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Penguins development team provides update on plans for 28 acre site in Lower Hill District

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins development team continued working to strengthen its connections with the Hill District’s business community with a two-hour Zoom roundtable on the opportunities in the arena site redevelopment soon to come, starting with the new $230 million, 24-story FNB Financial Center.

It was an event in which the development team, including the Pittsburgh Penguins; its major development partner, Buccini/Pollin Group; and the principal of the minority equity partner in the project, Clay Cove Capital, provided a thorough update on the progress and the level of inclusion achieved so far for minority-owned and woman-owned business participation, for which the team recently received approval from the City of Pittsburgh’s Equal Opportunity Review Commission.

The moderator of the event, Kimberly Ellis, a Hill District resident and historic consultant who has been working with Buccini/Pollin, noted the long and troubled history of the site and how the current agreement over it with the community represents a major change in thinking, with significant commitments in place for the site’s development to help lift up the rest of the community.

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