The development includes plans for a 50,000-square-foot music venue and up to 1,420 units of housingpenguins
The Penguins are "ready to get rolling on development of the former Civic Arena site this year with a brand new vision that includes offices, housing, a music venue, retail, a hotel and a food hall, all interwoven over 28 acres," according to a front-page piece by Mark Belko of the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE. The team "expects to start construction on the first 274 units of housing in the fall, to be followed by development of a 200,000-square-foot office building with 50,000 square feet of retail in the winter." The Penguins have hired Delaware-based Buccini/Pollin Group to "develop the office space and the other commercial aspects, including a 50,000-square-foot music venue and the food hall." The team has tapped Pittsburgh-based Intergen Advisors to do the "first piece of the housing as well as a 250-unit second phase," with 20% of the apartments in both rounds "designated as affordable." In all, the new master plan "calls for up to 1,420 units of housing, 810,000 square feet of office space, 190,000 square feet of retail, 50,000 square feet of entertainment, and a 220-room hotel." The "genesis for the team’s new vision" came during a February '18 meeting with Penguins co-Owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle. Team officials "toured developments" like the 27-acre Hudson Yards in N.Y. and The Wharf in DC, in "reassessing their plans" (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 3/8).
