The 6/15 Planning Commission presentation is now online. Unlike last weeks, this is a fairly weighty presentation, with three new items - two of which are of note.
1. On the insubstantial side,
a new sign permit for 1001 Liberty Avenue (Liberty Center). This is just changing the existing Federated sign to Federated Hermes, which I presume is the new corporate name.
2.
In a biggie, Somera is dropping its plans for a new substantial apartment building in South Side Works. The building, as earlier presentations indicated, will take up the two parcels which are just to the west of Hofbrauhaus. Looks like five stories of residences over top of a two-story parking podium (10 units are within the podium and face the riverfront trail). Unit count of 246, with a 174-stall garage (and 110 bike spaces). The design is...fine. Absolutely a step up from what we normally see in these projects, but for some reason I expect the Planning Commission to nitpick it regardless.
3. A new master plan for Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is being proposed.
Here is the presentation, and
here is the full master plan. There is not much information in here which wasn't already in publicly-released documents - the seminary still plans to contract its campus to an extent, building up the core area and removing buildings around the fringe of the campus. The most intriguing aspect remains a proposed plan to have a new mixed-use building fronting on East Liberty Boulevard and some townhouses around the back corner on Sheridan Street. IIRC this is supposed to be a joint project with ELDI. This plan makes it sound a bit more up in the air, as it's just presented as an "option." Hopefully the financing works out, because East Liberty Boulevard is quite a dead edge and could use some storefronts.