Leading global law firm K&L Gates has begun construction and renovation work on its new offices at Downtown's One Oliver Plaza.
In February 2008, the firm signed one of the year’s largest leases in the region. In 2010, K&L Gates will occupy 251,000 square feet of space in the 37-story office tower located at 210 Sixth Ave.Work will involve a build-out of 14 floors in the office tower, which will serve as K&L Gates' new Pittsburgh offices. Designed by Washington, D.C.-based Deborah Lehman-Smith, the LEED-certified project calls for a state-of-the-art conference facility and landscaping by Pamela Burton & Company of Los Angeles.
Additional improvements will include a renovation of the building’s lobby, façade and plazas. In 2010, K&L will move 710 employees from its current space in Downtown’s Oliver Building. “We’re taking an existing building and re-imagining it. This great site will give Pittsburgh a new plaza and hub,” says Lehman-Smith. “What’s more green than taking something and giving it a new use for the city of Pittsburgh?”
Designed to house 850 employees, the refurbished space will allow K&L Gates to consolidate some of its East Coast and global administrative functions in Pittsburgh. The international firm employs 1,700 lawyers in 28 offices in North America, Europe and Asia
As part of the project, One Oliver Plaza will be renamed the K&L Gates Center. In addition, the firm’s name will be placed on the top of the building, replacing the existing Ariba signs.
(Article written by Jennifer Baron and originally published by Pop City Media on October 15, 2008.)
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