WHY PITTSBURGH?

Why Pittsburgh?

Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group that tests self-driving cars is based in Pittsburgh.
Amazon is expanding its existing office by 22,000 SF which will add 125 new tech jobs.
The recent arrivals and expansions of Google, Uber, and Amazon help to accelerate the growing tech presence.
CSX is finishing its $850 million rail terminal
Shells $6 Billion plant is expected to be completed in 2020
Eight new hospitals totaling $2.7 billion is underway or close to breaking ground
The Civic Center Arena area in Uptown is expected to have a multi-phase redevelopment totaling $750 million and could bring 1,000+ new residents, office and retail.
Pittsburgh’s Strip District has been under mass redevelopments which is expected to bring many housing units and businesses to the area.
A new 48-acre Technology Center site is to be home to many academic, tech, innovation hubs and high tech buildings to the area.

Three signature rivers make it the second largest inland port in the United States.
Top-Ranked Pittsburgh International Airport has over 650 flights to key business destinations.
Within 500 miles of 50+% of the US buying power and nearly half of the US population and aggregate income.
Abundant and low cost feedstock of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale – the #1 shale gas play in the US.
70% of North American polyethylene market is within 700 miles making the region a strategic location for downstream manufacturing.
Safety first – The Pittsburgh region has the lowest crime rate of the top 25 metropolitan areas in the U.S.
Affordable housing – The average existing home sold for $118,000, or 43% below the national average.
High-quality education – The region is home to 34 colleges and universities, including – Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh – that are consistently featured as among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Low cost of living – Pittsburgh’s cost of living is 93% of the national average.
Ranked #1 as America’s Most Livable City by Rand McNally in 2007, Forbes in 2010 and The Economist in 2011, Pittsburgh, is one of the best places in the United States for good jobs, a great community and very affordable housing.