article by Matt Simmons, WXPI.
Department of Defense Renews Contract with CMU Worth Up to $2.7B in Possible Funding
Fun Fact: RIDC developed SEI and the Dithridge Street Garage as part of a regional effort to expand the software cluster. We were the landlord for 20 years before eventually selling it to CMU. The Pittsburgh Business Times article can be read in full here.
NEXTPittsburgh: Largest Solar Installation in Pittsburgh Will Soon be Complete
Largest solar installation in Pittsburgh will soon be complete, powering Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green
Smith’s Viewpoint: Boosting Future Economic Development
The people of this region, and our future economic prosperity depend on our ability to retrain the workforce that is going to be displaced by the Covid-19 pandemic and economic disruption. We need to build a training system in the context of an overall economic vision and as part of a holistic approach to revitalizing […]
RIDC Provides No Cost Warehouse Sorting Space to 412 Food Rescue During COVID-19
We are providing no cost warehouse sorting space to 412 Food Rescue to support them in important work like this, getting food to vulnerable Westmoreland County residents impacted by COVID-19. East Huntingdon warehouse serves as stage for 412 Food Rescue
RIDC Tenant News: Argo AI Completes $2.6B Deal With Volkswagen
Self-driving vehicle startup Argo AI completes $2.6B deal with Volkswagen, expands to Europe
Life-Sciences Incubator Signs Deal for Lab Space in Lawrenceville Technology Center
Pittsburgh Business Times article can be read in full here. “LifeX Labs, a Pittsburgh-based incubator and accelerator for life science companies, will soon open the next step of its assistance to its biotech startup with lab space in Lawrenceville. About 5,000 square feet of wet-lab space will open in June for LifeX companies in the […]
National Real Estate Investor: How to Ensure Your Brownfield Project Is a Successful, Worthwhile Undertaking
Check out the article “How to Ensure Your Brownfield Project Is a Successful, Worthwhile Undertaking” written by RIDC President Donald Smith for National Real Estate Investor. Excerpt: For developers willing to rise to the challenge, the recipe for success is this: have the tenacity, patience and balance sheet that will support you for extended periods […]
MARE Journal: The Mon Valley, Poised for Future Growth
Mill 19: A Magnificent Blend Of Past And Future In Hazelwood
The article can be read in full here. “Steel-era Pittsburgh is like ancient Rome. We too could go several more centuries before restoring the old ruins to the magnificence of their original capacity, and the reconnection to the Hazelwood neighborhood itself is still a stretch that no single building can solve. The triumph here that […]
Pittsburgh Business Times: These CRE companies are helping fuel Pittsburgh’s renaissance
The article can be read in full at Pittsburgh Business Times. “Green Building – Mill 19 by RIDC. With the adaptive reuse of the quarter mile long Mill 19 at the former Jones and Laughlin site in Hazelwood, RIDC set out to make a world-class commercial and light industrial building. In contrast to the pollution […]
RIDC President Donald Smith Wins NAIOP Chapter President of the Year
RIDC President Donald Smith, who is also the chapter president of NAIOP Pittsburgh, won NAIOP Chapter President of the Year at the organization’s Chapter Leadership & Legislative Retreat in Washington, D.C. He is pictured below with NAIOP Pittsburgh Executive Director Brandon Mendoza who was named Executive Director of The Year. Congratulations to you both! The full […]
March of Dimes Pittsburgh Names RIDC Mill 19 Building Project of the Year
March of Dimes Pittsburgh names RIDC Mill 19 Building Project of the Year! We will receive the award Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at the organization’s 10th Annual Pittsburgh Transportation, Building & Construction Awards Luncheon. March of Dimes fights for the health of all moms and babies. They advocate for policies to protect them. They work to […]
Governor Tom Wolf Visits RIDC Mill 19 to Announce Innovation Funding
We had a very special guest at RIDC Mill 19 today. Governor Tom Wolf visited and announced funding to support our region’s future of innovation. “Part of the reason for the funding is to keep Pennsylvania competitive with other states developing a reputation for innovation, Gov. Wolf said. ‘We’ve lost the mojo we had once […]
RIDC President Don Smith Makes Pittsburgh Business Times 2020 POWER 100 List
The full Pittsburgh Business Times list can be accessed here. “The list is made up of the movers and shakers who are inserting themselves into the community conversation and making an impact on this region right now, at this one particular moment in time. These are the people who are redefining the region, and who […]
