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The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA) [1] is the City of Pittsburgh’s economic development enterprise, committed to building a prosperous and equitable economy for the City. The URA helps bridge public and private interests to invest in financially viable equitable developments that promote housing affordability, economic ...
In September 2014, the Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority sent a request for proposal to companies to assist the URA in preparing the third phase of the development. The project will be the final phase of the development, adding more homes and related infrastructure to the site, located in the Swisshelm Park neighborhood. [6]
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Pittsburgh purchases the site: The URA purchases the former Hot Metal and MONCON Bridges: URA completes design of the renovation of the MONCON Bridge: LTV ends operations and demolishes the facilities in its steam plant in SouthSide Works: Renovations of the MONCON Bridge is completed
Riverboat gambling was considered for the site and in 1993, and the City of Pittsburgh Urban and Redevelopment Authority (URA) purchased the site with money loaned by a potential developer for $9.3 million. [12] The URA eventually redeveloped the site to be the Southside Works complex. The project has brought national retailers to the eastern ...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority started the SouthSide Works project hoping to create over 6,000 jobs. [6] Today, SouthSide Works has over 10 shopping stores and over 10 restaurants & bars. [ 7 ] The restoration of the business district has improved South Sides economy dramatically and house sales have jumped $75,000 in the past 10 years along ...
In the late 1980s progress in reconstructing the area was finally made. Pittsburgh's Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) acquired the derelict land and, with the participation of the Hill Community Development Corporation—the Hill District's newly formed community group—succeeded in initiating the development process for the area.
[3] [4] [5] The song was composed on Rachel Keller Woods' piano, on which Foster is said to have written other classics (including "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"), and the instrument is currently housed at the Stephen Foster Memorial in Pittsburgh. [3] This house is currently owned by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). [6]
These merchants feared that suburban development would harm East Liberty's status as a market center, and asked the City of Pittsburgh's Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to take action. [ 13 ] The URA proposed creating an outdoor pedestrian mall on Penn Avenue, to be surrounded by car-friendly roads on which large stores, surrounded by ...