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 […]
Don Smith talks about the science and art of re-purposing industrial sites
When the Shenango Coke Works site announced it was shutting down operations, many turned to RIDC president Don Smith for his advice and expertise. RIDC has a long history of remediating and re-purposing former industrial sites — RIDC has undertaken the former US Steel sites in McKeesport and Duquesne, a Westinghouse facility in Turtle Creek/East […]
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 […]
New building taking shape
Construction in Duquesne continues to progress! Some of you may have seen construction of a new building while riding the Great Allegheny Passage through Duquesne. Construction of the new 30,000-square-foot Millwrights Building is moving along and will be done at the end of the year. The project began in early summer and has continued to progress. […]
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 […]
Storefronts complete at Townhouses for Industry in RIDC Industrial Park
Storefronts on Gamma & Alpha Drives Completed! After starting in the Spring and continuing throughout the Summer, the storefront project for the Townhouses for Industry in RIDC Industrial Park has been completed. The purpose of the new storefronts along with updated ADA ramps and railings structure was to modernize the structure which was originally built in 1963. […]
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 […]
PRESS RELEASE: RIDC sells parcel for office building in Innovation Ridge
RIDC is pleased to announce the sale of 9.04 acres in Innovation Ridge located in Marshall Township, Allegheny County. The parcel, which closed August 5, was sold for $1,850,000 to Innovation Center Associates, LP. The sale was aided by site preparation work that RIDC is currently undertaking. The work, which started in March and […]
ALMONO Construction Start Nears
Almono is happy to announce they went out to bid on the Phase 1 infrastructure work earlier in June. The final permits are in motion, and the team feels confident that the project will have them in hand before awarding the bid. This project, which will include a complete street, main utility trunk, and green infrastructure, […]
Changes in Progress at RIDC Industrial Park
Change is in the air this spring at the RIDC Industrial Park. In addition to the Township installing a pedestrian path and the Port Authority re-establishing bus service to the park, RIDC is making improvements to its building at the corner of Gamma and Alpha Drives. RIDC is replacing all the “storefronts” on the outside […]
RIDC participates in DEP Brownfields conference in Erie
On May 14 & 15, RIDC staff participated in the annual Pennsylvania Brownfields conference held at the beautiful Bayfront Convention Center in Erie. After 30 years of brownfield redevelopment experience, the RIDC team was happy to share best practices and lessons learned with others in the field. Thanks to the Pennsylvania DEP and all the […]
RIDC sells more parcels in Thorn Hill Industrial Park to expanding companies
RIDC recently sold two parcels in its Thorn Hill Industrial Park both to companies looking to expand in the region. Between the two projects, over 200 jobs will be added in the park. The industrial park is now nearing 100% full with only a few parcels left to be developed. Burns Industrial Equipment, a […]
Work on new Duquesne building begins!
RIDC has started work on the 30,000 square foot building on South Linden Street in the RIDC Duquesne Industrial park. After 30 years of work on challenging brownfields projects, RIDC has gained the patience and expertise that is needed for redevelopment. This project presented several such challenges in the first few months of site work: […]
RIDC wins award for industrial renovation
Former Heppenstall Building in Lawrenceville RIDC recently won the award for best industrial renovation from NAIOP Pittsburgh. This project took a vacant mill structure in Lawrenceville and turned it into a bright, modern R&D and assembly space for Carnegie Robotics – a fast growing spin out of CMU’s National Robotics Engineering Consortium. Preserving the industrial shell […]
RIDC completes another transformation in RIDC Westmoreland
In the summer RIDC announced the signing of our 3rd major manufacturing tenant in RIDC Westmoreland, which was the former Volkswagen and former Sony complex. Before the holidays, I had the chance to visit the space that Cenveo is now occupying. In just a few months, RIDC worked with the new tenant on design, […]
Exciting new developments in O’Hara
RIDC Industrial Park in O’Hara Township, first developed 50 years ago, was RIDC’s first business park. Because of park covenants that raised the standards for construction and maintenance and after several recent developments, the park continues to be an appealing location for growing companies in our region. This past quarter saw new activity in RIDC Industrial Park. Two […]
Carnegie Robotics
In 2014 RIDC started building out the former Heppenstall building, which is a 30,000 square-foot former industrial high-bay facility. The building is now a state-of-the-art space for Carnegie Robotics, a spin-out of the nearby Carnegie Robotics National Center (NREC). Much of the build-out, which totaled $3 million, was financed and managed by RIDC. The space features mezzanine […]
