D.C. firm to lead development of riverfront project

D.C. firm to lead development of riverfront project

Pittsburgh Business Journal - July 6, 2006
By Robert Sandler

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust on Monday chose a team led by a Washington, D.C. firm to develop two square blocks of Downtown riverfront.

As part of the ongoing development of the Cultural District, the trust has been searching for a developer of the area bounded by Seventh Street, Penn Avenue, Ninth Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard.

A competition that began with 12 proposals was whittled to four, and ultimately won by "RiverParc," whose developer is Concord Eastridge of Washington, D.C. The design team is led by Stefan Benhisch, whose firm has offices in Germany and California. Additional designers are architects Alliance, Toronto; Gehl Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark; and Richard DeYoung of WTW Architects, Pittsburgh.

The plan by RiverParc is a $460 million project that includes 700 residential units, as well as retail, parking, restaurants, pedestrian plazas, parks, public art projects and connections to the riverfront.

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