Strada Autumn 2009

Rivers Casino Opens on the North Shore

The Rivers Casino, which opened on August 9th, is the most recent project on Pittsburgh’s North Shore and is the newest outcome of the City’s 20-year-long plan to expand the downtown area. Developed by Holdings Acquisitions Co. LP, the design team was led by Las Vegas-based architecture firm Bergman Walls and Associates in collaboration with Strada for the exterior architecture. Strada was also the urban planner and landscape architect for the project. The casino overhauls a spectacular 12.6-acre riverfront brownfield site that housed a variety of industrial uses, ranging from a steel factory to railyards. 

View the full press release and images here

Ed Shriver to speak on Retail Ecology at Build Boston

Build Boston is the largest regional convention and tradeshow for the design and construction industry; November 18-20 at the Seaport World Trade Center
in Boston.

“Retail Ecology”: The patterns and networks that make our cities thrive.
What causes shoppers to frequent a particular retail area? How can retail districts attract new customers? How can urban retail corridors succeed in today’s market? Like an ecosystem, an urban retail district is inhabited by two species: shoppers and retailers, which creates what Christopher Alexander called the “Living City”: “a large collection of many small systems [that] goes to make up a large and complex system.” It is, in fact, an ecosystem.

For more information on the convention please visit the website

To view Shrivers article on Retail Ecology click here

Upcoming event: 

Strada's Michael Stern to moderate a ULI panel the week of G20 Summit:
A Panel Discussion on Downtown Transformation

Date: Monday, September 21, 2009;
4–6 pm

Two Strada projects: Piatt Place and MarketSquare Place are key projects in the revitalization of this district and will be featured in the discussion. For more information and to register for the session click here.

Read about the redevelopment of Pittsburgh is the past 20 years in a white paper by Michael Stern . See the article here. 

Strada has achieved it’s first LEED Certified Building. The LandAmerica Centre has achieved a LEED Certified Certification Level under the LEED Core and Shell Pilot Program.

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