{"id":233495,"date":"2026-07-02T04:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233495\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T04:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:59:11","slug":"pittsburgh-planners-approve-new-east-liberty-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233495\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh planners approve new East Liberty apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Designs for a new apartment building within Bakery Square have the green light from city planners.<\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh Planning Commission on Tuesday voted to approve plans for a six-story apartment<\/a> and office building at Penn and Shady avenues. The project is part of an effort from developer Walnut Capital to expand Bakery Square<\/a> in the East Liberty and Larimer neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

Last year, Pittsburgh approved Walnut Capital\u2019s request for a special zoning district to enlarge Bakery Square by 14 acres on lots near the former Nabisco factory.<\/p>\n

Commissioners complimented the red and blue brick facade with cast stone trim and said it will be a signature piece of development along Penn Avenue.<\/p>\n

At least 5% of the 199 units will be affordable. Workforce development group Partners4Work is planning to occupy some of the office space.<\/p>\n

In initial plans, offices took up much more of a footprint, but Walnut Capital scaled back after the COVID-19 pandemic caused a drop in demand for workspace.<\/p>\n

Final construction plans for the site must be reviewed and approved by the city\u2019s zoning administrator.<\/p>\n

\"Walnut<\/p>\n

Walnut Capital presented renderings done by architecture firm Strada to Pittsburgh Planning Commission on June 30, 2026. A new apartment building on Mary St. on the South Side would hold 200 units. <\/p>\n

Also at Tuesday\u2019s meeting, Walnut Capital presented plans for a four-story, 200-unit apartment building and two-story parking garage at the site of a former hospital on the South Side.<\/p>\n

The building is planned for where UPMC South Side stood, on Mary St. between 19th and 21st streets.<\/p>\n

John Kamin, counsel for Walnut Capital, said the design aims for a South Side feel. The facade imitates a row of houses with multiple doors and stoops at street level. The apartment building\u2019s facade is primarily red brick while the garage is gray concrete painted with colorful murals.<\/p>\n

Kamin said he believes it will \u201c\u200abring a fresh round of residents to the South Side.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Designs for a new apartment building within Bakery Square have the green light from city planners. The Pittsburgh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-233495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}