August 22, 2012 12:06 am By Mark Belko / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One by one, they stepped to the microphone Tuesday to pledge some of Downtown’s most celebrated properties — from One Oxford Centre to PNC Park — to going greener. During the course of 45 minutes, owners of 61 properties representing 23.3 million square feet…
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Pittsburgh Building Owners Pledge To Cut Energy & Water Usage
By Emily Farah Wednesday, August 22, 2012 The Green Building Alliance is challenging Pittsburgh property owners to reduce the use of water, energy, and transportation emissions by 50% by 2030. Green Building Alliance C-E-O Mike Schiller, said the property owners who have committed to the initiative are called “2030 Districts,” and others have…
Read MoreDowntown, North Shore buildings to halve energy, resource use
Published: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 5:52 p.m. Updated: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Owners of 61 properties Downtown and on the North Shore – including major structures One Oxford Centre, BNY Mellon Center and Three PNC Plaza – on Tuesday agreed to cut energy, water and transportation consumption by 50 percent by the year 2030 as…
Read MoreOxford Development seeks an anchor for proposed Downtown Skyscraper
Oxford Development Co. has approached four to five companies about anchoring a proposed $238 million, 33-story skyscraper Downtown and is confident that it can get one to sign on. “Our project, we feel, is definitely still in play,” said Shawn Fox, director of business development for Oxford. The developer has either talked to or sent…
Read MoreOxford Announces 350 Fifth
Oxford Development Company held a press event today to unveil 350 Fifth Avenue, a new revitalization project in the Fifth and Forbes corridor located in Pittsburgh’s central business district. Oxford executives Steve Guy and Lou DiNardo were joined by guests Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Barbara McNees, President of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce and Jeremy…
Read MoreSet Your DVR – Oxford CEO, Steve Guy to be on KD/PG Sunday Edition
Oxford Development Company CEO, Steve Guy, will be a guest on the KD/PG Sunday Edition show this Sunday at 8:30 am, on KDKA. Steve will be joined by County Execuitve Rich Fitzgerald and Yarone Zober, the Chief of Staff for Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the URA and of…
Read MoreDavid L. Lawrence Convention Center Earns LEED Platinum Certification
Congratulations to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center for becoming the first such facility in the world to earn a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Existing Building Operations and Maintenance rating system. We are proud to be an ongoing partner in helping the center maintain…
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