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Available Sites

The URA is responsible for the acquisition and disposition of various properties for the purpose of assembling sites for redevelopment. It also acts as agent for the City of Pittsburgh in assembling properties for City-sponsored projects.

The URA works closely with our partner community development corporations throughout the City of Pittsburgh to identify and target sites for redevelopment. Information on each of our targeted development sites is listed below.

A comprehensive listing of URA owned properties and parcels is available here. The URA reserves the right to remove any property from this list at any time for any reason, without notice.

If you are interested in partnering with us on one of these redevelopment projects, or purchasing a URA owned property, please contact one of the following members of our real estate staff:

• Kyra Straussman, 412.255.6418 or
• Susan Malys, 412.255.6680 or
• Claire Hosteny, 412.255.6570 or

Targeted Development Sites

Neighborhood: Northside

federal north project

The Federal North Project is located at the corner of Federal and North Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Northside and is a collaborative redevelopment effort of an entire city block. For a complete project site plan, click here.

Neighborhood: Beechview

BEECHVIEW BUSINESS DISTRICT—BROADWAY AVENUE

These properties are concentrated near the corner of Hampshire and Broadway [more] in the heart of Beechview, a working class neighborhood proximate to downtown. Beechview offers many amenities that make it attractive for families who wish to live in the city, such as the Carnegie Library, good schools, and recreational opportunities. The Broadway Avenue strip is highly visible to nearly 14,000 commuters who ride Pittsburgh's Light Rail Transit service. 1600, 1601, 1602 and 1619 Broadway are offered individually and represent great locations for storefront business within the district. They are well served by street parking and provide significant opportunities for expanding retail, dining and service uses.

Neighborhood: Downtown

600 and 604 LIBERTY AVENUE (at 6th Street)

This parcel is subject to an exclusive negotiation period
through July 7, 2010.
600 and 604 are located along Liberty Avenue at 6th Street, across from Heinz Hall Park and directly south of the new PNC Three development. These buildings close a visual envelope seen from 6th Street and offer great visibility along with a great address. Both parcels offer existing building space with nearby public parking.
[See 600 Liberty] [See 604 Liberty]

Neighborhood: Hazelwood

Second AVENUE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Second Avenue offers an aggregation of parcels in the heart of the Hazelwood commercial district along Irvine Street at Hazelwood Avenue. Major development plans will dramatically influence the face of this neighborhood, as redevelopment of the 250-acre former LTV Coke Works site begins and as efforts continue to extend the Mon Fayette Turnpike into Oakland. The parcels provide substantial acreage along both sides of Irvine Street and frontage for redevelopment in a community ripe for investment.
[See Second Avenue Commercial District]

Neighborhood: Hazelwood

WOODS HOUSE

Located in Hazelwood [See Location Map] just west of Hazelwood Avenue, the Woods House parcel [See Property] is home to the oldest homestead in Pittsburgh and represents a true gem in the City's history. The URA will encourage restoration of this home and property.

Neighborhood: Hazelwood

PITTSBURGH TECHNOLOGY CENTER

The Pittsburgh Technology Center (PTC) is a state-of-the-art riverfront office park and regional center for research and development. PTC provides an attractively designed, high-quality environment to meet the needs of both established and new companies involved in the development or application of advanced technologies. The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have joined forces with the business community to make this development a success. The campus like setting combines tree-covered walkways and a greensward with grasses and wildflowers.

Several sites are available, all with nearby parking facilities (now under construction). Site plans will double the office space at the park and incorporate a greater degree of mixed-use projects to enhance its attractiveness to potential and existing park tenants. The first phase of the spine road relocation is now complete and offers frontage for three parcels. The second phase will open opportunities for two additional sites while accommodating expansion of existing buildings. Utilities are available.

Neighborhood: Hill District

Victory Square (Centre & Hallett)

A series of five concentrations of parcels [more] are offered by the URA in the Hill District [See Location Map], a neighborhood central to the Downtown, Oakland and a future Uptown area that is well positioned to improve over the next generation. Major assets west of the Hill include an expanding Duquesne University, progressive changes at St. Francis Hospital, construction of the new Civic Arena and hotel at Fifth Avenue and Washington Place, all of which are expected to fuel interest in these parcels. At completion of the new Arena, City efforts will help fashion redevelopment of the former Civic Arena site into a new mixed-use “Arena District”. To the east, the former public housing site known as Oakhill is beginning its second phase of redevelopment into a mixed-income residential community. Nearby, the University of Pittsburgh is beginning construction on its new athletic facilities that will include upgraded softball, baseball and soccer formats.

Neighborhood: Hill District

PARCELS E&F (Colwell Street Parcels)

PARCELS E&F are instrumental in both the short and long term development strategy for Fifth Avenue in the Hill District [See Location Map] and Uptown areas. Efforts are underway for renovation along Fifth Avenue, as well as the creation of a surrounding “Arena District”. Previously used as fringe parking lots for Downtown, these parcels could be aggregated with nearby efforts to catalyze development and to expand business development within the area. Currently, Parcel E is being utilized as a staging area for the new Arena while Parcel F is being leased to support area parking needs. [See Parcels E & F]

Neighborhood: Hill District

Western Restoration

As part of a complex of buildings located in the Upper Hill [See Location Map], this property offers a three story structure with supporting parking to the rear of the property.
[See Western Restoration]

Neighborhood: Homewood

LEECH FARMS PARCEL

The Leech Farms parcel [See Location Map] offers a great opportunity for a sensitive, life style residential development nested in a laid back setting with open space vantage points for tremendous views. Great regional access from nearby Washington Boulevard and relative proximity to assets in Highland Park and East Liberty offers long term opportunities for development at Leech Farms.
[See Leech Farms Enlarged Plan]

Neighborhood: South Side

SSW Parcel F2 (33rd and East Carson)

This parcel is subject to an exclusive negotiation period
through July 7, 2010.
This parcel is situated in the eastern portion of the South Side Works development with frontage on East Carson Street. This flat site is well served by modern utilities and offers critical roadway frontage, access and signalization, as well as adjacency to the regional headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Immigration and Naturalization Services. [See SSW Parcel F2 Enlarged Plan]

Neighborhood: South Side

SSW Parcel F4c

This parcel is situated in the eastern most reach of the South Side Works development with frontage on East Carson Street. The property is suitable for a single tenant business and offers great views of Oakland and the Monongahela River.
[See SSW Parcel F4C Enlarged Plan]

Neighborhood: South Side

Hanson Aggregates

This parcel is situated in the lower South Side, between 6th and 9th Streets along the Monongahela River. Originally owned by Hanson Aggregates and used by Arrow Concrete, the URA acquired the property to facilitate nearby parking needs and to complete one of the last pieces of river trail in the City along the Monongahela River. Although encumbered by riverfront setback requirements, some area of the property is suitable for development.
[See Hanson Aggregates Property]