Comprising a 2,200 car parking garage, Marriott Hotel, residential condominium building, and office and retail space, Chatham Center is a located adjacent to PPG Paints Arena and Duquesne University nearby.

The complex was built between 1964 and 1966 by Chatham Center Inc, of which the principal investors were Morton S. Wolf and Leon Falk Jr.[1] Financing for construction was provided by the Irving Trust Company of New York and the Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh with the mortgage for the center being held by the Prudential Insurance Company.

Chatham Center Inc, headed by Leon Falk Jr, had defaulted on mortgage payments and was $2.1 million behind in property taxes.

[7] Chatham Center consists of three high rise buildings and a plaza built on top of a 2,200 car parking garage.

[8] In 1981, the Prudential Insurance Company, then owner of Chatham Center, converted the apartment building into a luxury condominium.

Early tenants of the office space included Travelers Insurance, Westinghouse Electric, and the National Steel Corporation.

Today, major tenants include Allegheny County Economic Development and the Pittsburgh Penguins offices.

The Motor Lodge included a pool on the eleventh floor, a bar, restaurant, and signature Red Coach Grille.

In 1996, Host Marriott entered into a joint venture with Interstate Hotel Corporation and bought the Hyatt Pittsburgh for $18.5 million.

It was planned by then owner, Prudential Insurance Company, and was considered the first of many high rises built during Pittsburgh's Renaissance II building boom of the 1980s.

The Chatham Two building is in the modernist style of architecture and is completely covered in mirrored glass and aluminum framing.

The cinema's palatial decor was in the American Revolutionary style with period antiques throughout the lobby and movie seats with reclining backs.