PITTSBURGH | Development Rundown III

[BenM]

Originally Posted by Urbanthusiat

Looks like a nice addition! I wish that area was more connected to South Oakland but 2nd Avenue and 376 make it impossible really. But this is a nice bookend to the Hazelwood site.

I really like the bowed front.

In other news, Pittsburgh finalizes deal with Penguins for Civic Area site plans. It seems like it is just the formalization of conditions we have already read about, but

Under the terms, the Penguins must develop 10.75 acres of the Lower Hill District property by 2023 or face losing 40 percent of the parking revenue from lots that cover most of the 28-acre property.

So the Penguins have six years to develop a bit over a third of the total site? This is so frustrating. The city having to cajole the Pens into a project that will make them money.

This is an unfair comparison because Pittsburgh is not Manhattan, but work on the Hudson Yards development began in 2012. It now looks like this.




We've still got parking lots.