Type Office Roof 615 ft (187 m) Height 188 m Opened April 1983 Architecture firm HOK | Completed April 1983 Floor count 45 Floors 45 Cost 140 million USD Construction started 31 May 1980 | |
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Floor area ~1,042,000 sq ft (93,925 m2) Lifts/elevators 21 ( 3 Hydraulics And 1 Big Geared Service Car With An Operator ) Similar US Steel Tower, PPG Place, Fifth Avenue Place, BNY Mellon Center, Grant Building | ||
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One Oxford Centre is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of Downtown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States. The complex is named for Oxford Development, the developer and previous owner.
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- Westinghouse a series 5 16 elevators one oxford centre office building in downtown pittsburgh pa
- Map of One Oxford Centre 301 Grant St Pittsburgh PA 15219 USA
- History
- Design
- In Popular Culture
- Building Ownership
- References
Map of One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
Among the commercial tenants of One Oxford Centre are the law firms of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC, HFF, The Federal Reserve Bank, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, and other Class A office tenants Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Pittsburgh Office information</ref>
History
The proposed tower was announced and submitted for county approval in October 1978 as the "Grant Land project". In April 1983, DeBartolo Company, which constructed the tower, announced plans for "Two Oxford Centre" to the immediate northeast of the main tower and across the street from Pittsburgh City Hall and the Frick Building. Two Oxford Centre was to be noticeably taller than One Oxford, however the plans and development were dependent on securing a majority tenant which never materialized.
Design
Completed in 1983, One Oxford Centre has 46 floors in its main tower and rises 615 feet (187 m) above Downtown Pittsburgh. Although its address is simply One Oxford Centre, the building is located on the 300 block of Grant Street. The tower has nearly 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) of office and high-end retail space. Since the towers opening it has been home to a full-service health/business club, The Rivers Club. The complex also contains a multi-level parking garage and some street level retail and office space one block west of Grant Street.
At night, forty-three 1,500-watt spotlights illuminate the Centre with a total of 54,500 watts that create a glowing effect that is said to be greater than any other highrise in the United States. One Oxford Centre was developed by Oxford Development Company and designed by architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum.
The building is designed the way it is, with so many sides, because the developers wanted as many corner offices in the building as possible.
In Popular Culture
A composite image of the main tower of PPG Place and Oxford Centre is used as the Fiddler's Green luxury high-rise in the movie Land of the Dead. Another interesting fact is that a street (Cherry Way) passes through the tower on its lower levels.
Building Ownership
Since developing the Property in 1983, Oxford Development had been the sole owner and operator. However, they did not make the capital improvements necessary for the Property to compete effectively in the market.
San Francisco-based Shorenstein Properties acquired One Oxford Centre in January 2016 under its Shorenstein Realty Investors Eleven LP, a $1.2 billion fund. CBRE was appointed as the leasing agent to fill up the remaining vacant space in the building. Shorenstein intends to implement an intensive capital improvement program to target the deferred maintenance throughout the property as well as make aesthetic upgrades to the lobby and common areas.