Press Release: Eastside Development to be presented with LEED Gold

“PITTSBURGH, Feb 28–The Mosites Company and The Design Alliance Architects have announced that Building C—the Borders Books building in the Eastside retail development in East Liberty, has been awarded the LEED Core and Shell Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) www.usgbc.org. Rick Fedrizzi, the President, CEO and Founding Chairman of the USGBC, the organization responsible for the LEED program, will present the LEED Core and Shell Gold Certification plaque to The Mosites Company at Borders Books, the anchor tenant in the building, on March 4, 2008 at 2:00 pm.  Mr. Fedrizzi is in town to give the keynote speech on Wednesday at the Green Building Alliance’s annual Green$ense conference, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.  Rebecca Flora, Executive Director of the Green Building Alliance in Pittsburgh www.gbapgh.org and USGBC Chair, will also participate in the award ceremony.  Along with the building anchored by PNC Bank, which provided the majority of the financing, this is the second building at Eastside to be LEED certified.”