Two significant leases were signed within the past 24 hours that turned prospective speculative buildings into build-to-suits projects.
ServiceLink will be taking another building at the Pittsburgh International Business Park in Moon Township. Continental Building Systems will start work on the 68,000 sq. ft. building in October. In the Strip, Oxford Development announced that its second office building at Three Crossings will be a new headquarters for attorneys Burns White. Rycon Construction is the contractor for the 105,000 sq. ft. building.
There was project news from West Virginia and Washington. WVU selected the development team that included Yates Construction for its new $50 million+ hotel/conference center. The university also took qualifications for CM-at risk for the $22 million renovation of the Coliseum. Monongalia General Hospital released its $11 million radiation therapy project to Gilbane, Landau, March Westin, Mascaro and Whiting Turner, due Sept. 18. Washington & Jefferson College selected Mosites Construction as CM for the remaining phase of its $14 million recreation center.