Pennsylvania officials celebrated major progress today on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 10-year plan to revitalize Downtown Pittsburgh, highlighting the conversion of a vacant office complex into a 70-unit apartment building at 933 Penn Avenue.
Department of Community and Economic Development Deputy Secretary for Housing Kevin Bush visited the site to mark the project’s progress as part of state-backed efforts to expand residential options in the city center.
The $42 million project at 933 Penn Avenue received a $2.5 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant from the Commonwealth. It represents one piece of the Shapiro administration’s 10-year revitalization strategy, which pledges to add or preserve nearly 1,000 residential units in downtown Pittsburgh, with one-third set aside as affordable housing for low- to moderate-income residents…