The new HERE Pittsburgh apartment building on Forbes Avenue, where a Marathon gas station was most recently, was supposed to be ready for students to move in this fall. But if you’ve walked by there lately, it’s clearly not finished.
The Pitt News reported that CA Ventures, the Chicago-based management group behind the project, announced that it currently estimates that tenants will be able to move in between early September and mid-October, depending which floor they live on.
Students who had leased space for this fall in HERE Pittsburgh were given two options to compensate living expenses during the delay. Option No. 1 provides both a temporary rent abatement and $150 in gift cards per day to residents until they move in. However, tenants would be required to find their own living accommodations until then.
Option No. 2 provides tenants with alternate living accommodations in the form of hotel rooms and $40 in gift cards per day until they move into HERE Pittsburgh, but also requires them to continue paying rent during the delay according to their lease agreement. Rents for the building range from $1,319 for space in a three-bedroom apartment to $2,119 for a 531-square-foot, one-bedroom unit.
A University spokesperson told The Pitt News that the University encourages students looking for housing accommodations to search on Pitt’s Off-Campus Living website, and that anyone wishing to contact the University about this matter can email deanofstudents@pitt.edu to connect with staff.
The company behind HERE also has delayed move into to an apartment building near the University of Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Daily.
Oakland Pride
A new multi-unit residential building is being proposed for LGBTQ+ senior citizens on the uphill side of Forbes Avenue at Craft Avenue.
The Oakland Pride building is planned as an affordable housing project that would be six stories and approximately 68 feet high. It would have 48 apartments, 24 parking spaces and 22 bicycle spaces. The initiative is in partnership with Presbyterian Senior Care and Affirmative Investments.
The plans include a 7-foot-wide sidewalk, wheelchair accessibility throughout the complex, an outdoor courtyard and two elevators.
Developers gave a briefing about the building to the Pittsburgh Planning Commission on Sept. 5. See the full presentation on the Planning Commission website.
— Susan Jones
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