{"id":239445,"date":"2026-07-09T16:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239445\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:07:11","slug":"new-york-developer-next-up-to-pursue-new-apartment-project-on-craig-street-in-oakland-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239445\/","title":{"rendered":"New York developer next up to pursue new apartment project on Craig Street in Oakland \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/organization\/university-of-pittsburgh\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">University of Pittsburgh<\/a> isn\u2019t the only one pursuing a major new housing project on the north side of Fifth Avenue in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">With the university scheduled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/05\/11\/university-of-pittsburgh-oakland-residence-hall.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">present its nine-story student housing project<\/a> to be tucked behind its music building at 4337 Fifth Ave. and between Ruskin and Bellefield Avenues to the Pittsburgh Planning Commission next week, now Camp Eight Capital is beginning to move forward to replace a small former administrative building of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/organization\/carnegie-mellon-university\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carnegie Mellon University<\/a> at 143 Craig Street with a seven-story student housing project expected to total 155 units a block away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">An executive for Camp 8 wasn\u2019t immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">But the proposal is scheduled for a Development Activities Meeting hosted by Oakland Planning &amp; 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