Cocktails and Community Building at Bridgeside

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. 

Aptly titled Cocktail Talk: Building the Bridge, the goal was to introduce intentional facility-based programming and brainstorm –  as a community – new ideas for continued collaboration between tenant departments and the greater Pittsburgh area. Since acquiring the five-story academic and research facility in June 2021, The University Financing Foundation (TUFF) and Collaborative Real Estate have worked tirelessly to support an active innovation ecosystem that provides meaningful value to those working there and brings people together to spark collaboration.  

As attendees enjoyed complimentary cocktails and conversed with colleagues, they participated in a lively discussion about the importance of a network effect that supports innovation. With that in mind, we asked our members to also submit their own ideas for future activations:

Feedback was fantastic, with responses including seminars and lectures from current tenants, multimedia content for the newly installed media screens throughout the facility, making use of collaboration spaces, continued community social events, and more! 

Activations are curated experiences thoughtfully designed to create unique conditions that strengthen the culture of those inside. And as we work more closely together, we’re confident we can build a collaborative and ever-expanding innovation community here at Bridgeside.