a year ago

Also known as Two Mellon Center, it served as headquarters forMellon Financial Corp. However, Mellon failed to renew its lease inthe second quarter of 2006, leaving the building vacant except forportions of its ground floor retail. Jeffrey Ackerman, EVP of thelocal office of CB Richard Ellis, led the investment property teamthat marketed the building and identified the buyer.

"It is a spectacular building, full of history and charm, andrepresents a unique period in Pittsburgh history, a time whenbuildings were built with grandeur and dignity," says RichardBarreca, a Mika principal, in a statement. Among its notablearchitectural details are a rotunda with a stained glass dome, twochapel-like towers and a steeply pitched mansard roof. From 1985 to1987, Mellon invested significant capital to update the HVAC andcommunications systems in the building.