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Oakland Real Estate Co. raises the roof on the King's Court for a dramatic upper floor renovation

The exterior of the King's Court building in Oakland. 

PITTSBURGH — From the front, the King's Court building casts a classic 19th century vibe onto Oakland's Forbes Avenue business district, given the structure's Civil War-era construction under an H.H. Richardson-inspired design.

But the building's rear upper floors now feature a new, modern addition in the from of a two-story curtain wall, the showcase feature of a new renovation of the building's second and third floors for new office use.

Henry Schwartz, a principal of the family-owned Oakland Real Estate Co., which has owned a host of key commercial properties in the heart of the city's university district for generations, showed off the recent update during a recent tour of the building.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times. 

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