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Bessemer Court Opens in $71M Station Square

PHILADELPHIA-With the opening of the 8,100-sf Hard Rock Cafi and debut of the 100-foot-long "Liquid Fireworks" fountain, Bessemer Court, the 59,000-sf centerpiece of Downtown Pittsburgh's $71-million Station Square expansion, opens for business.

By Marita Thomas | Updated on July 25, 2002

PHILADELPHIA-Bessemer Court, the $25-million restaurant/entertainment centerpiece of the 52-acre, $71-million expansion of Downtown Pittsburgh’s Station Square, opens to fireworks and fanfare this week. Named after a Bessemer converter from one of the city’s old steel mills, which is located on the property, the court opens with 10 of the planned 30 restaurant and entertainment facilities that will line the area where Pittsburgh’s threerivers converge.

Among the July/August openings are an 8,100-sf Hard Rock Café, a 7,000-sf BarLouie, a 1,700-sf combination of Jersey Mike’s subs and Dave & Andy’s icecream, a 6,700-sf Joe’s Crab Shack, an 18,000-sf Mirage nightclub, a 7,500-sfRed Star Tavern, a 1,200-sf Starbucks, and the relocation of the Funny Bone/Green Room comedy club, originally located in The Shops at Station Square.

Station Square, including the shops, began in the 1970s as a mixed-use retail/entertainment project owned by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation. In 1994, Cleveland, OH-based Forest City Enterprises began acquiring and managing the property with its eye toward expanding it. In 1998, Forest City completed its purchase of the entire project, including the Sheraton Station Square hotel located there.

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