RIDC Launches New Website
Our new and improved website is here, featuring a fantastic redesign and enhanced functionality! Tenants now have an online portal to connect directly to our property management team. We have also added a searchable directory of our available properties, making it easier for potential new tenants and brokers to find available space and additional property […]
Video: Mill 19 Rendering
Check out this fantastic video rendering of RIDC Mill 19, courtesy of MSR Design.
Innovation Pointe Building Construction Begins
Construction has begun on Innovation Pointe, a green 3-story spec office building at the RIDC Innovation Ridge campus in Marshall Township. Developer Innovation Center Associates and officials of Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC) broke ground on the 90,000 square foot building in December 2018. It is scheduled to be completed and ready for tenant occupancy in […]
Tech Forge Named Best Tech Flex
Exciting news! RIDC’s Tech Forge was named Tech Flex Office of the Year by NAIOP and will be celebrated at their upcoming 26th Annual Awards Banquet on March 28. Congratulations to all the other winners! And The Winners Are… Speculative-Industrial 200 Solar Drive Build to Suit-Office Argo AI at 3 Crossings Renovation – Office 420 […]
Mill 19, Phase B Steel Erection Begins
We started steel erection today for the 2nd building at Mill 19 in Hazelwood Green. Phase B here we come!
New Low-Interest Financing from Wolf Administration to Support Renovation of Technology Center in Lawrenceville
ECONOMY, INFRASTRUCTURE, PRESS RELEASE Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf announced a new low-interest loan approval through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) program. The loan will support the renovation of the Lawrenceville Chocolate Factory, part of the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s (RIDC’s) Lawrenceville Technology Center. The project will open the way for […]
What’s Happening At Mill 19?
You can read all the latest news coverage of Mill 19 and Hazelwood Green right here: Developers are harkened for major revitalization project in Pittsburgh RIDC thinking beyond Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green as Almono markets new RFQ Innovation Hub Seeks To Be Good Neighbor At Hazelwood Green Tech firm landing at Hazelwood Green. Could […]
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 […]
Steel Goes Up at Mill 19
Early last week, the first batch of steel arrived at the Mill 19 building in Hazelwood Green and the first column was erected. Now, over 30% of the steel is up.
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 […]
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 […]
Improvements continue at Westmoreland
Roofing replacement project continues as new construction prepares RIDC Westmoreland for Siemens The Westmoreland roofing project continues to make headway as an anticipated 65% of the total roof will be replaced by September 30, 2017. 1,306,387 SF of 1,999,106 SF total roof will have been restored since RIDC took over the project in March 2012. […]
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. […]
Tech Forge heads into Summer on schedule!
Lawrenceville Technology Center’s newest high-tech building looking good for completion this month!
RIDC Hosts NAIOP’s Developing Leaders at Tech Forge
NAIOP’s Developing Leaders held at Tech Forge in Lawrenceville Last Thursday, approximately 40 of Pittsburgh’s professionals gathered at RIDC’s Tech Forge on 47th to learn about the current development of the 64,000 square foot facility, the restoration of the Lawrenceville Technology Center and listen to multiple speakers discuss how Tech Forge became a reality. RIDC President, […]
Lawrenceville Mill Redevelopment Recognized as Top Industrial Renovation Project in North America
RIDC’s Lawrenceville Technology Center Selected as a Top 2017 Impact Project by NAIOP Pittsburgh, PA February 28, 2017 The redevelopment of the former Heppenstall Steel Mill into Carnegie Robotics at RIDC’s Lawrenceville Technology Center has been selected as a top 2017 impact project by NAIOP, the premiere North American commercial real estate and development association. […]
New Landscaping at Townhouses for Industry
The O’Hara Industrial Park building revamped over the past year Not only was Townhouses for Industry remodeled with new façades over the past year, but the landscaping in front of the building was also recently redone in the past few months to match the rest of the upgrades. Updated shrubbery and flowers replaced the longstanding hedges in front of the […]
