Brian Mendelssohn
Principal
A resident of Lawrenceville in Pittsburgh, Brian oversees acquisitions, construction management, entitlements and community relations.
Brian has overall responsibility for Pittsburgh operations. Previously, he led a 30 member team as the director of construction for Hawthorne Development, a Chicago-based condominium conversion company known for its environmentally friendly, high quality, affordably priced redevelopment projects.
Prior to that, he was a project manager at Ariba (FreeMarkets) in Pittsburgh. He has a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, where he received the Senior Leadership Award.
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Carcassonne, France
A medieval town in Southern France.
This town has a clear separation between urban and rural.
Carcassone is characterized by a clear separation between urban and rural.
The surrounding farmland supplies food for the urban areas, which in turn supports the economy for the farmland.
This shows us the definition and balance between urban and rural environments.
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Chicago, Illinois
A combination of cohesive yet diverse neighborhoods;
the juxtaposition of the lake, waterfront parks, and skyscrapers;
and a tradition of practical yet innovative architecture from Burnham and Root's Rookery to the creative use of concrete and steel in Rem Koolhaas's IIT student center.
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The Everglades, Florida
A 60 mile wide river of grass in Southern Florida with cyprus swamps, grassy glades and mangrove islands. These landscapes are only found in the Everglades.
Although the Everglades has been under stress from human intervention for nearly a hundred years,
it has adapted and is currently being restored, bringing additional life back to it.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An industrial, rust belt city combining afforadability, history, culture, and opportunity.
Pittsburgh's development potential is exciting.
It already possesses many of the traits other cities have tried to re-create and it has been a lab for creativity in design, urban planning, and green building.
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