Bakery Square offers tenants an exciting lifestyle center environment in an affluent and densely populated location, with a new urban aesthetic that integrates historic architecture with new construction.
Well-positioned to draw on the nearby, desirable and well-educated neighborhoods of the East end, Bakery Square is also close to the city’s major economic engines – the universities, medical centers, and burgeoning technology and biotechnology industries.
More than 350,000 people reside within 5 miles of the site, and three of the region’s top employers are within 2 miles – UPMC Hospitals, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.
The mixed-use development is across the street from Mellon Park on Penn Avenue, and less than a block from the major urban commuting arteries of Fifth Avenue and Washington Boulevard.
Nearby, innovative retailers such as Whole Foods and Home Depot have established locations. Within the neighborhood, Walnut Street and Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside are home to high-end fashion, antique stores, designer boutiques and major national retailers such as Ann Taylor, Williams & Sonoma, Pottery Barn, The Gap, Talbot’s, Banana Republic, Coach and Sephora. Additionally, Trader Joe’s has opened a new store directly adjacent to Bakery Square.
All indications are that the NHL is keenly intent on the Penguins and Washington Capitals playing the outdoor Winter Classic on Saturday come H-E-double-hockey-sticks or high water.If you're going to be in and around Pittsburgh for the Winter Classic, why not stop by Bakery Square and do some shopping. You can pick up those things you didn't get for the holidays at Anthropologie, Boxwood, and Learning Express!
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Long known for work spaces that inspire mental gymnastics, Google Pittsburgh has raised the bar with a 45,000 square-foot office in the old Nabisco factory on Penn Avenue. More than 150 employees (those lucky ducks) are bouncing around the bright, industrial-sized space, with open work stations and a candy bar and cafeteria serving a healthy buffet. You can even get a free breakfast, take a yoga class or get a massage for a small fee.
The Bakery Square offices with Google was featured in POP City this week. You can read the rest of the article here:
http://www.popcitymedia.com/innovationnews/google121510.aspx
Just in time for Christmas, a charming shop called Boxwood has opened at Bakery Square. Walk in the door and you're transported through time and place into a world of woodsy beauty. Against the dark chocolate walls, the evergreen boughs and trees with tiny lights suggest a forest, while vases filled with fresh white flowers look pure as snow. The hydrangeas, tulips and other blooms lend their fragrance to the mix, which is intoxicating. Scented candles from Agraria and Mizensir (a Swiss favorite making its Pittsburgh debut) line one wall, while legendary fragrances from Parfums DelRae by DelRae Roth (another exclusive) and Acqua di Parma line another.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10348/1110516-51.stm#ixzz18Oribf2f
Nearly five years ago, we announced that we would begin building an engineering presence in Pittsburgh, a city with a strong technology ecosystem as well as an entrepreneurial spirit andgreat quality of life. Since then, we’ve grown from two engineers to more than 150, and we’re continuing our commitment to growth in the region as we've officially opened a new Google Pittsburgh office in an old Nabisco factory in Bakery Square.
Google intends to continue tapping the technological talent generated in Pittsburgh from the region's universities as the search giant grows its presence in the area, officials said at a reception in the company’s new Bakery Square offices.
Read more: Google settling in to new Pittsburgh office at Bakery Square | Pittsburgh Business Times
