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Pittsburgh's East Ohio Street is getting a 96-room hotel, bike lanes, sidewalks

Bob Bauder
BOB BAUDER | Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, 2:18 p.m.




A hotel, restaurant and apartment building are coming to a dilapidated section of Pittsburgh's East Ohio Street, officials announced on Friday.

North Side-based October Development has secured financing to cover the $17.5 million cost of building a Comfort Inn on vacant land east of Route 279.

In addition to loans from various local banks and the North Side Community Development Fund, it includes $7 million in federal tax credits and state grants totaling about $3.3 million.

John Elash, a partner in October Development, said the project has been eight years in the making and required the company to acquire 33 adjoining properties over 2.2 acres.

“I can't express how wonderful it is,” Elash said. “Eight years is a very long time.”

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