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The Gardens at Market Square
Tower Two-Sixty, Downtown Pittsburgh
General information
Type	Mixed-use
Location	260 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Construction started	2013
Completed	2016
Opening	2016
Cost	$104 million
Owner	Millcraft Investments
Technical details
Floor count	18
Floor area	143,000 sq ft (13,285 m)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Arquitectonica
Developer	Millcraft Investments
Main contractor	Turner Construction

Tower Two-Sixty, alternatively known as “The Gardens at Market Square” or “The Gardens,” is a Millcraft Investments skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Construction began in 2013 and was substantially completed in 2016. The $107 million, LEED CS Silver-certified tower consists of 18 floors and is located the Market Square and Point Park University sections of Downtown Pittsburgh. The tower includes a 197-room Hilton Garden Inn Hotel and Market Square Garage, 321-car parking complex managed by Alco Parking.

It includes 20,000 square feet of street level retail space, 130,000 square feet of Class-A "tower office" floor space and multiple restaurants.

Revel + Roost, previously known as Roost Fifty New American Kitchen, is a two-floor restaurant. Roost hosts upscale dining on the second floor, while Revel has an ultra-lounge atmosphere downstairs. Pirata is another restaurant tenant, offering Caribbean-style food and more than 200 rums. Pizzuvio, a fine casual Neapolitan pizzeria with handmade wood-fired ovens, is also located in the tower. Millie’s, a second location Pittsburgh-based small batch ice creamery originating in Shadyside.

In 2015, it was announced that commercial real estate company JLL would be the building’s anchor and namesake tenant, and re-identify the building as JLL Center at Tower Two-Sixty. JLL also serves as the building’s property manager. Other tenants in the building include Merrill Lynch, Coury Financial Group, McGuireWoods, and Millcraft itself.

Millcraft, JLL, and its partners have received several awards for Tower Two-Sixty including the Urban Land Institute award for Transformative Place, Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania Award, NAIOP Pittsburgh’s Best Mixed Use Project .

References

1. Pop, Adriana (31 August 2013). "Gardens at Market Square Mixed-Use Project Breaks Ground in Downtown Pittsburgh". Commercial Property Exclusive. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
2. Conway, Brian. "Tower Two-Sixty suggests if you build it in Pittsburgh, they will come". NEXTpittsburgh. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
3. Belko, Mark. "Hotel, office complex overlooking Market Square nearly complete". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
4. Belko, Mark. "Hotel, office complex overlooking Market Square nearly complete". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
5. Gravina, Lauri. "Refurbished EQT Plaza opens with 7,500 square feet of space downtown". NEXTpittsburgh.
6. Belko, Mark. "Gardens at Market Square high-rise back on course". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
7. Belko, Mark. "Hotel, office complex overlooking Market Square nearly complete". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
8. Belko, Mark. "Hotel, office complex overlooking Market Square nearly complete". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
9. Schooley, Tim. "Molinaro to debut Pizzuvio in Tower Two-Sixty just off Market Square". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
10. O'Connor, Tom. "Millie's Homemade Ice Cream opening second location in Market Square". NEXTpittsburgh. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
11. Browning, Anne. "JLL Pittsburgh Unveiled as Namesake Tenant at Tower Two-Sixty". JLL. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
12. Conway, Brian. "Tower Two-Sixty suggests if you build it in Pittsburgh, they will come". NEXTpittsburgh. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
13. "Urban Open Space Award". Urban Land Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

External links

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