Major development riding at Don Allen site
Friday, January 11, 2008 at 12:00PM Major development riding at Don Allen site
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - January 11, 2008
By Dan Fitzpatrick
It was early 2006 when developers Phil Hugh and John Economou first sat down with the owners of Bloomfield's Don Allen Auto City and discussed what to do with one of the most valuable plots of real estate in Pittsburgh's East End.
"They wanted to look at other options," Mr. Economou said. But, also, "they wanted to do right by the city of Pittsburgh."
The result, 19 months later, is that Mr. Hugh and Mr. Economou now have an agreement to assume majority control of the dealership's seven-acre, three-block swath at the nexus of Shadyside, Bloomfield and East Liberty. Their plan, unveiled yesterday, is to tear down the Don Allen buildings and fill the space along Baum Boulevard and Liberty Avenue with a mix of townhouses, condominiums, a 120-room hotel, and 700,000 square feet of office, medical and retail space.
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