Paladino Works on 'World's Greenest Skyscraper' - Daily Journal of Commerce

PNC Financial Services Group is building what it says will be the “world's most environmentally friendly skyscaper” in Pittsburgh, and Seattle-based Paladino and Company is working as a consultant on the project.

The Tower at PNC Plaza is expected to be the largest building in Pittsburgh at 800,000 square feet. The 40-story tower will have 300 underground parking spaces, streetlevel retail, green rooftops and PNC's corporate offices.

Construction is estimated to cost $400 million and completion is set for 2015.

The Pittsburgh office of Gensler is the architect. Pittsburgh-based PJ Dick is construction manager and Buro Happold is the engineer.

James Rohr, chairman and CEO of PNC, called the tower “an exclamation point on our investment in downtown Pittsburgh. When the tower is complete, we will have invested more than $700 million in green buildings at the heart of the city.”

It will be on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Wood Street, where PNC has been headquartered for 150 years. Design began in April and should be complete next spring. PNC will own the building and occupy all the office space.

Paladino is acting as the owner's advisor on sustainability and will manage the integrated design process.

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