3 PNC Plaza: $200 million "Green" Mixed - Use

Pittsburgh Business Times - by Ben Semmes

Estimated cost:

$200 million

What:

780,000-square-foot, 23-story mixed-use tower will be home for PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

Where:

Intersection of Fifth Avenue and Liberty Avenue at Market Street Downtown.

What's unique about it:

The mixed-use nature of the building is unique in Pittsburgh. Once completed, 3 PNC Plaza will be one of the largest mixed-use "green" buildings in the world, with office space, a hotel, condominiums, retail and parking. PNC expects to seek U.S. Green Building Council LEED certification for the building's shell. The building will include a 185-room Fairmont hotel that is expected to be the world's first LEED certified hotel under the flag of a major chain. Office space within the building is also expected to be LEED certified. A triangular block at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Liberty Avenue, which is now part of the construction project, will become green space.