SouthSide Works is an open-air retail, office, entertainment, and residential complex (often referred to as a lifestyle center) located on the South Side of the city of Pittsburgh and just across the Monongahela River from the Pittsburgh Technology Center and the University of Pittsburgh. The $300 million complex ($384.6 million today) opened in stages between 2002 and 2004 and offers more than 34 acres (140,000 m²) of shops, offices, hotels and apartments, and has a new urbanist design. The site has over 330,000 square feet (30,000 m²) of specialty retail, restaurant, hotel, and apartment space.