High-style contemporary stands out on South Side
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 12:00PM High-style contemporary stands out on South Side
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - April 21, 2007
By Gretchen McKay
Pittsburgh's South Side is nothing if not eclectic, with everything from cool artists' lofts to modest 19th-century row houses to painstakingly restored Victorians.
Even so, the high-tech custom home at the corner of South 16th and Roland streets, now on the market for $895,000 through Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, manages to surprise.
Besides its unusual exterior, the house is one of the few in this Mon Valley neighborhood with a price tag approaching $1 million.
Realtor Leesa Belt-Haglund says that shouldn't be a big surprise. As is often the case with neighborhoods in transition, house prices have started to creep up in the now trendy South Side. New developments such as Windom Hill Place, 15th Street Glassworks, Riverside Mews and Angel's Arms all feature units costing $500,000 or more, and even fixer-uppers can command prices in the mid hundreds.
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