Downtown Development Activities Meetings

Offered as a way for residents, business owners, property owners, and more to provide feedback to project leaders, the Downtown Development Activities Meetings allow neighborhood stakeholders to hear about plans proposed to affect the Downtown community.

As a Registered Community Organization for Downtown, the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership will host public meetings to review upcoming projects before they are reviewed by applicable City of Pittsburgh commissions and boards, allowing your feedback to be heard early in the planning process.

All meetings will take place at least thirty (30) days prior to the applicant’s first public hearing.

In person meetings are currently postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic. All upcoming meetings will take place virtually online via Zoom. The Zoom link for the meeting will be available on the Department of City Planning’s Development Activities Meeting page online the day before the meeting date listed below.

Please contact Caitlin Fadgen, PDP Senior Manager of Economic Development, at (412) 325-0157 or via email at cfadgen@downtownpittsburgh.com if you have any questions.

The next upcoming Development Activities Meeting will take place via Zoom on Monday, June 8th at 4:30 p.m. The projects listed below will be reviewed during this meeting. If you plan to attend, please RSVP.

236 Fifth Avenue Exterior Signage for Proposed Fitness Facility
Project site: 236 Fifth Avenue
Architect: Piper O’Brien Herr Architects
Building owner: Millcraft
Download project materials here

PNC Firstside Entry Replacement
Project site: 500 First Avenue
Architect: DLA+ Architecture & Interior Design
Building owner: PNC
Download project materials here

Exterior Storefront Renovations for Aither Yoga
Project site: 339 Forbes Avenue
Architect: Piper O’Brien Herr Architects
Building owner: Warner Center LP
Download project materials here

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Downtown Branch Exterior Improvements
Project site: 612 Smithfield Street
Architect: Loysen + Kreuthmeier Architects
Building owner: McKnight Realty Partners
Download project materials here

Previous Meetings

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

One Oxford Centre High Wall Sign

Project site: 301 Grant Street
Architect: Kolano Design
Building owner: Shorenstein Realty Services
Download project materials here

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Proposed Downtown taproom for Hitchhiker Brewing
Project site: 604 Liberty Avenue
Architect: Lab 8 Designs
Developer: Hitchhiker Brewing
Download project materials here
New construction for a parking garage at Ninth and Penn Avenue
Project site: Ninth and Penn Avenue
Architect: TimHaahs
Developer: Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh
Download project materials here
Demolition of 823 Penn Avenue (former Pizza Parma)
Project site: 823 Penn Avenue
Property owner: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Download project materials here

What projects require a meeting?

A Development Activities Meeting is required for any development activity that occurs within the Golden Triangle that will require a City hearing and that meets at least one of the following thresholds:

2,400 sq.ft. of new or expanded structure
new construction of 4+ residential units
new or enlarged parking area with 10+ stalls
use variances
zoning map amendments
project development plans
planned developments – PLDP
planned developments – FLDP
master development plans
institutional master plans
an application to the Historic Review Commission
an application to the Art Commission

About Registered Community Organizations (RCOs)

Community organizations often tackle a great variety of issues such as social services and community cleanups. Community organizations that are concerned with the development of the community can become a Registered Community Organization (RCO) in order to have a formal role in the current development projects as well as neighborhood planning processes.

Visit the City of Pittsburgh’s RCO site.