CDE: Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives

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Project Profiles and Stories

Society for Contemporary Craft

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2019)

Arts

CDE(s): Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives

This project involved the relocation of a arts organization onto a Main Street in the City of Pittsburgh in the Lawrenceville neighborhood.

Lawrenceville Technology Center- RIDC LTC 48

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2016)

Manufacturing, Tech Manufacturing

CDE(s): Mid-City Community CDE, Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, USBCDE

Construction of a new commercial facility on a vacant industrial site featuring both light industrial and flexible office space for tenants in the technology manufacturing and robotics industry sectors.

City of Asylum Launches Its Redevelopment of the Masonic Building

Affordable Housing, Arts, College or Vocational Training, Community, Historic Rehabilitation, Housing, Mixed-use, Retail, Retail and Commercial, Theaters and Performing Arts Spaces, Vocational Training

CDE(s): Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, PNC

Wood Street Commons

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2014)

Historic Rehabilitation

CDE(s): Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives

Wood Street Commons is a 16 floor building, with floors 1-6 designated for commercial office space and floors 7-16 providing housing for single men.

East End Community House

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2012)

Co-ops, Homeless Services, Shelters and Community Food

CDE(s): Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives

East End Cooperative Ministry (EECM) is a 501-C-3 corporation providing a wide range of social services addressing the pressing needs of residents in Pittsburgh’s East End.

201 Stanwix Street

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2011)

Adult Education, Affordable Housing, College or Vocational Training, Community, Housing, Mixed-use, Schools

CDE(s): CCG Community Partners, Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, PNC

NMTC financing for the rehab of a 78,000 sq. ft. building. The 1st floor of the building is leased to a charter school on the lower levels and approximately 158

RIDC Mill 19A – Hazelwood Green

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2017)

Affordable Housing, Business Development, Community, Housing, Incubator, Makerspace, Manufacturing, Mixed-use

CDE(s): Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, PNC, Telesis CDE Corporation

New construction of mixed-use building offering flex office, R&D and high-bay light-industrial maker space. Phase 1 included 95,000 sq. ft. of flex-office space with Carnegie Mellon University as an anchor

Humane Animal Rescue

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2016)

Community, Healthcare, Retail

CDE(s): Chase, Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives

Construction of a state-of-the-art Animal Resource Center in the Homewood Neighborhood.

Light of Life

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2020)

Adult Education, Affordable Housing, College or Vocational Training, Community, Food Bank or Pantry, Healthcare, HFFI, Homeless Services, Homeless Shelter, Incubator, Mixed-use, Nonprofit Hub, Shelters and Community Food

CDE(s): Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, PNC

New construction of a 24,600 sq. ft. homeless shelter serving men, women, and children.

Womens Center and Shelter

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2015)

Adult Education, Behavioral Health, College or Vocational Training, Community, Food Bank or Pantry, FQHCs, Healthcare, HFFI, Homeless Services, Shelters and Community Food

CDE(s): Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives

Pittsburgh's Women's Center and Shelter's expansion to 48 beds from the existing 36, enhance living spaces, administrative areas and therapy resources, while enlarging the facility's children's areas and creating shelter

The Energy Innovation Center

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2013)

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, Historic Tax Credit, Incubator, Manufacturing

CDE(s): National Trust Community Investment Corporation, Northside Community Development Fund, Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, PNC

The Energy Innovation Center is a renovation of approximately 160,000 sq.ft. of space at the former Connelley Trade School for reuse as an Innovation Center for energy efficiency, alternative energy

Piatt Place

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2014)

Hotels and Tourism, Office, Retail, Retail and Commercial

CDE(s): Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives

Rehab of a 265,000 squarefoot vacant department store in downtown Pittsburgh.

East Liberty Transit Center

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2014)

Infrastructure, Retail, Transit Oriented Development, Transportation and Ports

CDE(s): Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, PNC

A multi-agency effort, which includes the City of Pittsburgh, Port Authority of Allegheny County and East Liberty Development Corporation, to assemble and redevelop six acres of blighted or obsolete commercial

East Liberty Portal

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2014)

Brownfield Remediation, Infrastructure, Retail, Transit Oriented Development, Transportation and Ports

CDE(s): Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, PNC

The revitalization of a major gateway into the East Liberty neighborhood, which has been undergoing a major transformation after years of blight.

East Liberty Development, Inc. (ELDI)

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2019)

Affordable Housing, Community, Housing, Retail

CDE(s): Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives

26 affordable homes for low and moderate-income families in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Lab

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2018)

Adult Education, Arts, Children's Museum, College or Vocational Training, Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Historic Rehabilitation, Museums, Schools, Youth and Families

CDE(s): Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, PNC

Construction and renovation of historic building for expansion of a children's museum and relocation of a charter school and other nonprofit organizations.

Alphabet City

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2015)

Affordable Housing, Arts, College or Vocational Training, Community, Historic Rehabilitation, Housing, Mixed-use, Retail, Retail and Commercial, Theaters and Performing Arts Spaces, Vocational Training

CDE(s): Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, PNC

City of Asylum Pittsburgh is a Pittsburgh nonprofit organization that was co-founded by Henry Reese and his wife Diane Samuels in 2004 with the goal of creating a thriving community

7800 Susquehanna Street

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2015)

Manufacturing, Retail, Retail and Commercial

CDE(s): Pittsburgh Urban Initiatives, PNC

The renovation of an existing five-story 135,800 square foot industrial building located in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh for the purpose accommodating creative start-up and nascent entrepreneurial business activity.