A proposal to build hundreds of apartments in Pittsburgh’s Hill District could reinvigorate a long-undeveloped part of the neighborhood and provide college students with needed housing.
New York-based JK Equities and Manor Park Ventures has secured exclusive negotiation rights with the Urban Redevelopment Authority to buy 90 publicly owned parcels in the Hill District.
The developers are planning a four-phase housing development at the site, focused on and around Herron Avenue, where they could build multiple apartment buildings on land that has sat empty for years…