FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 15, 2006

Contact: Edie Hartman
Director, Research & Communications
(412) 391-2600
info@gsa-cw.com


GRANT STREET ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCES THE 21,000-SQUARE-FOOT EXPANSION OF PEPPER HAMILTON AT ONE MELLON CENTER

 

 


News Release

Pittsburgh, PA – Grant Street Associates, a member of the Cushman and Wakefield Alliance, is pleased to announce that Pepper Hamilton LLP, a multi-practice law firm with 400 lawyers in six states and the District of Columbia, has renewed and expanded its long-term lease at One Mellon Center. Rob Geiger of Grant Street Associates, who represents the landlord, Mellon Bank, N.A., said the firm will expand to occupy the 49th, 50th, and 51st floors of the building.

Opened in 1995, Pepper Hamilton’s rapidly growing Pittsburgh office focuses on commercial and construction litigation, corporate and securities law, environmental law, intellectual property and patent issues, labor and employment law, municipal and project finance, real estate, sports and tax matters. The firm, which was founded in 1890, provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to businesses, government entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the country.

While Pepper currently occupies approximately 41,500 square feet of office space on the 50th and 51st floors of One Mellon Center, it will assume an additional 20,822 square feet on the 49th floor with the expansion. The new space is expected to be ready for occupancy by December 2006.


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