Downtown Population increased 25% since 2000 (Pittsburgh, Wilkinsburg: port authority, walkable, to work)

[ferraris]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

You're right. Rents that have gone through the roof in much of he city over the past few years should be of no concern to the homeowners on here who bought when housing prices were still cheap.

Only like the top 20% of Pittsburgh Neighborhoods don't have cheap houses. At some point you're just going to have to pull the trigger and buy. You've been here for what, 5 years now? And you still haven't bought even though it seems to be a top priority for you and the increasing rents seem to be a constant source of anxiety for you.

You're not going to get your ideal neighborhood...most 20-somethings won't with their first home purchase. Even most people who bought cheap in now-expensive neighborhoods weren't moving into their ideal neighborhood, the neighborhood transformed around them. I bet if you had bought in Upper Lawrenceville or Garfield a couple of years ago you'd be pretty satisfied now. Maybe now that means moving to one of the other ~80% of Pittsburgh neighborhoods that are still pretty cheap.

[AaronPGH]

But if he finally buys, he'll lose his main reason to post on here.

[ferraris]

Originally Posted by AaronPGH

But if he finally buys, he'll lose his main reason to post on here.

No way, SCR will be a cheerleader who single-handedly sends his next neighborhood into gentrification just like he did with Polish Hill.

[AaronPGH]

lol

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by ferraris

No way, SCR will be a cheerleader who single-handedly sends his next neighborhood into gentrification just like he did with Polish Hill.

Yeah. In hindsight I didn't realize just how wide of an audience City-Data truly had. I moved here in 2010 and started rah-rahing. Before I knew it this place became "hip" and "trendy". Coincidence? I think not! I'm going to buy a house in Troy Hill, rah-rah the heck out of it, cause the property values to soar, and then Steindle can cash out a happy man.

[sealie]

You are of course free to believe whatever you like, but this predates you a little.
http://m.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh...nt?oid=1339423

[theta_sigma]

STANTON HEIGHTS WELCOMES YOU! Please come make these 50s bungalows cool again, we need all the help we can get.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by sealie

You are of course free to believe whatever you like, but this predates you a little.
http://m.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh...nt?oid=1339423

I was just poking a bit of fun! I knew the neighborhood had great potential when I moved here. I was just hoping it would have waited to take off until I could have saved money for the down payment and closing costs on a house. Now I have to invade YOUR neighborhood next!

For what it's worth the old Polish deli in the neighborhood just reopened as a full-service market with sundries, a deli, fresh produce, snacks, frozen foods, dairy products, and, of course, pierogies! Now if only we had a laundromat I'd almost never have to leave the neighborhood.

[pman]

Trek Development Group and Q Development have teamed up to purchase the two eight-story buildings at 711 and 713 Penn for about $2.4 million with plans to convert them to apartments..The partnership is considering as many as 50 units within the existing buildings, but Mr. Gatti said there may be a way to add more floors — and more units — to the top of each property...
The vacant McNally Building at 711 Penn was built in 1896 and was previously owned by David Forbes, who also had envisioned it for possible residential use. Howard Hanna broker Jay Phoebe, who represented Mr. Forbes in the sale, said the building was on the market for only six months.
The building at 713 Penn has been owned for the last 50 years by the owners of Mahla Office Furniture, which has a showroom on the first floor. The real estate became available when Mahla decided to combine operations at its location at 1201 Penn in the Strip District. That move will take place Feb. 19.
The 713 Penn structure, said Rich Beynon, who represented Mahla in the sale, was built in 1893 and originally known as the Bonn Building.

Two Downtown Pittsburgh buildings to be converted to housing | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

[pman]

The project would start with a seven-story, 570-space parking garage on top of which the firm expects to build 77 condos in an overall $60 million to $70 million development..."We have a long way to go in phase two," said Chad Wheatley, vice president of construction for Millcraft. "We have a lot to figure out."

New 77-unit condo project to replace former Saks presented to Pittsburgh Planning Commission - Pittsburgh Business Times
like trying to figure out why anyone thought it was a good idea to build a monstrous parking garage across from mellon park which is a parking garage itself.