PNC Tops Off New Global Headquarters
PITTSBURGH -- PNC Financial Services Group Inc. is celebrating the topping off of its new global headquarters, The Tower at PNC Plaza. The final steel beam was placed atop the structure during a ceremony Tuesday.
The 33-story tower with 800,000 square feet is on the southeastern corner of Fifth Avenue and Wood Street and will house some 2,200 employees upon its opening in the fall of 2015. The building will help accommodate PNC's growth and support further business development in the downtown.
"The tower's construction is a reflection of PNC's commitment to Pittsburgh and a testament to our tremendous growth over the past decade," said Bill Demchak, PNC chairman, president and CEO. "The new headquarters will serve as a statement about the importance that we place on sustainability and innovation and on providing the best-possible environment for our employees."
By using ground-breaking technology, including a double-skin facade and a solar chimney, the tower is designed to ventilate naturally at least 42% of the year and consume 50% less energy than a typical office building. The floor-to-ceiling windows and narrow floor plates in the building will allow daylight to illuminate 90% of all open workspaces, and a water recycling system is expected to decrease the tower's annual water consumption by 77%.
PNC officials believe the building will exceed Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum certification and set the new standard for green building.
Some 2,500 people are expected to work on construction of The Tower at PNC Plaza.
In 2000, the 650,000-square-foot PNC Firstside Center at 500 First Ave. here opened as the first U.S. LEED-certified financial services building and the largest LEED-certified building in the United States. Since then, PNC has certified 225 projects to LEED standards, including more newly constructed LEED-certified buildings than any other company.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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