Penthouses.com: The Weblog

Get on the elevator of your own imagination and take it to the top floor. There, in the nosebleed heights of your wildest expectations, your penthouse awaits, with its top-perch status, sweeping views, luxury accommodations and easy living.

Whether they are apartment rentals or condos for sale, penthouses can be found at established buildings such as the Madison and Bellefield in Oakland, at the Trimont on Mount Washington, and in Downtown buildings such as Chatham Tower.

And Downtown, a few new high-profile penthouses include the new Heinz Lofts restored from the former H.J. Heinz factory buildings on the North Side, 100 Seventh St., a 151-unit apartment building on Fort Duquesne Boulevard, and First Side Place, a 17-story condo that will towers over Fort Pitt Boulevard and the Monongahela River.

“I’m not convinced that, by and large, Pittsburgh people really have a complete understanding of what a penthouse is, I think people consider penthouses to be the top floor of buildings. But I’m not so sure that has to be the case.” Said Kevin Keane, senior vice president of Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co.

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