A proposed development could bring 288 apartments and dozens of townhouses to Pittsburgh’s Strip District.
The Brickworks Residential Development would include eight buildings on a 3.45-acre lot at 2121 Smallman St., according to plans presented Tuesday to the city’s Planning Commission.
The plans call for two, six-story apartment buildings with 114 rental units each and 60 townhouses.
The residential buildings would be built on a site near The Terminal that is now used as a parking lot with space for about 400 cars.
The new development would include 186 parking spots and 166 bicycle parking spots, according to a presentation given to the Planning Commission.
“Each building will have its own swimming pool and outdoor garden space,” said Joe Antunovich of Washington, D.C.-based Antunovich Associates, one of the architects and planners working on the project.
Storm water will be held on the site to use for irrigation for landscaping, he said.
Commissioner Becky Mingo said the project feels like it could have a long-term impact on the community, and highlighted the “family feeling” she sees at the proposed townhouses.
The developer plans to sell and rent all of the units at a market-rate cost, but did not specify what price point they were anticipating for the units.
The Planning Commission is expected to vote on the proposal at its next meeting in two weeks.
The commission in November approved plans for two other apartment buildings in the Strip District.
