For only $869K, you can live on Mexican War Streets
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I'm thinking the only thing left that could derail this development is a major recession next year.
URA approves plan to leverage Esplanade development for Pittsburgh infrastructure
The Urban Redevelopment Authority on Thursday voted to approve the first phase of the Manchester-Chateau Transit Revitalization Investment District plan.
www.wesa.fm
Burst how?
You think a flood of new housing would help in the east end is eminent ?
I'm still somewhat skeptical that it will happen. We've had so many projects downtown that never started after much hoopla announcing them. But we'll see.I'm thinking the only thing left that could derail this development is a major recession next year.
URA approves plan to leverage Esplanade development for Pittsburgh infrastructure
The Urban Redevelopment Authority on Thursday voted to approve the first phase of the Manchester-Chateau Transit Revitalization Investment District plan.
The thing that has to happen to make this a success is to extend the T down that way. There's no point bothering, in my opinion, if they don't think they can get that done.
Some of us like NOT requiring driving 45 min to work or eat .
Others actually like having a social life which requires living near others .
Lotta people going to be very surprised when they realize that isn't going to happen.
Allegheny station was built to be a temporary end point. It's funny that the conductors need to park and walk to the end of the train to leave.
I know the plan was always to keep building it out, but I'm not sure where the money comes from for that. They aren't throwing around much public transit money these days.
speaking of unfinished projects, anything new with the hazelwood project? I think we are going on 20 years now with the city telling us how nice this will be.
just looked it up. i guess this is something.
nextpittsburgh.com
just looked it up. i guess this is something.
Hazelwood Green's new apartment development will open in 2027, prioritizing single parents
Hazelwood Green’s new residential development will break ground next year, bringing 50 units to the 178-acre riverfront property.
nextpittsburgh.com
Gentrifying Hazelwood is still pretty mind blowing. Coming for Braddock next?speaking of unfinished projects, anything new with the hazelwood project? I think we are going on 20 years now with the city telling us how nice this will be.
just looked it up. i guess this is something.
Hazelwood Green's new apartment development will open in 2027, prioritizing single parents
Hazelwood Green’s new residential development will break ground next year, bringing 50 units to the 178-acre riverfront property.
driving thru hazelwood might be the most depressing thing on the planet. drove thru the main stretch recently.
There are less funeral homes now, at least. Someday there will be a Panera and a Trader Joe's.
yeah i dont see either of those chains doing well in hazelwood. lets start with a dollar general and popeyes then go from there.
Not that long ago I would have said something similar about the east end.
Only matter of time before Hazelwood fully benefits from the recent Green development. Hell, people said the same thing about Lawrenceville not so long ago.
If I were thirty years younger, I'd buy some distressed property on or around Johnston Ave.
i hope so, i truly do. it's a depressed area man. was always intrigued by this hazelwood / almono project. dang, it was like 15+ years ago when upmc was rumored to be putting some R/D lab there before pulling out. just no clue why the delay unless they flat out lied about having signed deals with commercial accounts coming there..
this land has been clear and purchased for over 22 years. so lets not call it "recent." 22 years isnt recent. renaming it hazelwood green from almono doesnt reset the clock. it shouldnt take a quarter century to get something going there.
Maybe "recent" is not the best word to use when describing Hazelwood Green, but I stand by what I said. Slow progress for sure, but there are many good things going on and where it is situated to be feel optimistic. I lived in Hazelwood for a good part of my youth and I am rooting for its renewal. Maybe I am biased.
Relative to prices in bigger cities, we're probably average. That's why the outlying suburbs keep growing. Lots of abandoned houses....and Gainey wants projects to brag about.
Hey Nothing can be more depressing than driving down Braddock Avenue in Braddock. Especially for someone like me, who can remember when Braddock was a thriving community.
Mike, i was driving down the hazelwood main road with my dad a few years ago before he passed. he was telling me that his grandfather worked at the mill there and on fridays, pointed to me where it was and said that every friday, his grandmother (the wife) and all the other wives would actually wait outside of the mill at the corner cause the husbands got paid that day..
lol, the women wanted the money before the husbands would hit the bar. with their week's pay. thought that was funny (and depressing). but those were the times i guess.
Another story, my buddy was working with an older guy and his hazelwood story was that when he was like 6 or 7, he'd catch catfish in the river right there and he'd sell them at the bar where they'd cook them right there outside the bar for the guys coming off shift at the mill.
Thought that was a cool story, forget how much he sold them for but probably pennies. Hazelwood is rich in history, that's for sure..
But Brew Gentleman rules
I did eat at superior motors before the scam artist left
Hazlewood needs to solve the transit bottleneck that will only get worse with more housing and jobs there. Idiot Peduto once proposed a private bus line from CMU through Panther Hollow, but I don't see why a public transit line going through there couldn't work.
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Yes because politicians have shown throughout history that they can control home and food prices, not the free markets.
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That should have been Pitt's new lower campus..... with a nice 50,000 capacity stadium overlooking the Mon.
I am down there pretty often. I can confirm Brew Gentleman rules. To hell with that superior motors guy. You nailed it with him.
I think the formula is:
Level of bustlingness during the Industrial Revolution, divided by proximity to river in yards, times number of Dollar Generals, plus number of places you can cash your paycheck a few days early, to the power of number of pawn shops that openly advertise selling guns, multiplied by the square root of number of abandoned churches, plus length of the main drag x number of (hopefully no longer inhabited) houses along it that appear like they might blow away in a 35 mph wind = Depression.
There is a lot of construction downtown related to the BRT project. The federal government handed out $150 million to make the bus ride from downtown to Oakland 20 seconds faster.
He has no idea it's simply inflation. Had covid not happened, I'd still be buying houses for close to what I was 5 years ago in my neighborhood.
True story. In March of 2020 I bought a house for $5,000 at sheriff sale. Nobody else even bid. We're talking about 500+ property sharks who wouldn't bid on an occupied and liveable house (meaning it wasn't garbage, had a good roof, etc).
3 months later, after everyone was rich with covid money, the house across the street went for $35,000 with tons of bidders. Same deal with all the other houses in the area. Too much money chasing shit does that. Not a good economy. I don't understand how hyperinflation means the economy is good. My rents did not increase nearly enough to cover inflation related expenses.
This was not an organic increase due to the area appreciating. This happened almost overnight when the covid millions of dollars started flowing into so many hands.
it was amazing how the media still loved him and continued to fawn over him when he opened that place in Mt. Oliver with the $39 pizza. I think they did start to wise up and someone at the PG finally ran an investigative piece on him and his dealings.
Not unless those companies stop hiring from out of town and/or stop paying those salaries. $800k is a non issue if you’re used to prices in Seattle or San Francisco.
Pittsburgh has been a bit lower cost real estate for a long time. But the housing market is pretty old and the suburbs aren't all expensive.
The mansionets are about in line with other central U.S. cities. The market on the coastal states is a different world.
Homes did not increase in price solely because they got a couple Covid checks. It helped a little, sure but the low rates, lack of inventory, and the 2021 recovery roaring back had much more to do with it. Mostly 2% rates and lack of inventory though. Funny how supply and demand work. High demand, low supply = high prices.
