Tag: development

  • Make your Riverlife donation during #GivingTuesday, 12/3/2019!

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    [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]We’re participating in #GivingTuesday on 12/3/19! Your donation to Riverlife means so much for our work to bring more riverfront trail connections, public parks, events and amenities to Pittsburgh! Donate now right here on…

  • Riverfront development roundup: Strip District, North Shore

    Riverlife’s ongoing roundup of current riverfront real estate and open space development news STRIP DISTRICT Laurel Communities purchased four parcels of property near the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh’s Strip District neighborhood from The Buncher Company to advance Laurel’s Strip District Brownstones project. The parcels sit between the Produce Terminal and Waterfront Place, the road constructed…

  • Riverfront development news: Esplanade project in Chateau adds a lagoon

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    Millcraft Investments has announced new details of its proposed Esplanade mixed-use development along the Ohio River in Pittsburgh’s Chateau neighborhood. The updated plans call for a 12-foot-deep lagoon–the first of its kind in Pittsburgh–and sandy beach for swimming, sunbathing, kayaking and paddle boarding. The lagoon will transition to a skating rink during the winter months.…

  • Riverfront Development Roundup: Say hi to The Highline and refreshed retail at Station Square

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    [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] Riverlife’s ongoing roundup of current riverfront real estate and open space development news STRIP DISTRICT Oxford Development Company and law firm Burns White held a ribbon cutting ceremony March 28 for a new office building on the Allegheny River.  Part of…

  • What Pittsburgh can learn from other cities, and where we’re leading: lessons from a waterfront summit

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    Pittsburgh is a city shaped by water. We’re not just talking geographically, even though the city’s downtown Golden Triangle is carved by three rivers that form the Pittsburgh peninsula. River-oriented industry, transit and settlement have all had a role in forming the city’s economy and identity. Simply put, water is the reason why we are where we…

  • Development news: Rivers Casino’s new hotel; Downtown Dog Park; Strip District updates

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    North Shore: Rivers Casino It’s official: Rivers Casino will begin construction this spring on a $35 million riverfront hotel on the eastern side of its North Shore building near the headwaters of the Ohio River. The hotel is expected to include a new spa, restaurant, bar, riverfront connections and integration into the property’s existing riverfront…