# Seagate to close Pittsburgh center **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 19, 2008, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seagate-to-close-pittsburgh-center/199700 "2008-09-19T08:09:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seagate-to-close-pittsburgh-center/199700/1 "2008-09-19T08:09:35Z")
Oh noes. Noah, what’s the deal? > Seagate to close Pittsburgh center > Thursday, September 18, 2008 > By Elwin Green, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette > > Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette > Seagate plans to close its research center, which is in the Strip District. > > ``` > Computer hard drive giant Seagate Technologies is planning a "phased closure" of its Pittsburgh research center, located in the Strip District. The shutdown will be complete by June. > > ``` > > “In order to enhance the speed, flexibility and cost efficiency with which our R&D investment is turned into time-to-market products, Seagate is integrating the activities of its Pittsburgh research facility into other existing research and development facilities we have in the U.S.,” spokesman Forrest Monroy said in an e-mail to the Post-Gazette. > The company employs 159 in the facility, which opened in August 2002 near the Allegheny River. The closure process will begin in February. > “The Pittsburgh R&D team has made a valuable contribution to Seagate and to the hard drive industry, and we will make every effort to mitigate the impact of this action on our employees here, including a competitive severance package and outplacement assistance,” Mr. Monroy said. > Mr. Monroy said that the company does not yet know how many Pittsburgh employees will be offered positions at Seagate’s other research facilities. > The impact of the closure will go beyond the employees themselves. > The vacating of a large, six-year-old office building will challenge Pittsburgh’s commercial real estate market. > “Nobody likes to see a tenant like that leave,” said Gerry McLaughlin, vice president at Grubb & Ellis. But, he said, “the market has been getting better and better over the last couple of years and we’ll be able to absorb that space when it comes online.” > “It’s a very viable building for any large users that are out there.” ---
**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seagate-to-close-pittsburgh-center/199700/2 "2008-09-19T08:16:56Z")
Pretty crazy… ---
**Author:** ![noahTHEpurdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seagate-to-close-pittsburgh-center/199700/3 "2008-09-19T09:31:17Z")
I’m no longer consulting for Seagate, however word through the grapevine is Seagate is falling on some hard times due to poor upstairs decisions. ---
**Author:** ![tegSimple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@tegSimple](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tegSimple)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seagate-to-close-pittsburgh-center/199700/4 "2008-09-22T07:58:26Z")
That sucks. I had applied there when I was looking for a job a year ago. Looks like it was a good thing they didn’t have a position for me. ---
**Author:** ![noahTHEpurdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seagate-to-close-pittsburgh-center/199700/5 "2008-09-22T09:06:52Z")
> [@traction for final season runs](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/traction-for-final-season-runs/37938/26): > > That sucks. I had applied there when I was looking for a job a year ago. Looks like it was a good thing they didn’t have a position for me. What’d you apply for? Working there was an absolute blast.