Entries in Piatt Place (6)
Ambitious Projects Aim to Revitalize Downtown
Monday, February 18, 2008 at 10:01PM Ambitious Projects Aim to Revitalize Downtown
KDKA - February 18, 2008
By Andy Sheehan
For now, much of downtown Pittsburgh is under construction.
There's the North Shore Connector project, the PNC office, hotel and retail high rise and the Piatt Place transformation of the Lazarus building into condos and shops - pricey and ambitious projects aimed at revitalizing downtown's long-decaying urban core of blight and vacant stores.
"Within the next two years this whole area will be completely remade. When you have $1 billion of investment in the pipeline within two blocks of where we're standing right now," Lucas Piatt said.
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City Living
Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 12:00PM City Living
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - May 26, 2007
By Bob Karlovits
Downtown living is starting to bulge out of its Golden Triangle.
Two of the newest members of the growing urban residential community are in neighborhoods not previously considered Downtown -- the Strip District and the South Side.
The Cork Factory apartment complex in the Strip recently opened its second stage, changing the look and pulse of a neighborhood once mostly a workplace. On the South Side, the St. Casimir Condos are being touted as close-yet-far from the workday hustle.
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Piatts describe progress on transforming a former Downtown department store
Monday, May 7, 2007 at 12:00PM Piatts describe progress on transforming a former Downtown department store
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - May 7, 2007
By Mark Belko
From the rooftop of the former Lazarus-Macy's department store, Downtown Pittsburgh dances in a ballet of steel and brick, grittiness and elegance.
The shiny glass steeples of PPG Place mix with low-slung buildings on Fifth and Forbes avenues and old gems like the Commonwealth Building, Union National Bank and the Arrott Building.
Architecture shrouded at street level becomes more visible, from gargoyles to the crouching Atlas-like figures holding up one roof.
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Piatt Place Condo sales not soaring yet, but developers say interest will pick up
Friday, March 30, 2007 at 12:00PM Condo sales not soaring yet, but developers say interest will pick up
While sales at some of Pittsburgh's high-profile condominium projects have been sluggish, local developers and real estate brokers were optimistic this week that spring's arrival will jump-start interest.
A survey of a handful of condominium projects Downtown and in the city's East End found that none are close to selling out yet -- even after almost three years of marketing, in one instance.
Several condo projects are under way Downtown, including Piatt Place, a 65-unit redevelopment of the former Lazarus-Macy's department store.
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Carlyle condos under way Downtown
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 12:00PM Carlyle condos under way Downtown
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - March 27, 2007
By Sam Spatter
The developer of the $20 million Carlyle condominium project, Downtown, believes the Golden Triangle can absorb 2,000 new housing units without a problem.
At an event Monday marking the start of construction of units within the 21-story former Union National Bank building at Fourth Avenue and Wood Street, developer David Bishoff, president of the E.V. Bishoff Co., Columbus, said the city has the amenities to attract buyers Downtown.
"Cities such as Columbus, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, to mention a few, all have large Downtown residential populations, and Pittsburgh's downtown can offer more amenities than those cities," Bishoff said.
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