Pittsburgh

Anyone is invited to submit a story to Stories of the Strip, which can be written, or a video, song, poem, sound bite or original art. The first 25 submissions will get a $25 gift card to a Strip District business, such as DiAnoia’s Eatery, De Fer Coffee & Tea, Pennsylvania Macaroni Company or Enrico Biscotti Company.

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Developer of the Year: This goes to McCaffery. McCaffery has had an active presence in Pittsburgh for more than 15 years. Beginning prior to the 2006 opening of the adaptive re-use Armstrong Cork Factory, which received the Urban Land Institute's Award for Excellence in 2009, then on to the development Lot 24 in 2012, followed by our development consulting, management and leasing in partnership Oxford Development on The Yards at 3 Crossings in 2016, and most recently Coda on Centre which opened in 2018. In 2019, McCaffery broke ground on their largest project yet in the city, the redevelopment of the historic Produce Terminal into the Strip District Terminal and the building at 1600 Smallman.

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“We envision the Strip District Terminal becoming a regional destination – an epicenter for entertainment, dining and shopping – and continuing the neighborhood’s longtime status as one of the most authentic parts of Pittsburgh,” said Mayor William Peduto.

McCaffery is pleased to announce that following the fire incident on September 30th, 1600 Smallman has been inspected and construction at the office/retail development has resumed. The building remains on track to deliver to tenants in Spring 2020.

Pamela Austin is overseeing two pivotal redevelopments for the Strip District valued at $100 million, the Strip District Terminal and 1600 Smallman. How her life and career brought her to this point follows a somewhat unlikely trajectory that starts in rural southern Illinois where she was the first person in her family to go to college, to Chicago, where she met her current boss, Dan McCaffery.

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Strip District Ground just broke on a project at the old produce terminal. Pollock says the Strip is doing very well right now and is transforming with more retail, residential business and restaurants.

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This is a classic short term pain for long term gain. Mayor Bill Peduto says the transformation of the old Produce Terminal is inspiring. “We’re not tearing it down. We’re going to polish her up. We’re going to give her a brand new use. And this building will be the lifeblood of the regeneration and rejuvenation all along the Allegheny River,” the mayor said. “There are very few places that are more Pittsburgh than the terminal building. This place just is the very fabric of what we are.”

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But when the Chicago-based development firm McCaffery Interests breaks ground on its plans for the historic building Tuesday, the Produce Terminal could again be at the center of a thriving Strip District. “I’m delighted,” said Robert Rubinstein, the executive director of Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority. The authority worked for nearly 10 years to hand off ownership of the landmark Produce Terminal to a developer that would transform it into a viable amenity. “It’s been a very long, arduous process. We’ve had, literally, a dozen staff people working on this project for the better part of a decade.”

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“If you’re Italian and from western Pennsylvania, this building connects to you directly,” Peduto said Tuesday. “It’s going to see another 100 years. We’re going to give her a brand new use and this building will be the lifeblood of the regeneration and rejuvenation of all along the Allegheny River from the Strip into Lawrenceville and all the way into Downtown.” Peduto was among dozens of public officials and dignitaries on hand for a ceremonial groundbreaking of the historic terminal building that once provided fresh produce throughout this end of the state. Chicago-based McCaffery Interests has started work on rehabilitating the terminal and a three-story former warehouse across Smallman that once housed the popular nightclubs Rosebud and Metropol.

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For decades, Pittsburghers had known the property in the 1600 to 2100 blocks of Smallman Street as a produce terminal but now the Strip District Terminal and the former warehouse known as 1600 Smallman have marked a new beginning with a groundbreaking Tuesday that is looking to the Strip District's future.

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