Fifth Avenue Place Getting $20 Million Makeover

PITTSBURGH, PA - Highmark Health plans a $20 million renovation of its Downtown headquarters, Fifth Avenue Place, that will include enhanced retail and dining options and bring a new "food hall" to the building.

Fifth Avenue Place has served as Highmark’s headquarters since the building’s completion in 1988. The 31-floor skyscraper, which replaced the landmark Jenkins Arcade building, is home to more than 3,000 Highmark Health, Highmark health plan and Allegheny Health Network employees, as well as 16 tenants. The building currently has 100 percent office occupancy and a 72
percent retail occupancy, according to Highmark.

"We are investing in and modernizing a space that has been a community asset for generations, dating back to the days of the Jenkins Arcade," Dan Onorato, Highmark executive vice president of corporate affairs, said in a statement. "With our new investment, this space will continue to
be a community asset in a thriving Downtown region.”