URA agenda up for the meeting tomorrow. These agendas are never as detailed as what goes in front of the city boards, but there are some interesting items.
1. The first public meetings about the redevelopment of Lexington Technology Park in Point Breeze North have begun. I actually saw the postings about the meetings on the wall when I was shopping at the Co-Op last weekend. IIRC the general one has already happened, but a later one on housing has yet to occur.
2. $2.1 million in funds are going to an engineering firm to help prepare development for the second phase of Summerset at Frick Park (the part which will be in Swisshelm Park)
3. Sale of the Woods House in Hazelwood to a private firm to be made into a Scottish pub (which has been covered in the HRC presentations) is being finalized.
4. The URA is selling off a number of properties in Manchester to a private developer. Many are vacant lots, but it also includes stands of small alley rowhouses
here and
here. IIRC there were rehab proposals for these in front of the HRC in previous months, so hopefully something happens here soon.
5. The URA is moving along with a transfer of the Broad Street Plaza to the City of Pittsburgh. This area is
a terrible remnant of the urban renewal era. They stopped allowing cars to park in the surface spaces some time ago for reasons I'm not entirely sure of. Hopefully the redesign makes the block more pedestrian friendly and attractive.