Not sure if they've been posted before, but I don't recall seeing these renderings for the long-planned residential development on N Negley Ave. across from the former B'nai Israel synagogue.
Mellon’s Orchard pushes for zoning change to build East Liberty apartments
https://nextpittsburgh.com/city-desi...-east-liberty/
In December 2022, Mellon’s Orchard Acquisition LLC’s application to build 264 apartments in East Liberty was rejected by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Now, the company is trying to have the property rezoned to get the project built.
After Mellon’s Orchard appealed the zoning board’s decision, the city agreed that if Pittsburgh City Council passed new zoning, the developer could get the variances it needs to build the project provided it includes affordable housing.
Mellon’s Orchard’s request for rezoning is before the Pittsburgh Planning Commission, which will pass along its recommendation to council.
The property on North Negley Avenue runs from Rippey Street to Rural Street and includes a series of empty three-story apartment buildings that once contained 66 units. Two of the buildings were constructed in the 1920s and have arched porches along the front. The others, a series of brick apartment blocks, were constructed in the 1950s, Mellon Orchard’s attorney, Robert Max Junker, said during his presentation to the planning commission on July 9.
According to a slide presented at the development activities meeting with the neighborhood in June, the redevelopment has been in the works since 2017 as developers worked on the plans with East Liberty Development Inc., the local nonprofit community development organization that once owned the land. New Burgh Real Estate, which now owns the property and operates as Mellon’s Orchard Acquisition, is working with design firm AE7 on the plan.