Pittsburgh Homes Daily

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette articles:
The future of a Mt. Lebanon luxury condo project is uncertain after Mt. Lebanon did not approve additional time for the developer to secure funding.
The City and the Historic Review Commission are taking opposite sides in the battle over Schenley Place.
40 buildings are on the city’s demolition list.
A huge business complex is in [...]

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
A story about the review process for changes in the historic districts.
The debate over the location of a Mckeesport bridge continues.
Middlesex zoning changes considered.
The Butler Redevelopment Authority is renovating Pullman Park.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is running a series called the Home Showcase.
Sounds like the art festival on Walnut Street was busy this weekend.

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The URA and Ferchill Group are in talks for a new building at the Pittsburgh Technology Center.  The URA has also set an October deadline for Millcraft and a 5th-Forbes redevelopment plan.
The Clark Building on Liberty Avenue, home to the Pittsburgh Culinary Institute, sold to a NY investor.
The Post-Gazette is excited about wireless downtown and the North Shore Connector.

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Posting should be light for the next two weeks while I study for the bar exam. 
Important Pittsburgh news today:  It’s All Star Game weekend in Pittsburgh!
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette articles:
North Shore Connector for Light Rail System (finally) moving toward fall groundbreaking.
PNC Financial Services office tower construction to begin in August.  There’s also a similar story in the Pittsburgh [...]

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Pittsburgh Business Times
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will announce the developer for two blocks of Pittsburgh riverfront on Monday.  More information on the Cultural District Riverfront Development is available on the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust website.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust renovating two historical buildings on Liberty Avenue.
Homes sold in Pittsburgh now need dye test.
Butler is looking for volunteer to help [...]

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The URA will spend $50,000 to demolish two buildings (before they are purchased by Millcraft) because of the collapse of a structural wall, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes.  The article speculates that it may actually increase the value of the properties by a relatively immaterial amount.  I’m not quite so verbose:  Send Millcraft the bill — $50,000 for [...]

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Walnut Capital is buying the old Nabisco factory in East Liberty from the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times.  It is planning to reconfigure the building for mixed use (office, retail, and residential).
Update: A Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article on the development can be found here.

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Millcraft Industries and the Urban Redevelopment Authority teamed with Carl Walker Construction Co. to build a parking garage for The Crossroads in Washington County, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times.
The plans for a Lincoln-Lemington strip mall will be before City-Council on Tuesday after gaining initial approval yesterday, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
The Monroeville Planning Commission is [...]

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The URA has been busy:

Isles of Capri paid $180,000 for an option to purchase land for its casino that may be exercised only if it is awarded the Pittsburgh slot license, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.  The price for the land would be $5.2 million.
The URA rejected a proposal by Madison Acquisition to build a laboratory and [...]

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News of note from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 

Bids on the conversion of the Hot Metal Bridge for pedestrians and bikers came in higher than expected and the URA is looking for extra money, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Millcraft-URA agreement on Fifth-Forbes proceeding slower than hoped; plans center around having single appraiser value properties. 
Expect a referendum in November [...]

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