The start of something big? - Apartment & condo developments could turn Downtown into a popular place to live

The start of something big? - Apartment & condo developments could turn Downtown into a popular place to live

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - December 16, 2005
By Joyce Gannon

Brian Ritz, a corporate attorney at the Downtown law firm Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling, grew up in the northern suburbs of Allegheny County but prefers urban life, where he's close to work, shopping and entertainment.

While walking to lunch one day, Mr. Ritz noticed a banner hanging from the old Union National Bank building. The banner announced that the property at Fourth and Wood was being rehabbed into 61 upscale condominiums. He checked it out on the Internet and soon put money down.

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