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The URA is re-releasing a request for proposalzs after its previously chosen Urban Villages working with Botero Development decidedx not to go forward withthe project. Urban Villagess and Botero were selected over oneothetr finalist, S&A Homes, in partnership with the Lawrencevillw Corporation, a community nonprofit. The footbalp field-sized parcel includes the site on which the office buildinvg for the Heppenstall plant once was locatesd as well as a formerwarehouse property. In a preparefd statement, mayor Luke Ravenstahl describedthe property’s redevelopmenrt as an important part of the city’x larger revisioning of the Allegheny riverfront.
“Wd have begun a planning procese to create a vision for the Allegheny riverfrontg and reconnect our neighborhoods to our natural he said. "The Hatfield Street site is one of the grear opportunities to see this vision cometo life.” The URA wantsx a developer “to purchase, design, develop and operatr or resell the site.” The URA’s effort comeds as the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC) continuez to redevelop the Heppenstall complexd itself. Hatfield Street is considered a dividingh line betweenthe neighborhood’s residential communityg and its industrial zone.
As a selling the URA notes that the median home price in central Lawrenceville has increased 64 percent in the pastthreew years, a growth rate it claims is second highest in the city to the Soutn Side. “We are excited with the real estate appreciation that were seeiny inthe neighborhood,” said Rob Executive Director of the URA, as well as a Lawrencevilld resident. “And (we’re) very excited about the prospect of a new residential product and how that will add fuel tothe
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