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GULF TOWER 707 GR ANT Street GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH 1 ABOUT Rising 582 feet above Downtown Pittsburgh, the Gulf Tower stands as one of the major recognizable features of the cityscape. Built as the headquarters for the Gulf Oil Company in 1932, the property features About ............................................................... 3 44 floors clad in Indiana limestone and New England granite. This History ........................................................... 4 architecturally and historically significant Art Deco building is located at the prestigious corner of Grant Street and 7th Avenue. The Gulf Tower Lobby ................................................................. 5 is conveniently situated within a few blocks of the David L. Lawrence Office Space ................................................. 6 Convention Center, seven major hotels, theatres and galleries of the Cultural District, abundant parking and public transit, and a variety of Amenities ...................................................... 8 restaurants and shops. Views ................................................................ 12 The Gulf Tower offers high quality office space in a prominent skyline Access .............................................................. 13 building at a reasonable price. A multiple BOMA Building of the Year LOCAL ATTR ACTIONS ................................ 14 award-winner, the Gulf Tower is one of Pittsburgh’s best maintained and fully functional historic properties. It provides the entire modern Technical Data ........................................ 16 infrastructure, efficiencies and amenities required by today’s corporate ENERGY MANAGEMENT ............................ 18 office occupiers, while highlighting the architectural integrity, grandeur and location that only an historic icon can provide. PEREGRINE FALCONS ................................. 20 GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH 3 HISTORY LOBBY The Gulf Tower was built as the headquarters for the Gulf Oil Company The magnificent two-story lobby is layered in fields of distinct marble in 1932. Designed by the prestigious New York City based firm of Trowbridge with ornate brass accents and intricate marble moldings, fluted pilasters, and a & Livingston, this architectural gem was developed by A. W. Mellon and delicate painted coffered ceiling. The grandeur of the lobby is carried through completed in the Art Deco style. The Gulf Tower stood as the tallest building to the upper floor common areas through the use of Carrera marble floors and in the city until 1970. The crown of the skyscraper was modeled after the walls, and brass detailing. Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, a stepped pyramid. Art Deco is elegant, modern, glamorous The crown is and functional, illuminated at inspired by the night to indicate Machine Age, the weather and technology, aviation, often flashes to and communications. mark sports team victories. It is an iconic symbol in the city of Pittsburgh. 4 GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH 5 7 Companies that call the Gulf Tower home have been among the and established most visionary in the city GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH GR ANT STREET CORRIDOR No.11 FREIGHT UP DOWN No.10 No.1 WOMEN'S TOILET No.2 No.9 S UTILITY UTILITY SHAFT SHAFT No.3 No.8 UTILITY UTILITY SHAFT SHAFT EXPRESS ELEVATOR INTERMEDIATE ELEVATORS ELEVATOR LOBBY No.4 No.7 MEN'S TOILET No.5 No.6 UP DOWN CORRIDOR SEVENTH AVENUE WILLIAM PENN WILLIAM The Gulf Tower can accommodate tenants from 1,000 GulfThe 160,000 Tower to sf over are thermallyWindows insulated are blinds. with embedded spaced They floors and whole individually thermostatically ability to is key-off the There GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH 6 office SPACE office totalsf. The 400,000 building is over typical The office floor SF. has five fire two elevators, stairs, restrooms two and a separate large to freight elevator loadingthe and dock. Each closets also core contains electrical/telephone two columns eastvertical located the corridor at chases. the of and ends west Wet and water sanitaryprovide fountains lines water for and coffee stations. In the highly columns, space interior tenants with efficient few enjoy building’s tower, exteriorand wall no protrusions. and steel concrete The offices environments. for open-plan or efficiently floorsconstruction provides that exceed loading standards offices new of and provide excellent sound and vibration attenuation. offices. designcontrol and architectural Ownership on-site provides services for custom buildouts. Building provides a secure bike storage area for tenants who prefer to pedal to work, located off the Grant Street entry. Bike Stor age BILLIARD ROOM Complimentary refreshments in the private Billiard room. AMENITIES The street level of the Gulf Tower includes Au Bon Pain and the neighborhood provides unparalleled business and recreational amenities. The 3rd floor conference FITNESS CENTER center contains the Fitness Center features Gulf Theatre, a 60-seat private Men and Women’s auditorium with multiple lockers with showers. audio/visual capabilities. Available to Tenants 24/7. Also available are the Fitness Center offers a 30-person Gulf Room and variety of weight lifting 80-person Grant Room. equipment and cardio machines. Building offers free shuttle service for tenants via the Gulf Tower shuttle CONFERENCE CENTER to points within the Shuttle Service Golden Triangle. LOCKER ROOM 8 GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH 9 e r David L. Lawrenc Convention Cente P N P s r Federated Investorwe To . estin Hotel W ST With on-staff interior 10th ST P SERVICES FRENCH designers, building . engineers and William S. Federal Court property managers E. Moorhead V readily available, A Federal the Gulf Tower is PENN Building uniquely able to . provide everything 9th ST E. Chamber that a tenant needs in AV Y of Gulf a timely, professional Commerce TOWER DISTRICT S and cost-effective P LIBERT Building manner. URAL 7th AVE. LT CU Centre Koppers P City 8th ST Building P Tower . U.S. Steel . m VD ST Tower T STRAWBERRY WAY Benedu . Center BIGELOW BL P . 7th ST GRAN . Clark . Duquesne Heinz 57 Club Center DoubleTree Hotel WOOD ST T WILLIAM PENN PL SMITHFIELD ST 6th AVE. P BNY Mellon BNY Mellon K&L Gates P T Trinity Omni William Green Green Cathedral Mellon Penn Hotel Mellon Square Park . Square Park OLIVER AVE. P BNY Mellon ROSS ST BNY Mellon Center P Center PNC Views BuildingsACCESS 5th AVE. The Gulf Tower has unsurpassed views from its position at the center of Major traffic arteries through Pittsburgh and neighboring communities Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle. converge within two blocks of the Gulf Tower. Surrounding streets contain 10 parking garages which can accommodate over 6,000 vehicles, including the 1,050 car parking garage in the Grant Street Transportation Center. The two nearby underground Light Rail “T” stops connect Downtown Pittsburgh to communities north and south of the city. The Steel Plaza stop is conveniently located adjacent to the Gulf Tower. Multiple bus stops along Grant Street Around-the-clock lobby provide easy access to suburban locations. The Gulf Tower offers a limousine The Gulf Tower is an icon security provides for a BUILDING SECURITY in the City of Champions shuttle service for the exclusive use of tenants. safe and secure operating and looks down upon Heinz environment 24-hours Field, home of the Super a day. The building is Bowl winning Pittsburgh equipped with closed Steelers; PNC Park, Home circuit television cameras of the Pittsburgh Pirates; monitored from the and PPG Paints Arena, security and surveillance home of the Pittsburgh desk in the lobby. Penguins and the 2017 Stanley Cup. 12 GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH 13 The Gulf Tower is just steps away from the Strip and Cultural District, Consol Energy Center and the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. There is excellent access to lower cost fringe parking lots. Lush urban parks are nearby and Cultural District include Mellon Square, Agnes R. Katz Plaza and the BNY Mellon Green. LOCAL ATTR ACTIONS The adjacent Cultural District is the eighth largest entertainment venue in the world. It’s theaters and galleries showcase a vibrant and energetic arts scene. Numerous upscale restaurants include Mortons’s, Capital Grille, the Carlton, Seviche, Nine on Nine, Talia, Le Lyonnais, The Commoner, Union Standard, Eddie V’s and Terrace Room. Local hotels include Westin Convention Center BNY Mellon Green Hotel, Omni William Penn Hotel, Kimpton Hotel Monaco, Drury Plaza Hotel, Embassy Suits by Hilton, Courtyard by Marriot Hotel, and DoubleTree Hotel. The property is also Local shops include the Brooks Brothers. close to recreational transportation, including the Eliza Furnace bike trail. An enclosed bike parking room is directly off the Grant Street entry. THE PENNSYLVANIAN 14 GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH GULF TOWER • PITTSBURGH 15 ELE VATORS • Twelve 2500 lb. capacity passenger elevators in three separate elevator banks at the Gulf Tower were totally renovated in a 2-million-dollar project between 2003 and 2004. • With the installation of the microprocessor based elevator- dispatched system, wait time is reduced to seconds. An additional feature of the microprocessor allows the elevators to be dispatched to a Zone further reducing wait times on heavily trafficked floors. • With the new state-of-the-art Fault Codes, elevators can be diagnosed and repaired in record time. When a problem arises the service, technician can pin point and correct any problem and return the elevators to service
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