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Rugby revisions of Brickworks passes muster with the Planning Commission

By Tim Schooley

Updated rendering for the Brickworks project in the Strip District, after developer Rugby Realty Co. Inc. resubmitted plans to the Pittsburgh Planning Commission and gained approval for the project. (RUGBY REALTY CO. INC./Pittsburgh Business Times)

By Tim Schooley

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Planning Commission voted to approve the latest revision of Rugby Realty’s Brickworks at 21st and Smallman development, a proposal to build a two-building project of seven stories and 390,000 square feet of office space at a four-acre hinge site in a fast redeveloping Strip District.

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After the commission set Rugby’s development team back to the drawing board with a continuance on their last design two weeks ago, the Rugby team, including Al. Neyer and Desmone Architects, presented a revision adding more detail and segmenting to a curved glass curtain wall facade that drew considerable criticism previously by the commission, among a host of other changes.

It was enough to result in six commission votes to approve the $80 million development project, with abstentions from commissioners Fred Brown and Sabina Deitrick.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times.

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