Phase A of Mill 19 Nears Completion
Phase A of the Mill 19 building in Hazelwood Green, which will house future tenants Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing and Carnegie Mellon University’s Manufacturing Futures Initiative, is quickly approaching completion! Check out the photos.
Revival of Old Industrial Buildings Can Symbolize Past, Present & Future Economic Prosperity
“When the city’s steel industry imploded in the late 1970s-early 1980s, it left behind large, unwanted industrial properties which, over time, led to neighborhood blight. The old bones of Pittsburgh’s industrial past are still there, but now they are being redeveloped to provide homes for a new type of industry—one that requires some level of manufacturing […]
Pittsburgh Developer Taps into Emerging Flex-Industrial Sector
“Pittsburgh-based RIDC…is seeing a new type of property emerge in its core Pennsylvania markets: high-amenity flexible office-industrial space,” says Samantha Rowan in her recent article for Real Estate Finance & Investment Magazine. “The company, which works with a number of robotics-focused companies that include Carnegie Robotics, is seeing strong tenant demand for bicycle-friendly spaces with high-end coffee […]
Geek Wire Highlights RIDC’s Support for Growing Pittsburgh Robotics Industry
RIDC’s support for the growing robotics industry in Pittsburgh was highlighted in Geek Wire article: Our robot neighbors: Hanging out with the mechanical inhabitants of ‘Robotics Row’. “The rise of Robotics Row is as much about real estate as it is tech. A lot of these companies need big open spaces for research, development and testing. Pittsburgh’s stock […]
RIDC featured in Northeast Real Estate Business Journal
What happens when a developer is more concerned with supporting job creation and generating tax revenue than with increasing profits? The Northeast Real Estate Business Journal just released a new issue which includes an article about RIDC and features a number of properties including Lawrenceville Technology Center, Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green and RIDC Westmoreland. RIDC […]
Carnegie Mellon hosts Groundbreaking at Mill 19
The site will be home to Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (ARM) and Manufacturing Futures Initiative (MFI) More than 200 guests gathered this past Monday at the Mill 19 site in Hazelwood for Carnegie Mellon’s debut of their future space inside. CMU recently signed a lease for two floors of the development that will be home to […]
Featured in NextPittsburgh and Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
NextPittsburgh wrote a featured article about longtime Keystone Commons tenant, Intervala, because of a recently signed five-year expansion lease with RIDC. This brings their total occupancy to 135,000 square feet in the park. Read the article on the NextPittsburgh website by clicking here! The Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal also published the press release in […]
Donald Smith featured in Revitalization News
Guest Article: Entrepreneural, Non-Profit reuse of Abandoned Industrial Property In early October, RIDC President, Donald Smith was published on the Revitalization News site as a guest writer. Prefacing with the economic downfall of regions after the loss of heavy-industry companies that employed thousands; Don drove into the importance of having RIDC in Western Pennsylvania to […]
TechVibe Neighborhood Tour goes to Tech Forge!
“…I view our role as doing the projects where the public benefit is bigger than the private benefit.” The Pittsburgh Tech Council’s TechVibe Radio recently took the studio to RIDC’s newest development, The Tech Forge on 47th in Lawrenceville. Joining them at the still active work site was: RIDC President, Donald Smith, John Bares from […]
Almono is now Hazelwood Green
Mill 19 is now located on the Hazelwood Green Site At the Big Tent event in Hazelwood on October 13th, Pittsburgh city officials announced that the formerly-known Almono site has been renamed to “Hazelwood Green.” The name change is part of an effort to unite the former steel site with the Hazelwood community. Work has […]
From Rust to Robust: Revamping Industrial Sites for Community Benefit
RIDC President, Don Smith, talks Redevelopment in Commercial Property Executive “Our experience with the Lawrenceville Technology Center is a case in point. RIDC took ownership of Heppenstall Steel’s former 14-acre industrial site in 2002, which was also later occupied in part by a chocolate manufacturer. According to Pittsburgh Magazine, the urban community where the property resides […]
Governor Wolf Announces New Approvals for Five Business Development Projects and the Creation of 184 Full-Time Jobs
RIDC among 5 new business development projects The Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania was awarded a $2 million, 15-year loan at 4 percent on behalf of Doughboy Square Partnership L.P., for the construction of a 24,792-square-foot addition to a building in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. The building is being utilized as a single-tenant facility. […]
RIDC On-Air with Tech Vibe Radio
Don Smith discusses RIDC abilities and the new Lawrenceville development “RIDC is probably the most misunderstood organization in the region“. RIDC President, Don Smith, met with Pittsburgh Technology Council’s Tech Vibe Radio for a segment about RIDC that aired October 7th on KDKA 1020 AM Radio. In the 10 minute piece, Don discussed who RIDC is […]
Pittsburgh Personalities: RIDC President Don Smith
RIDC President Profiled in Pittsburgh Business Times Don Smith was interviewed in the “Pittsburgh Personalities” section of Pittsburgh Business Times to discuss his time as President of RIDC. Click the link below to read the full article! http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/08/23/personalities-of-pittsburgh-ridcs-don-smith.html?ana=e_du_prem&s=article_du&ed=2016-08-23&u=rV6E5%2F%2BqXIzmw9NK14m%2B8bs%2BOYJ&t=1472049776&j=75535282
New Building Coming to Lawrenceville
New RIDC Building Highlights Robotics Demand Pittsburgh, PA July 19, 2016 After more than a decade of investment to foster a robotics cluster in Lawrenceville, RIDC has broken ground on another facility designed to accommodate robotics companies, The Tech Forge. “I’d like to thank RIDC for their commitment to Pittsburgh’s 21st Century economy and efforts […]
RIDC Talks Almono on WESA
Don Smith and Tim White take WESA around the former LTV Cokeworks site in Hazelwood Last month, Don Smith and Tim White took WESA around the former LTV Cokeworks site to illustrate the upcoming development on the site and to explain the history behind this 178-acre brownfield in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood. Follow the link below to […]
Former Westinghouse Facility Restored
$9.5 Million Renovations at Brush Aftermarket in Turtle Creek This February, RIDC tenant, Brush Aftermarket completed a $9.5 million investment to restore what Westinghouse left in the 1980’s. This renovation means that Brush can complete the final stages of repairs for 55-ton generators, by confirming that they are capable of a near-perfect balanced spin. To read […]
RIDC & Uber Partner Up
Uber to be breaking ground in the Almono Development RIDC is thrilled to announce that Uber will be using the Almono development as a temporary testing site for new technology. For this project, they will be renovating the historic Roundhouse building, constructing temporary test roadways and developing a new green space area. Below is the […]
Groundbreaking at Almono Site
Groundbreaking for the Hazelwood Complete Street in Almono ALMONO announced groundbreaking for the first major construction project at the Hazelwood development that was held Friday, October 30 at 11:00 am near the intersection of Hazelwood Ave and Old Second Avenue. The $27 million construction of the Phase 1 infrastructure will provide a new riverfront […]
Hazelwood plays host to Thrival music festival
Over 11,000 people flock to Almono site The Almono site in Hazelwood, a 178-acre former coke works site, was host to 25 bands on September 25&26. The concert was located alongside a large former Mill building with views of downtown and Oakland. As quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Years from now people might not remember […]
Construction of New Road and Utilities Beginning
The Almono Phase 1 Infrastructure Plans have been approved for construction. Thank you to the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and their related agencies on their efforts to move the Almono Hazelwood development forward. On-site work is scheduled to begin in October. This $25 million Phase 1 infrastructure project includes: New […]
