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Clothing Company and a dozen other businesses were significantly damaged. The Frank & Seder building damages were valued at $ 600,000, total losses were valued at $ 4 million. Even though Frank & Seder sustained a complete loss of the building they had been in since 1907, construction of a new building began shortly after and was completed in 1918.
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Oxford revised the project twice, in 2014 reducing the height to 20 stories and in early 2015 changing to 29 stories with eight stories of parking and a $ 200 million budget. Although
Pittsburgh had an office occupancy rate over 94% at the time, Oxford was unable to secure the two large tenants of
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Frank & Seder building was expanded in 1913. On
January 27, 1917 a fire engulfed the retail shopping district in downtown Pittsburgh bordered by Wood St, Forbes Ave, Smithfield St, and 5th Ave. The Frank & Seder department store at 344 Fifth Avenue was completely destroyed, the Grand Opera
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Oxford eventually abandoned the project and sold the building to Stark
Enterprises in January 2017 for $ 10.4 million. Stark plans a $ 63 million redevelopment of the building into 160,000 square feet (15,000 m) of office space spread over three floors, with 40 apartments on the upper two
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Department Stores acquired the Frank & Seder group of stores in 1923, including Frank & Seder, Inc. (Pittsburgh); Lewin-Nieman Co. (Pittsburgh); Fink Co. (Philadelphia); Frank A Seder Co. of Philadelphia and Frank & Seder Co. of Detroit.
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Company, then owner of the Frank & Seder building, unveiled plans to replace the building with a 33-story, $ 238 million tower named 350 Fifth Ave (updating the current 441 Smithfield address).
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over 150,000 square feet (14,000 m) to start construction on the proposed 532,000 square feet (49,400 m) tower.
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434:"A new name, new timetable for $ 63 million rehab of old Downtown department store"
483:. Vol. 103, no. 1941. J. R. Osgood & Co. March 5, 1913. p. 14.
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752:"Oxford Development Weighs Options for Fifth & Forbes Corridor"
386:. Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. January 31, 2017.
592:"Fire destroys several buildings in Pittsburgh Business district"
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673:. Moody's Investors Service, Mergent FIS, Inc. 1929, p. 1166.
495:"Fire Loss Millions: Firemen wage great fight with huge blaze"
683:"The Magazine of Wall Street and business analyst: Volume 34"
459:"Downtown department store enshrined at Historic Pittsburgh"
758:. Allegheny Conference on Community Development. 2012-05-25
572:. Vol. LIV, no. 19. January 27, 1917. p. 1.
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Pittsburgh Frank & Seder store closed in 1958.
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563:"Pittsburgh Has Disastrous Fire"
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