11/4 planning commission presentation is up. 6 projects this week, although several are small.
1./2. Removal of one block of permit parking from Beechview, and a separate removal of a small amount of permit parking from Squirrel Hill. This is the only time in the last several years I've seen the elimination, rather than the expansion, of permit parking. On the whole I think this is a good thing.
3. Conversion of
209 9th Street from office space into a 44-unit apartment building with ground-level retail.
4. Conversion of
800 Penn Avenue from office space to a 42-unit apartment building with ground-level retail. Both this and the previous building are being done concurrently by the same developer. External changes should be minor, with the work concentrating on new elevators, mechanical system, removal of old office partitions, etc.
5. 1318 Grandview (
the old Isabella Restaurant building) is slated to be torn down and replaced with a new construction single-family home. I actually don't mind the design, but it's a shame that something which theoretically has some sort of public use will be replaced by a multi-million dollar home. But I guess it's inevitable given the view. Nothing else can compete in terms of property value.
6. Conversion of 620 Second Avenue (
the old Art Institute dorms) into a 140-unit market-rate apartment building. It looks like they have plans to improve the entrance off Try Street significantly (which for all intents is the front of the building, since the true front is partially buried under the Boulevard of the Allies ramp) and add a small amount of retail.
Altogether, another 226 units of apartments in Downtown is nothing to sneeze at.
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