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Originally Posted by eschaton
That's an old rendering of the Esplanade project. It's been scaled down considerably, with the Ferris Wheel eliminated.
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There's a new article on the Pittsburgh Business Times from yesterday that is primarily about the URA voting to approve an option agreement for Millcraft to acquire ~5.5 acres (by 9/1/21, I might add, just to add some color around timing), but it provides some other updates as well. The updates do in fact reflect a scaled back version of the plan as follows:
- 300,000sf office building decreased to 240,000sf
- 330 unit apartment building decreased to 246 units
- 209 unit condo building decreased to 123 units
- 150,000sf of retail/restaurant space decreased to 100,000sf
However, it continues to include the ferris wheel, and also indicates a couple of new components, namely an aquarium and events center. The description says, "a grand staircase will lead to the roof of the aquarium, which will contain a large public plaza and Ferris wheel, with the staircase designed to function as amphitheater seating for performances on the adjacent promenade."
I'm still, unfortunately, in believe-it-when-I-see-it-mode, but we'll see what happens! As many trips as I make over the West End Bridge, it would be fun to watch it be built out in a scale such as this.