Intervala Celebrates Opening of New Westmoreland Facility

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Desiree Niccoli, desiree@alschulerpr.com, 412-535-5701 FOR INTERVALA: Colleen Clements, colleen@clementscomm.com, 314-422-0111   INTERVALA CELEBRATES OPENING OF NEW WESTMORELAND FACILITY Intervala Ribbon Cutting pictured from left to right: Donald F. Smith, Jr., RIDC President; Teresa Huber, Intervala President and CEO; Nate Nevala, District Chief of Staff of U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler; Dennis […]

Evoqua Announces New Hub at RIDC’s Tech Forge in Lawrenceville

Evoqua’s presence will put the building, already well-occupied, at fully leased, reports Don Smith Jr., president of RIDC, who added it was “gratifying that the vision of the building is working and serving as an attractive option for the companies that are driving the region’s economic growth.” Article can be read in full here. Other coverage: […]

POWER 100 List Recognizes RIDC President & Numerous RIDC Park Occupants

The Pittsburgh Business Times 2021 POWER 100 list recognizes RIDC President Donald F. Smith, Jr. as one of the region’s most influential business leaders and for leading the organization that nurtured Pittsburgh’s autonomous vehicle industry. And congratulations to our many RIDC Park occupants who also made the list! David Burritt, US Steel Laura Karet, Giant […]

Intervala Signs Long-Term Lease at RIDC Westmoreland

“Companies like Intervala are drivers of our region’s economic future,” said Donald F. Smith, Jr., RIDC President. “We want to do everything we can to support their needs and see ourselves as partners in our tenants’ success and growth.” Press release can be read in full at Intervala’s website.

RIDC Tenant News: Seegrid Doubles Revenue for Second Straight Year

Seegrid Corp., the Carnegie-based developer of autonomous mobile robots for material handling, doubled its revenue in 2020, marking the second consecutive year with such an increase and anticipating similar growth in 2021. The company attributed the growth to increased demand exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Seegrid is a tenant in the Park West Industrial Park. […]

Beemsterboer Signs Lease for Slag Recycling Operation at Keystone Commons

Beemsterboer signed a multi-year lease with RIDC for space at Keystone Commons, the former Westinghouse complex in East Pittsburgh and Turtle Creek. The company is investing $5 million to convert an old employee parking lot onsite into a slag recycling operation. “Beemsterboer will take slag used in the blast furnaces at the Edgar Thomson plant […]

Aurora Confirms Deal to Acquire Uber’s Self-Driving Unit

[RIDC President Donald Smith] said he sees Aurora’s buy as a positive thing for Pittsburgh’s industry here, noting the company calls the city its headquarters in tandem with another office in California, something Uber never had done despite making major real estate commitments here. “I think it creates a larger stronger autonomous vehicle company based […]

Tenant News: Seegrid raises $25M, plans to hire 100

Pittsburgh Business Times full article here. “Seegrid Corp., the Pittsburgh-based developer of self-driving industrial vehicles for material handling, on Tuesday announced that it’s raised $25 million from a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. G2VP’s growth equity investment will enable Seegrid to more quickly meet demand and accelerate new product introductions that had previously been scheduled for 2021 […]

Aptiv Comes to RIDC Mill 19!

RIDC welcomes Aptiv to Mill 19! They will occupy the 70,000 sq.ft. Phase B building, which we expect to complete this spring. “Aptiv is one of the great companies that are contributing to Pittsburgh’s reputation as a global center of autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence and robotics. RIDC’s connectivity to so many of these companies and organizations, […]

RIDC Donates Duquesne Building to Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Desiree Niccoli, desiree@alschulerpr.com, 412-535-5701 PITTSBURGH – September 20, 2019 – Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania (RIDC) has donated the three-story Business Innovation Center building in Duquesne to the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh. Formerly a Carnegie Steel office building, the Business Innovation Center was constructed in the late […]

Food Bank at City Center of Duquesne Expands With $1M State Grant

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank plans to double the amount of fresh produce it provides to needy people throughout Western PA by 2025. To make that possible, the Duquesne-based organization is planning a renovation of its facility in the RIDC industrial park, expanding its cold storage area, as well as its cold dock. Officials […]

NASA-funded Research to Take Place at Mill 19

Carnegie Mellon University received $7 million from NASA to develop “new ways to build and power aircraft of the future” using additive manufacturing (3D printing). Research and testing will take place at CMU’s new facility at RIDC‘s Mill 19 building in Hazelwood Green.  For more information: https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/july/nasa-3d-printing.html.

Tenant News: Aurora Innovation to Acquire Lidar Company Blackmore

Article on the acquisition by Automotive News can be read in full here. “Aurora intends to acquire Blackmore Sensors and Analytics Inc., a company in Bozeman, Mont., that has roots supporting the U.S. military with its sensors, the company announced…Lidar units are laser sensors that help autonomous vehicles detect obstacles and locate themselves on the […]

River Materials Inc. Opening New Intermodal Facility in McKeesport’s RIDC Park

River Materials Inc. will use about 18 acres in the RIDC Industrial Center of McKeesport for warehousing, processing and recycling and intends to construct buildings for offices, storage and light manufacturing, as well as a railroad car and barge remediation facility. “This is exactly what RIDC was intended for — to revitalize the brownfields left […]

Tenant News: RedZone Robotics Expands to Larger Facility

RIDC tenant RedZone Robotics outgrew its Lawrenceville office and is moving into double the amount of space at RIDC Thorn Hill Industrial Park in Cranberry Township. The new space is 30,000 square feet. “RIDC is pleased to facilitate RedZone Robotic’s real estate needs and accommodate their growth from an early robotics pioneer to an established […]