7-story Uptown apartment building proposed

Pittsburgh Post Gazette - June 30, 2011
By Mark Belko

Uptown is becoming a hotbed for residential development.

A Sewickley developer is the latest to jump into the market with a proposal to erect a new apartment building in the 1600 block of Fifth Avenue.

Castlebrook Development will go before the city's zoning board of adjustment next month to request a variance to build a seven-story apartment complex at the location. 

The zoning in the area limits the height to three stories.

The developer is planning as many as 49 market rate units at the site, which is now a parking lot, said Dave Laffey, Castlebrook's pre-construction manager.

It will be offering studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units for rent.

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