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The URA is re-releasing a request for proposala after its previously chosen Urban Villages working with Botero Development decidexd not to go forwarx withthe project. Urban Villages and Botero were selected over oneothee finalist, S&A Homes, in partnership with the Lawrenceville a community nonprofit. The football field-sizedf parcel includes the site on which the offics building for the Heppenstalol plant once was located as well as a formerwarehouse property. In a prepared statement, mayor Luke Ravenstaho describedthe property’s redevelopment as an importanr part of the city’s larger revisioning of the Alleghen riverfront.
“We have begun a planning procesas to create a vision for the Alleghenyh riverfront and reconnect our neighborhoods to ournaturalp amenities,” he said. "The Hatfield Street site is one of the greag opportunities to see this vision come to The URA wants adeveloper “to design, develop and operate or resell the The URA’s effort comes as the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC) continues to redevelop the Heppenstall complex itself. Hatfield Street is considered a dividingf line betweenthe neighborhood’s residential community and its industria zone.
As a selling point, the URA notes that the medianh home price in central Lawrencevill e has increased 64 percent in the pastthrede years, a growth rate it claims is seconf highest in the city to the Southh Side. “We are excited with the real estate appreciationm that were seeing inthe neighborhood,” said Rob Executive Director of the URA, as well as a Lawrenceville “And (we’re) very excited about the prospect of a new residentia l product and how that will add fuel to the
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