No idea if anything is even remotely solid. I'm sure that this project will be done in phases as demand requires. There has been talk that the Erie-Western PA Port Authority would relocate its offices there, and that UPMC would likely be interested in significant space there.

Of the new developments, only the new hotel and parking garage in the center of the pier are U/C, and I imagine that some of the bar/restaurant development will follow pretty soon... so it is happening... but who knows how long it will take to see office and residential added to the mix.

But compared to the large tracts on the east canal basin, progress here on the Sassafras St. pier has been lightning fast. The Scott Enterprises property just to the east has sat empty since 1999. So much for private industry moving quickly...