PITTSBURGH | FNB Financial Center | 418 FT | 24 FLOORS
F.N.B. Corp. to Occupy 160,000 SF at New Office Tower
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Amazing! I'm always happy when a city like Pittsburgh sees a new tower proposal. Considering there was uncertainty whether there would be any towers of substantial height in the Lower Hill District redevelopment, let our fears be eased, eh? :tup: Also, this announcement of a headquarters in Pittsburgh coming right after an even larger HQ announcement in Cleveland (Sherwin-Williams), well, imagine being a skyscraper fan in the greater NE Ohio/Western PA region right now! ..or even someone concerned about new high-wage jobs in a beleaguered part of the US, for that matter :worship:
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^ Yeah, can't wait to see construction FINALLY happen on the lower Hill site.
Proposals of any significant height in Pittsburgh have been few and far between for the past 30! years. |
Any progress so far on this project? 400 ft is pretty good for Pittsburgh.
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Nice! I always liked Pittsburg. It has gorgeous old buildings and very good cultural institutions for a city of its size. I like it much better than popular Sunbelt cities like Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, etc.
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New Article on this building with an updated rendering. Financing seems to be closed and confirmed.
https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsbur...ice-tower.html |
Thanks for the update!
This will be the second tallest building in Pittsburgh constructed in the 21st century. |
Here's the most recent rendering:
https://media.bizj.us/view/img/11647...finalemail.jpg The best thing about this building is the prominent balance it will provide to the skyline when viewed from pretty much anywhere, but mainly from anywhere but west. From all other directions, the US Steel Building sticks out like a sore thumb... and from the south, there's such a drastic cutoff of height due to the line up of towers on Grant St. |
This is great for Pittsburgh, even if the new design appears to be watered-down. Even still, this will definitely add a bit of a modern touch to a skyline that hasn't really added anything significant since the 1980's. Although, I haven't seen how this building fits into the skyline.
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PNC Tower (2015) is certainly significant for Pittsburgh's skyline though. Not only for its 550' height (I think it's somewhere around that... the height nerds can feel free to correct me :)), but also because it filled a significant gap in the middle of the downtown triangle. The FNB Tower should actually appear 500'+ on the skyline because it it being built on the Lower Hill, at a higher elevation than the downtown buildings. The site is in the middle-right of the below photo. https://triblive.com/wp-content/uplo...er2-121319.jpg |
Will its location make it look even taller than a 400ft'er? Isn't the old Civic Arena location at a higher elevation than the rest of the downtown area?
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I just came across a 2-day-old TribLive article on this project: https://triblive.com/local/4-hill-di...in-pittsburgh/
Curiously, it says "The goal is to break ground for the anchor tenant, First National Bank’s 26-story tower, between April and June of next year", instead of 24-story. I wonder if there really has been a height bump. |
This more recent article from 1/12/2021 again says "26-story": https://www.areadevelopment.com/news...sylvania.shtml
It further says "The mixed-use facility is expected to open in 2023", later than the original completion date of 2022. |
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Great news for Pittsburgh. Downtown is constraint geographically, the natural expansion should be eastward. Hopeful this will spur more development of the lower Hill.
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The exact height has finally been announced: 418 ft. See Pittsburgh's URA, SEA boards approve project at former Civic Arena site. It will be the city's 16th tallest.
Construction should start real soon. |
Penguins development team schedules groundbreaking for new FNB Financial Center
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See also this, published shortly after yesterday's groundbreaking: https://triblive.com/local/penguins-...a-development/
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