Pennsylvania Data and Stories

State Fact Sheet

Map of Selected Projects in Pennsylvania

Community Testimonials

ECAT utilized the first New Market Tax Credit deal in Erie County to rehabilitate an 80,000 sqft closed school building and convert it to a multi-use community facility that includes healthcare, job training, youth programming and social services. As a non-profit, we had no other tool at our disposable to make this vision a reality. In the end, the NMTC allowed us to address blight and make a significant investment in one of the most disinvested neighborhoods in our community. We strongly support the continuance of this program.

-Daria Devlin, Erie Center for Arts & Technology, Erie, PA

Selected Projects in Pennsylvania

Piatt Place

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2014)

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.

Blind and Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2014)

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, Vocational Training

CDE(s): Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, PNC

BVRS outgrew its previous space and renovated an 87,000 sq. ft. five-story building to suit the needs of the growing organization.

Center for Health Literacy

Philadelphia,
PA
(2014)

Behavioral Health, Children's Hospital, Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, FQHCs, Healthcare, Library, Youth and Families, Youth Program

CDE(s): Chase, City First, Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, PIDC Community Capital

The Center for Health and Literacy is a cooperative project between the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the City of Philadelphia.

Stephen Klein Wellness Center

Philadelphia,
PA
(2014)

Behavioral Health, Community, FQHCs, Healthcare

CDE(s): Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, Nonprofit Finance Fund

Financing to help Project H.O.M.E. relocate its clinic.

The Energy Innovation Center

Pittsburgh,
PA
(2013)

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, 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

Project HOME

Philadelphia,
PA
(2013)

Adult Education, Behavioral Health, College or Vocational Training, Community, FQHCs, Healthcare, Shelters and Community Food

CDE(s): Local Initiatives Support Corporation, PNC

Financing for an organization providing support services and shelters for the homeless and people in poverty.

Ronald McDonald House of Philadelphia

Philadelphia,
PA
(2013)

Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Healthcare, Ronald McDonald House, Youth and Families

CDE(s): Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, PNC, The Reinvestment Fund

A 93,000 sq. ft. expansion to Ronald McDonald's hiladelphia facilities, more than doubling the sq. footage of PRMH's existing 72,000 sq. ft. facility, for a total of more than 165,000

University Crossings

Chester,
PA
(2013)

Business Development, Mixed-use, Retail

CDE(s): The Reinvestment Fund

Part of a larger initiative by Widener University to invest in its community, University Crossings is a state-of-the-art mixed-use development adjacent to its Chester, PA campus.

Paseo Verde

Philadelphia,
PA
(2012)

Adult Education, Affordable Housing, Brownfield Remediation, College or Vocational Training, Community, FQHCs, Healthcare, Housing, Mixed-use, Office, Retail, Retail and Commercial, Transit Oriented Development, Workforce Housing

CDE(s): Building America CDE, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, WNC National Community Development Advisors

A $48.2M mixed-use, transit-oriented, green development in Philadelphia's Ludlow community - a low-income, distressed neighborhood currently undergoing a revitalization drive fueled by strong public and private collaboration.

Oxford Mills

Philadelphia,
PA
(2012)

Affordable Housing, Community, Historic Rehabilitation, Mixed-use, Retail

CDE(s): Enterprise Community Partners, National Trust Community Investment Corporation, PIDC Community Capital

In Philadelphia, the NMTC transformed a former textile mill and warehouse into apartments for teachers and non-profit office space designed for education related firms.

Site visits and recent news related to Pennsylvania NMTC Projects

Former Congressman Doyle attends the Hazelwood Green groundbreaking

Today's groundbreaking is a sign that a new heyday is coming for Pittsburgh and for America — one that will transform and revive an entire sector of the American economy in every corner of our great nation." -Congressman (now former) Doyle (D-PA)

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Nov-2017

York Academy Upper School opens for first day in new building

August 13, 2018

City of Asylum Launches Its Redevelopment of the Masonic Building

September 1, 2015

Reps. Sewell (D-AL) and Kelly (R-PA) Circulating Sign-on Letter Calling for Permanent Extension of the NMTC

December 1, 2022