Springdale Data Center Public Meeting Is Tonight at 6
October 28, 2026
Allegheny County will take comments on the preliminary land-development plan at Springdale’s municipal building on October 28. Written comments remain open through…
Read More →Wabash Tunnel Closure: Update and Original Preview
October 22, 2026
Read the October 24 update and the original October 22 meeting preview. PRT’s earlier announcement explains its closure proposal and park-and-ride plans.
Read More →Hazelwood Renovation Pilot Shows the Promise—and Limits—of Reused Materials
October 13, 2026
A one-home cost comparison sits within a larger affordable-housing renovation effort; reported savings need careful interpretation.
Read More →ALMA
October 13, 2026
A Friday benefit, free Saturday community day and Cecil McDonald, Jr. exhibition mark the announced East End reopening weekend.
Read More →Pittsburgh Water Reaches 88% Lead-Line Replacement
October 12, 2026
Nearly 29,000 public and private service lines have been replaced. Pittsburgh Water is targeting completion by the end of 2027 as inspections continue across its…
Read More →Pittsburgh Begins Safety Designs for Steuben, Wabash Streets
October 12, 2026
The city is developing traffic-calming concepts for two West Pittsburgh connectors, but its current grant funds design only; construction money and final plans…
Read More →Homer City DEP Hearing on Plant Discharge Permit Set for Oct. 14
October 12, 2026
Pennsylvania’s public meeting and hearing will address a wastewater-discharge permit amendment at Homer City Generating Station, a separate proceeding from county…
Read More →Trek’s 97-Home Point Breeze Plan Heads to City Meeting
October 11, 2026
A city agenda lists Trek Development Group’s proposed housing at Lexington Technology Park for an Oct. 12 virtual Development Activities Meeting, an early planning…
Read More →Pittsburgh Zoning-Code Bill Gets Oct. 13 Hearing
October 11, 2026
City Council will take public testimony on a broad zoning amendment that revises development standards and proposes a zoning-map change in Downtown. Here is what…
Read More →URA Pittsburgh Housing Funding Applications Due Oct. 16
October 11, 2026
The Urban Redevelopment Authority’s current round supports affordable homes for purchase in Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Nonprofit developers and nonprofit-backed…
Read More →Pittsburgh Red-Light Cameras Begin $100 Citations Oct. 11
October 11, 2026
The city’s first two automated enforcement sites move from warnings to citations, while four additional intersections have their own 30-day warning periods before…
Read More →Pittsburgh Advances Grant Request for Zoning Rewrite
October 11, 2026
A City Council committee recommended applying for up to $150,000 in state planning aid, with a matching city contribution, to support a broader zoning code and map…
Read More →Middle Hill Proposal Targets 335 Apartments in First Phases
October 11, 2026
The URA authorized six months of exclusive land negotiations for JK Equities and Manor Park Ventures, whose four-phase concept begins with 335 apartments and…
Read More →PittsBirds Art Arrives Along Pittsburgh’s University Line
October 10, 2026
Marsha Rollinger’s 20 bird-inspired artworks are being installed on transit infrastructure, with most expected by late October and designs shaped by stories from…
Read More →URA Adopts East Liberty TRID Plan for Bakery Square
October 10, 2026
The plan maps out a two-part redevelopment near East Liberty Station, including 199 apartments and public-realm work. The financing framework still needs approvals…
Read More →Fort Pitt Park in Garfield Receives $500,000 State Grant
October 9, 2026
Pittsburgh announced rehabilitation funding for Fort Pitt Park alongside a separate trail-study award. The grant adds support to a longer planning effort focused on…
Read More →Smithfield Street Reconstruction Begins Downtown
September 25, 2026
Pittsburgh has broken ground on the first segment of a long-planned Smithfield Street redesign. Wider sidewalks, safer crossings and new landscaping are intended to…
Read More →PIT Opens Pittsburgh's Only Free Outdoor Airport Terrace
September 2, 2026
The 36,000-square-foot UPMC Terrace lets anyone, ticketed or not, step outside for fresh air and plane views before security, putting Pittsburgh International among…
Read More →City Doubles Storefront Grant Fund, Now Aiding 77 Businesses
August 28, 2026
Mayor Corey O'Connor more than doubled Pittsburgh's Commercial Facade Grant Program to $1.13 million, funding storefront upgrades for 77 small businesses from…
Read More →State Commits $125M to Scale Pittsburgh's Innovation Economy
August 27, 2026
Gov. Shapiro's Innovate in PA 2.0 program made its case in Lawrenceville, betting that Pittsburgh's robotics and life-sciences research can build companies here…
Read More →Allegheny General Opens New Trauma Bays in ER Overhaul
August 21, 2026
Allegheny General Hospital brought seven new emergency rooms online this week, the largest phase yet of a renovation modernizing trauma care on the North Side.
Read More →Mill 19 Lands $10M Classified Defense Hub, Cementing Hazelwood Green's Role in National Security
July 30, 2026
RIDC and Parallax Advanced Research are building an 11,000-square-foot Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility at Mill 19 in Hazelwood Green, funded by the…
Read More →Pittsburgh's Trades Built the Impossible: Parkway East Bridge Opens 8 Days Early
July 29, 2026
Pittsburgh's building trades completed the largest structure ever slid into place in the United States in just 17 days — a week ahead of schedule, under budget, and…
Read More →Allegheny County Invests $11.5 Million in Neighborhoods, Blight Removal
July 29, 2026
County Executive Sara Innamorato announced $11.5 million for 94 community improvement projects, funding sidewalk repairs, small business training, and demolition of…
Read More →Pittsburgh Anchors $321M National Energy Innovation Hub with CMU, Pitt, and NSF
July 20, 2026
Carnegie Mellon and Pitt join a $321 million NSF Regional Innovation Engine to build the nation's next energy technology hub, projecting 21,000 jobs and 150 new…
Read More →Pennsylvania Awards $29.3 Million to Transform Pittsburgh's Downtown, Parks, and Neighborhoods
July 20, 2026
State grants through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program will fund 14 projects citywide, from Arts Landing to affordable housing, Market Square, and a new…
Read More →Strip District's Vacant OMI Building Set for Mixed-Use Revival
July 15, 2026
A $4.35 million proposal by TAGLYZ LLC would transform a long-vacant city-owned building on Penn Avenue into small businesses, apartments, and a potential public…
Read More →Two Vacant Pittsburgh Properties Land Redevelopment Deals, Breathing New Life Into Strip District and Downtown
July 14, 2026
Mayor O'Connor and the URA announced redevelopment agreements for two long-vacant city-owned properties — one on Penn Avenue in the Strip District, another on…
Read More →Pennsylvania's First Ecovillage Nears Completion in Pittsburgh's North Hills
July 13, 2026
The Rachel Carson EcoVillage in Allison Park is wrapping up five years of construction, delivering 35 all-electric, passive-house homes and a bold new model for…
Read More →How Hazelwood Green Became Pittsburgh's Robotics Capital — And What's Coming Next
July 6, 2026
Five months after CMU cut the ribbon on its 150,000-sq-ft Robotics Innovation Center, Hazelwood Green is accelerating — with Fujitsu, a state-backed AI accelerator…
Read More →Small Businesses Power Downtown Pittsburgh's $90M Revival Push
July 3, 2026
Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership's Vibrancy Initiative is filling vacant storefronts with 28 new businesses while $90M in public investment reshapes the commercial…
Read More →Heinz History Center Breaks Ground on $80M Expansion
July 2, 2026
Pittsburgh's Smithsonian-affiliated history museum broke ground on a 92,000-square-foot expansion that will add a Museum of African American History, a Fred Rogers…
Read More →Pittsburgh Airport Earns World's Most Beautiful Title
June 25, 2026
The Prix Versailles, in association with UNESCO, named Pittsburgh International Airport's new $1.7B terminal one of just seven airports globally to receive the 2026…
Read More →From Steel to Science: How Hazelwood Green Is Becoming Pittsburgh's Biotech Frontier
June 24, 2026
BioForge's permanent facility at Hazelwood Green, a paid workforce program for local residents, and a startup relocation signal Pittsburgh's transformation from…
Read More →Steelers Deliver $10.8M Community Field to Hazelwood Green
June 18, 2026
The Pittsburgh Steelers, Richard King Mellon Foundation, and NFL have opened a $10.8 million youth athletic complex at Hazelwood Green, transforming a former…
Read More →Historic Fulton Building Reborn as The Atterbury Hotel
June 5, 2026
After a multi-million-dollar renovation, downtown Pittsburgh's beloved 1906 landmark emerges this summer as The Atterbury, a boutique hotel joining Marriott's…
Read More →Pitt Life Sciences Bridge Program Graduates First Hazelwood Cohort
June 4, 2026
Pitt's paid Life Sciences Bridge Program graduates its first cohort of Greater Hazelwood residents, opening biotech careers at the new BioForge facility.
Read More →Pitt BioForge Graduates First Class, Nears Hazelwood Opening
June 3, 2026
The University of Pittsburgh's BioForge facility at Hazelwood Green is nearing completion — and its first Life Sciences Bridge Program cohort has already graduated…
Read More →Pitt Opens $11.6 Million Quantum Lab to Power Pittsburgh's Next Tech Frontier
May 26, 2026
The University of Pittsburgh's new Western Pennsylvania Quantum Information Core, backed by $11.6 million, gives researchers and industry partners access to some of…
Read More →Pittsburgh's World-First 3D Printing Campus Breaks Ground on Second Building
May 21, 2026
Neighborhood 91, the world's first additive manufacturing campus at Pittsburgh International Airport, is expanding with a 108,000-square-foot facility backed by $16…
Read More →Pittsburgh Lands Loews: A 500-Room Convention Center Hotel That's Been 20 Years in the Making
May 15, 2026
Governor Shapiro and Loews Hotels have signed a letter of intent for a $418 million, 500-room hotel attached to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown…
Read More →University of Pittsburgh Approves New 420-Bed Residence Hall in Oakland
May 14, 2026
Pitt's Board of Trustees greenlit a new first-year residence hall at Fifth and Ruskin, the university's first new dorm since 2013, set to open fall 2028.
Read More →Pittsburgh Buildings Cut Carbon Emissions 56% — Ahead of 2030 Goal
May 12, 2026
The Pittsburgh 2030 District coalition of 75 property partners has slashed building carbon emissions by 56.1%, saving $42.8 million in energy costs and surpassing…
Read More →Pittsburgh's $740M Esplanade Project Is Transforming 15 Acres on the North Side
May 11, 2026
Piatt Companies is turning a North Side brownfield into a $740M riverfront destination with 750 homes, a 180-foot Ferris wheel, and 4,500 permanent jobs.
Read More →Market Square Reopens After $15 Million Redesign, Breathing New Energy Into Downtown Pittsburgh
May 1, 2026
Governor Shapiro and Lt. Gov. Davis celebrate the reopening of Market Square following a $15 million modernization project by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership.
Read More →Pittsburgh's New Tax District Will Funnel Growth Into Downtown's Future
April 29, 2026
The URA's newly approved Downtown TRID will redirect 75% of tax revenue from new developments to fund public infrastructure, converting vacant buildings and fixing…
Read More →Three Rivers Heritage Trail Breaks Ground on Final Segment, Completing a 33-Mile Riverfront Loop
April 23, 2026
Construction begins on the final 2.8-mile segment of Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Heritage Trail along the Ohio River, completing a 33-mile continuous riverfront loop…
Read More →Piatt Companies Breaks Ground on $740M Esplanade, Bringing a 200-Foot Ferris Wheel to Pittsburgh's North Shore
April 22, 2026
The Esplanade, a 15-acre mixed-use development in Chateau, is now underway — promising 876 housing units, 160,000 sq ft of retail, and a skyline-defining Ferris…
Read More →Pittsburgh's $31 Million Arts Landing Opens in the Cultural District, Just in Time for the NFL Draft
April 21, 2026
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust unveiled Arts Landing on April 17, a four-acre civic park with an amphitheater, the city's first downtown playground, and sweeping…
Read More →The Esplanade Breaks Ground: $740M North Side Development Takes Shape
April 19, 2026
Piatt Companies breaks ground on The Esplanade, a $740 million mixed-use development transforming Pittsburgh's North Side with residential, retail, office space…
Read More →Pittsburgh's Arts Landing Opens in the Cultural District, Turning Four Downtown Acres Into the City's Civic Front Yard
April 18, 2026
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's $31 million Arts Landing has opened in the heart of the Cultural District, delivering a Great Lawn, bandshell, pickleball courts…
Read More →Piatt Companies Breaks Ground on $740M Esplanade, Transforming Pittsburgh's North Side
April 16, 2026
Piatt Companies breaks ground on Esplanade, a $740M mixed-use development featuring 300+ apartments, a 200-foot Ferris wheel, and The Current culinary hub.
Read More →Market Square Reopens With Historic Modernization as Pittsburgh Prepares for NFL Draft
April 15, 2026
Market Square completes major modernization including new glass trellis, expanded dining, and roller skating ahead of 2026 NFL Draft and renewed civic life.
Read More →Downtown Pittsburgh's Pre-Draft Makeover Is Bigger Than the NFL
April 12, 2026
Streetscape improvements, facade restorations, and public art installations across Liberty Avenue and Sixth Street represent permanent investment, not temporary…
Read More →Hazelwood Green Announces Three Major Tenant Commitments
April 3, 2026
The 178-acre former steel mill site secures 120,000 sq ft of lab and office space with biotech, climate tech, and manufacturing training commitments.
Read More →Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute Expands with $75M Building
April 1, 2026
CMU's world-leading Robotics Institute announces 60,000 sq ft expansion funded by federal grants and major private donations, positioning Pittsburgh at center of…
Read More →Market Square Construction Races Toward NFL Draft Deadline
March 30, 2026
A $14 million renovation of Market Square must be completed by April 23, with new paving, drainage, lighting, and accessibility improvements.
Read More →Lawrenceville Butler Street Corridor Adds 340 New Residential Units
March 25, 2026
Lawrenceville's Butler Street corridor is adding 340 residential units across four developments with zero commercial vacancy, fueling one of Pittsburgh's hottest…
Read More →UPMC Announces $300M Medical Research Tower Expansion
March 20, 2026
UPMC's Oakland campus expansion adds 18-story research tower focused on cancer and AI diagnostics, creating 500 new jobs and solidifying Pittsburgh's medical…
Read More →Mayor Gainey Launches Main and Main Initiative
March 19, 2026
A new economic development program provides $25,000 grants, technical assistance, and streetscape improvements to business corridors in Homewood, Northview Heights…
Read More →Pittsburgh International Airport Expansion Exceeds Projections
March 17, 2026
New terminal already 22% over passenger projections with four new direct routes launching in 2026, including transatlantic connection.
Read More →URA Announces Affordable Housing Plan for Lower Hill District
March 12, 2026
The Urban Redevelopment Authority will direct tax-equivalent payments from the Lower Hill site toward affordable housing, with $1 billion in total investment…
Read More →The Wylie: A New Concert Venue Rising in the Hill District
February 26, 2026
A 2,000 to 3,500 capacity mid-size venue honoring the Wylie Avenue jazz corridor is under construction in the Lower Hill District, anchoring the neighborhood's…
Read More →South Side Works Phase Three Approved by City Council
February 17, 2026
80,000 sq ft mixed-use development approved for South Side riverfront, continuing transformation of former LTV steel mill site.
Read More →FNB Financial Center Reshapes the Lower Hill District Skyline
February 12, 2026
The $300 million, 26-story tower will be the first major office development on the Civic Arena site, with 470,000 square feet, marking Pittsburgh's first new office…
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