PITTSBURGH | Development Rundown II - Page 1008

eschaton · #**20141** Posted **Nov 20, 2017, 8:02 PM**

I agree that the East Liberty project is very, very underwhelming. However, it's mostly a rehab/reskin, with what looks like the cheapest of cheap of two-story infill buildings being constructed in an area where a vacant lot now sits. I think a lot of this comes from Anthony Dolan's firm not being that well capitalized (since he's blowing most of his wad on the new building at the corner of Penn and Centre). It's at least a modest step up from what's there before, and considering the area is surrounded on all sides (save the AA building) by parking lots, anything to get the ball rolling in this dead zone seems like a good thing. I do really hope the Planning Commission holds out for at minimum rotating the new construction building 90 degrees. But even worse crap like the new Arbys has been given the go-ahead in the Baum-Centre corridor, so I won't get my hopes up.

TBone7281 · #**20142** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 5:34 PM**

"District 15" is apparently going no where super fast. "Breaking ground September 2017" obviously hasn't happened yet. CBRE's website shows none of it has been leased yet, either. Kind of too bad, as this would take a chunk of the surface lots. (It is across Smallman from the old Wholey building.)

Science Center addition from Point State Park.

TBone7281 · #**20143** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 5:38 PM**

They're putting up some signage on my wife's building today. (Four Gateway Center.) The sign is actually for Gateway Health and is unrelated to the buildings themselves.

eschaton · #**20144** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 6:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by TBone7281

Casino addition (hotel) from Point State Park.

That's the Science Center addition, not the casino hotel.

TBone7281 · #**20145** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by eschaton

That's the Science Center addition, not the casino hotel.

Oh yeah, good call. I thought it was kind of small. I didn't even think about it being on the wrong side of the Science Center.

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Steel City Scotty · #**20146** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 6:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by TBone7281

Oh yeah, good call. I thought it was kind of small. I didn't even think about it being on the wrong side of the Science Center.

Edited.

I've been wondering about the status of the casino hotel. Work was expected to start in the spring after plans got past an issue with a "paper street," but no signs of a groundbreaking yet.

deja vu · #**20147** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 6:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by TBone7281

Oh yeah, good call. I thought it was kind of small. I didn't even think about it being on the wrong side of the Science Center.

Edited.

It honestly does all bland, er... I mean blend together from that view.

BrianTH · #**20148** Posted **Nov 21, 2017, 8:06 PM**

Curbed did a short profile on Hamnett Place in Wilkinsburg, which is very cool for Wilkinsburg:

https://www.curbed.com/2017/11/20/16...-hamnett-place

Austinlee · #**20149** Posted **Nov 23, 2017, 4:48 PM**

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

The new Pittsburgh development thread is up! Please let me know if I am missing anything and also general feedback. Thank you.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...34#post7995634

Wally G · #**20150** Posted **Nov 23, 2017, 10:58 PM**

[QUOTE=Austinlee;7995636]Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

The new Pittsburgh development thread is up! Please let me know if I am missing anything and also general feedback. Thank you.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...34#post7995634[/QUO

The only projects I can think of is that blue office building in the Southside Works and the ALDI store garage project in Friendship.