Halfway through 2022 already, we decided to use this as a checkpoint and host a Power Meal around the driving forces that have changed the life sciences industry historically – and what we can expect to see in the future.

Meet Yolanda Murphy, Financial Administrator at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. When she isn’t busy managing financial and human resources functions, you can find her sewing, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

In honor of April being Occupational Therapy (OT) Month, we wanted to celebrate our hardworking students and staff with a mid-week, morning pick-me-up. Complete with coffee, hot chocolate, and doughnuts, we invited community members to stop by to connect with others and get challenged on some themed trivia.

The mission of the Aging Institute is to understand how and why we age – and to leverage this information for new therapies to treat age-related diseases. With new findings and discoveries each day, we wanted to highlight all of the hard work and research being done inside Bridgeside Point I.

With just a couple of days remaining in March to celebrate Women’s History Month, we thought none better than to invite the Women In Bio (WIB) organization to Bridgeside so our community members could learn more about what they do and their benefits of membership.

Meet Jennifer White, Associate Professor of the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Occupational Therapy. When she isn’t busy teaching four different classes and serving as the Program Director for the Occupational Justice clubs, you can find her spending time with her family and dog, traveling with her husband, and cooking vegetables from her very own garden.

Meet Alyson Stover, Associate Professor of the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Occupational Therapy. When she isn’t busy teaching and mentoring, you can find her traveling, reading, and hiking.

Love was in the air the Friday before Valentine’s Day, causing hearts to race with excitement and anticipation (and perhaps some, anxiety). With this top of mind, we were curious what else could cause people’s hearts to skip a beat. So we popped-up at the lobby of Bridgeside to put our members to the test.

With Pittsburgh winter temperatures averaging in the mid-20s to mid-30s, it might be fair to say that many would welcome spring coming sooner than later. So, in preparation for either six more weeks of winter or not, we wanted to capture our community’s predictions on Punxsutawney Phil’s prognostication by popping up in the lobby of Bridesidge to ask participants.

In early December, as finals were approaching, we wanted to help our vast student population at Bridgeside best prepare for their upcoming exams. And what better way to give our community a much needed break – that would also aid them in their study prep – than to host a Coffee Talk: Study Sips activation?

In early November, when the air was crisp, but the sun was still shining, Collaborative Real Estate and The University Financing Foundation (TUFF) hosted a special meet-and-greet happy hour for the Bridgeside Point I tenants on the fifth floor. As the new building owners and management team, we wanted to introduce ourselves and celebrate the exciting changes happening and to come.

As temperatures are dropping, and with Halloween just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to cozy up on the couch with a seasonal cinematic – and get spooked. So we asked our Bridgeside community members to share their favorite fall films at a Cocktail Talk late October.

Hands-on experience. Expert training. Cutting-edge research. Innovation approaches. All of these focuses are at the forefront of the sports world – and the Physical Therapy (PT) and Occupational Therapy (OT) departments at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS), both of which call Bridgeside Point I home. So it only made sense to bridge these topics and communities in an early-morning activation.

Everyone deserves (needs) a mid-week mental health break, which is exactly why we hosted a Coffee Talk: The Best Books in the lobby so community members could catch-up over complimentary coffee and share a recent or all-time favorite book they'd recommend!

On a perfect fall afternoon, community members from Bridgeside Point I congregated together on the facility’s scenic rooftop courtyard while hearing from Collaborative Real Estate Founder and CEO, David Tyndall, about our devotion to and intentions for community building through activations.

With the recent acquisition of Bridgeside Point I, a 160,000 square foot life sciences academic and research facility located on the banks of the scenic Monongahela River in the Pittsburgh Technology Center, owners and property managers The University Financing Foundation (TUFF) and Collaborative Real Estate thought it pertinent to start to get to know their newest tenants.