Oxford Development Company bought a 400,000-sf industrial building, where cardboard boxes were once manufactured, where they initially thought they would clear the seven-acre site and link this property with the first phase of its highly successful 3 Crossings mixed-use development. Instead, Perkins Eastman helped the client repurpose the building’s three existing fifty-foot-high bays into new office space, both to capture the unique characteristics of the building and to create a higher level of value than all-new construction could afford. City officials and neighborhood groups applauded this reuseable approach. This project is the first of six new buildings, and retains the existing superstructure, including eight-foot-tall steel roof trusses. The outer bays were covered in metal and glass, paying homage to the vernacular of ribbon-windowed warehouse buildings found on neighboring streets around the site. One existing bay was re-built as an outdoor urban court, serving both the buildings employees and the neighborhood. Wood planks from the underside of the original roof were reused in various ways to reinforce the historic patina of the site and to promote a deeper level of sustainability. The building is home to the Smith+Nephew Pittsburgh R&D and Medical Education Training Center, which was also completed by Perkins Eastman.