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Join Telegram ChannelNEIGHBORHOOD. HAZELWOOD GREEN IS ON TRACK FOR A LONG AWAITED MILESTONE CONSTRUCTION. OF ITS FIRST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE WILL BE LOCATED ON A FORMER STEEL MILL SITE. NEW AT SIX PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI TAKES A LOOK AT THE RENDERINGS AND THE CONSTRUCTION SET TO BEGIN NEXT YEAR. THE 50 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING HERE IN HAZELWOOD. MILL 19 AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT HERE. AND IT COMES WITH SOME PERKS FOR PARENTS. THIS IS A PHENOMENAL PROJECT. A PROJECT DETAILED IN THESE JUST RELEASED RENDERINGS. THE BUILDING AS YOU CAN SEE, WILL STAND FIVE STORIES HIGH ALONG THE 178 ACRE FORMER STEEL MILL SITE CAPTURED BY DRONE FOUR. THIS SPACE SITS FEET FROM SECOND AVENUE IN THE HAZELWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHAT YOU DON’T SEE IS THAT INSIDE THIS BUILDING WILL BE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE VARIOUS NEEDS. THIS IS A 50 UNIT DEVELOPMENT, OF WHICH 40 WILL BE AFFORDABLE. 13 OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE DEDICATED TO PITTSBURGH’S SCHOLAR HOUSE FAMILIES, AND THOSE UNITS WILL GO TO SINGLE PARENTS IN COLLEGE. WE WANT DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN WITH PEOPLE, NOT TO PEOPLE. AND WITH COMMUNITIES, AND NOT TO COMMUNITIES. DEAMONTE WALKER IS THE CEO OF PITTSBURGH SCHOLARS. SHE SAYS THEY’RE PART OF THIS PROJECT, FOCUSES ON FAMILIES AND PROGRESS. WE WORK WITH THEM TO GET THEIR DEGREE. WE ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND CHILDCARE ISSUES SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON THE DEGREE, AND THEY HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE WHILE THEY DO IT. AND WHAT BETTER PLACE THAN THE HAZELWOOD GREEN FOR THAT TO BEGIN TO HAPPEN? THOSE 13 FAMILIES WILL BE PART OF THE 40 GUARANTEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE 50 UNIT BUILDING. DEVELOPERS SAY 33 OF THE APARTMENTS WILL BE ONE BEDROOM AND 17 WILL BE TWO BEDROOM. ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THERE WILL ALSO BE RETAIL SPACE, A COMMUNITY ROOM AND A FITNESS CENTER. THE $24 MILLION PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE BUILT HERE IN HAZELWOOD GREEN BY 2027.
Residential development coming to Hazelwood Green, bringing a perk for parents in college
Updated: 7:28 AM EDT Sep 26, 2024
A 50-unit apartment building is coming to Hazelwood Green, according to an announcement by the developer. The building will be five stories and 40 of the apartments will be affordable housing with 13 of those going to single parents attending college. “We want development to happen with people, not to people and with communities and not to communities,” said Diamonte Walker, CEO of Pittsburgh Scholars. “We work with them to get their degree. We address transportation, housing and childcare issues so they can focus on the degree and they have a safe place to live while they do it. And what better place than the Hazelwood Green for that to begin to happen?”According to the developer, the building will include retail space, a community center and a fitness center. The building is set to open in 2027, and be the first of many developments on the same block.
A 50-unit apartment building is coming to Hazelwood Green, according to an announcement by the developer.
The building will be five stories and 40 of the apartments will be affordable housing with 13 of those going to single parents attending college.
“We want development to happen with people, not to people and with communities and not to communities,” said Diamonte Walker, CEO of Pittsburgh Scholars. “We work with them to get their degree. We address transportation, housing and childcare issues so they can focus on the degree and they have a safe place to live while they do it. And what better place than the Hazelwood Green for that to begin to happen?”
According to the developer, the building will include retail space, a community center and a fitness center.
The building is set to open in 2027, and be the first of many developments on the same block.
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