Media Mentions
Local leaders, developer break ground on project to connect Larimer, Homewood to East End
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Walnut Capital Developer and community members from Larimer and Homewood met Thursday morning to break ground on a multi-model road project intended to connect the neighborhoods to jobs and amenities in the East End. Read more
Bakery Square to add a new Richard DeShantz restaurant, plus Jeni's ice cream
As Richard DeShantz Restaurant Group looks to expand its portfolio in the Pittsburgh area, take a bite (and sip) of this: An izakaya restaurant is headed to Bakery Square. Read more
Developers reportedly looking to turn former Quality Inn into mixed use building
""What Oakland needs is density. We need a more diverse population of all income levels, all types of jobs. Right now, it's dominated so much by students that it's not really a thriving community," Todd Reidbord, Walnut Capital President said to the Post-Gazette." Read more
Pittsburgh Planning Commission backs big Oakland development proposal with caveats
"After months of controversy, the city Planning Commission Tuesday gave its support to a revised proposal designed to bring hundreds of new apartments and a grocery to part of Oakland. But it did so with reservations." Read more
Oakland Crossings deal is a win for Mayor Ed Gainey
"The approval process for the proposed Oakland Crossings development has demonstrated two very different models of public-private collaboration, and of mayoral leadership." Read more
Pittsburgh Planning Commission needs more time to decide on revamped Oakland Crossings project
"It will be another two weeks before Pittsburgh's Planning Commission makes a decision on the proposed Oakland Crossings development." Read more
Oakland Crossings commits to 10% affordable housing and will resume its stalled approval process
"On Monday, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey's administration announced a deal to advance the controversial Oakland Crossings development. The changes include new promises to provide affordable housing." Read more
Plans for Oakland Crossings and UPMC tower moving forward. Here's what you need to know
"Oakland is poised to be taller, shinier and more deliberately developed following a six-hour meeting of the City Planning Commission that focused largely on the future course of the neighborhood." Read more
Plans for Oakland move forward
"Votes on Oakland Crossings and a proposed UPMC tower, plus discussion of a 10-year plan, could shape the bustling Pittsburgh neighborhood's future." Read more
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey comes to terms with developers on proposed Oakland Crossings project
"After putting the proposed Oakland Crossings project on hold for a couple of months, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said Monday that his office has reached a deal with developer Walnut Capital on proposed zoning for the large-scale development in central Oakland." Read more
Gainey, Walnut Capital reach deal on Oakland Crossings project
"Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Walnut Capital reached a deal last week on proposed zoning for the developer's Oakland Crossings project, which will receive a vote later this month from the City Planning Commission." Read more
Walnut Capital scales back proposal for Oakland Crossings
"Three months before former Mayor Bill Peduto left office, he proposed a zoning change for nearly 18 acres of Oakland specifically tailored to a plan by Walnut Capital, the landowner, that would allow the developer to construct buildings up to 180 feet high near UPMC Magee Womens Hospital." Read more
Gainey administration announces agreement with Walnut Capital for Oakland Crossings zoning
"Mayor Gainey announced today an agreement with the developer Walnut Capital on the proposed zoning for the Oakland Crossings project." Read more
OBID meeting brings community leaders together to address equitable accessibility
"For John Tague, a 72-year-old power wheelchair user, equitable accessibility means something different to each member of the disabled community." Read more
Gainey puts future of Oakland Crossings on hold for another 30 days
"On Tuesday Mayor Ed Gainey again hit pause on Oakland Crossings, a proposed development project that could remake nearly 18 acres of Central and South Oakland. The city's Planning Commission was scheduled to vote today on legislation that would allow the project to move forward." Read more
Abandoned road behind Bakery Square to become one of Pittsburgh's only public 'living' streets
"County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Mayor William Peduto announced plans to transform an abandoned road behind Bakery Square into one of the city's only public 'living' streets." Read more
A new housing model could reshape Oakland
"The Oakland Crossings development proposal doesn't just seek to transform nearly 18 acres of Oakland with new greenspace, housing for non-students and a grocery store. It also seeks to create a new means of making housing more accessible." Read more
Oakland Business Improvement District board endorses developer's bid to remake part of the neighborhood
"While one major Oakland community group battles zoning legislation crucial to a developer's bid to reshape Oakland, another is throwing its support behind the plan." Read more
Peduto voices strong support for amended zoning ordinance for Oakland Crossing
"Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto defended his administration's zoning ordinance to make way for the more than 17-acre Oakland Crossing plan." Read more