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Relocating to Pittsburgh What’s all the buzz about? The intangible and tangible business of attracting employers and top talent to our region.
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The Evolving North Hills Housing Market Home buyers have new construction alternatives in our northern communities. New neighborhoods creating more traffic and more sales activity!
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Apartment Living in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh’s strong economy, which has attracted professionals from across the country, has uncovered a sleeping demand for luxury apartments.
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An abundance of housing opportunities, first-class school districts and cultural amenities: none of this would be possible if our job market wasn’t strong. Greater Pittsburgh reformed our economy around finance, information, engineering and healthcare. The good news is that the medium age of our residents is declining. It shouldn’t be a surprise that the economy of our region has recovered at the same time, providing jobs that young people previously had to look elsewhere to find. Pittsburgh is suddenly cool! Past efforts have paid off, as technology companies (Google, Uber and Apple) and natural resource industries are creating demand for workers with the skills that well-educated and trained younger people possess. Also, much was done to make the lifestyle of our region more attractive. The cleanup of our rivers and air quality, investment in Downtown as a destination hub, apartment and housing options; these improvements all helped with the attraction and retention of these younger workers. Read how this transition is dramatically changing the landscape of Pittsburgh. Rental communities at the heart of the city and new heights for urban residential construction have created modern living opportunities that mix new with the charm of established neighborhoods. You will also discover how and why the North Hills housing market continues to evolve and grow. Demand for Pittsburgh real estate has driven prices skyward and our northern suburbs continue to be a convenient choice, especially for young families with school aged children. We are proud to showcase the many assets that make our region so special. Enjoy!
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Evolution of Pittsburgh THE UNSTOPPABLE
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People are buzzing about Pittsburgh. In the past few
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The ‘Big Small Town’ That’s Easy to Call Home
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Pittsburgh genuinely is an inviting town,” says Jim Belchick. “It doesn’t matter where you came from—you’re welcome.”
Belchick is the Shadyside based real estate agent for Coldwell Banker, whose relocation department settled hundreds of transferees last year in the Pittsburgh region. Business is booming, thanks in part to companies’ growing investment in resettling their employees. Other real estate experts are quick to praise the friendliness of Pittsburgh. Tracy Young, the relocation director for Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, is someone so rooted in Pittsburgh that she jokes she’d never leave. “We laugh about how some longtime residents don’t want to cross a river, but sometimes it’s true!” she says. “What we’re really saying is that people here take such an active and vital role in their neighborhood. They feel connected to where they live.” In fact, Young chose to stay in town partly because of the investment she could feel in Pittsburgh’s communities. As a chemical engineering graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, she certainly had offers to leave. But growing up in a middle-class neighborhood in Pittsburgh’s South Hills area, she saw how it was possible to “make a good life here, regardless of whether your family was bluecollar or whitecollar.” More than a century of philanthropic investment has given the region a backbone of equity. Under the stewardship of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, the city maintains a truly massive amount of public land, like Frick Park, 644 acres of preserved forest named for American industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Or Schenley Park, 300 acres named in 1889 for famed benefactor Mary Schenley. As it sprawls through the neighborhoods of Greenfield, Squirrel Hill,
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Downtown Pittsburgh’s Market Square with the new Tower at PNC Plaza.
and Oakland, Schenley Park hosts city wide events like summer movie festivals, concerts, and an annual vintage sports car race. Of Pittsburgh’s big city amenities, Young and Belchick say that the lively arts and culture scene most surprises newcomers. Strolling around the 14 square blocks of the city’s Cultural District, they can enjoy dozens of fine dining establishments, 12 art galleries, and six theaters. Those world-class institutions include Heinz Hall, the 2,661seat residence of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, home of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater.
Across the water from the Cultural District are two of the three sporting institutions that are the crown jewels of Pittsburgh: Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and PNC Park, the Pirates’ family friendly baseball stadium that boasts stunning views of the city skyline. Just a mile away is the CONSOL Energy Center, where raucous hockey fans cheer on the Pittsburgh Penguins. “I always tell people, Pittsburgh can be whatever you want it to be,” says Belchick. “We’re not ever going to be the size of New
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their summer getaway, the house was a welcome retreat from the coal bitten air of Pittsburgh, where the Kaufmanns ran their eponymous department store. Now, it welcomes more than 167,000 visitors a year, who step through the exquisitely preserved house to experience Wright’s vision.
Something for Everyone in a Diverse Housing Market It may not be built by one of the foremost architects of the 20th century, but newcomers’ ideal home is waiting to be found in Pittsburgh’s housing market. That’s the experience driven belief of Susan Sadowski, the senior vice president of relocation and development for Howard Hanna Real Estate Services. Sadowski oversees Howard Hanna’s relocation offices across eight states, resettling employees from all across the country. “It’s really interesting to help people find their neighborhood match in Pittsburgh,” she says. “When people are moving from, say, Boston, they tend to go into Mt. Lebanon, Sewickley, or the Lawrenceville area—areas with that little downtown feel, because that’s what they’re used to. Or we might bring someone up from North Carolina or Texas, and they’re looking for the suburban experience they had before. In Pittsburgh, they find that in subdivisions within Fox Chapel or in Cranberry Township to the north.” Sadowski says that newcomers also are finding the right educational match for their children.
York City, but we have all the amenities of a large city with a small-town feel. You have the best of both worlds.” Those who wish to escape the city lights will love Pittsburgh’s backyard. A treasure trove of outdoor activities sits just 90 minutes to the southeast, starting with Seven Springs Mountain Resort, the wintry haven of ski enthusiasts. A little further south is Ohiopyle State Park, gateway to the 70-mile Laurel Highlands hiking
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trail. Ohiopyle is an adventurer’s paradise, home to open fields for stargazing and a bustling main drag by a sleepy stretch of the Youghiogheny River, which twists upstream into wild, Class 4 rapids.
“Our school districts are a big plus,” she says. “Parents who want a smaller, neighborhood feel will find it in places like Quaker Valley School District in Sewickley, or in the South Hill districts like Mt. Lebanon, North Fayette, and South Fayette.”
And yet a major piece of history is just 10 minutes away. Nestled into the woods and cantilevered over a 30-foot waterfall is Fallingwater, the masterpiece of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Built for the Kaufmann family in the 1930s as
The Pittsburgh region’s public schools are highly ranked across the state and nation. But newcomers will find additional opportunity in the city’s longstanding private schools: established names like the
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Winchester Thurston School, the all boys Central Catholic High School, or the all girls Ellis School. It adds up: while for many families, the school district is the deciding factor, there’s so much depth and quality to our region’s neighborhoods that they can make a good life wherever they settle.
An Urban Renaissance Across the City Perhaps no urban neighborhood has received more buzz than Lawrenceville, a thin stretch of land along the Allegheny River just 34 miles northeast of Downtown. For decades beyond the 1980s, Lawrenceville was a neighborhood of dilapidated rowhouses and warehouses, the gritty remnants of a flagging steel industry. Then, it was an area best avoided when the sun went down. Now, the Butler Street corridor is one of the city’s most electric scenes. A hip energy mingles with the
The neighborhood has so much buzz that it’s often the first place out-of-towners ask about when they relocate—particularly if they’re from a big city like New York. Most can’t believe what they can get for their dollar.
traditional: vintage boutiques, a second floor bowling alley, and quirky finds like a specialty card shop sit beside neighborhood bars and sandwich shops. There also isn’t a dining trend missing, not when Lawrenceville’s popular restaurants are dishing up fusion cuisine, tasty small plates, and hearty gastropub fare. It’s the sort of risk taking that helped to inspire Pittsburgh’s win as Zagat’s top food city in 2015. The neighborhood has so much buzz that it’s often the first place out-of-towners ask about when they relocate—particularly if they’re from a big city like New York. Most can’t believe what they can get for their dollar. “You can find a house in the heart of a great district like Lawrenceville for $300,000!” says Belchick. “That’s a bargain to a New Yorker.” Out-of-towners have fallen for Lawrenceville’s classic brick rowhomes, whose brightly
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painted doors and windows delight from the outside. Inside, exposed brick and lofty ceilings extend the charm. The strong demand for housing has attracted investors who are renovating forgotten properties and building brand new ones. Where to live often comes down to the interior space that the buyer prefers, says Belchick. With the investment surge, prices in buzzworthy neighborhoods like Lawrenceville are no longer undervalued. But Pittsburgh prices are still a bargain. In 2015, Zillow reported that the median sale price of homes in Pittsburgh was $153,600, well below the national median of $175,500 for single-family homes. “The ability to purchase a home in this area is unparalleled,” says Young. “And more often than that, we’re comparable to or more affordable
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Crime Index 2012
(rate per 100,000 inhabitants) METRO AREA Pittsburgh, PA Atlanta, GA Austin, TX Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Cincinnati, OH Denver, CO Detroit, MI Indianapolis, IN Kansas City, MO Milwaukee, WI Philadelphia, PA Portland, OR Raleigh, NC Richmond, VA San Diego, CA San Jose, CA Seattle, WA St. Louis, MO2 Washington, DC
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Lawrenceville isn’t the only city neighborhood that has experienced a revival. The construction boom is even more visible in up-and-coming areas like East Liberty, where land is at less of a premium. Perhaps more than any other neighborhood in Pittsburgh, East Liberty is restoring the convenience of urban living, and its own legacy as a shopping district. The neighborhood is home to a power trio of grocery stores—Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, and Giant Eagle— as well as Bakery Square, a mixed-use shopping center and the headquarters of Google’s Pittsburgh office. Then there’s the Strip District, which, like Lawrenceville, has an industrial past and a bustling scene. The Strip is famous for its weekend market, which draws a busy pedestrian
crowd into specialty grocery stores and coffee shops, right past the sizzling grills of outdoor food vendors. The Strip District’s diversity of ethnic influences, including Asian, Italian, Mexican, and Latin American eateries, makes it one of the city’s biggest melting pots. It’s also a short drive or bike ride away from Pittsburgh’s central business district. So it’s no surprise that loft-style living has followed in renovated buildings like The Cork Factory or The Cigar Factory.
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And as always, there are neighborhoods that aren’t aiming to be ‘up-and-coming’ at all—the kind of neighborhoods where quality-of-life is good and housing is especially affordable. Real estate professionals agree: Our Greater Pittsburgh region has so much untapped housing opportunity that market saturation still isn’t a concern. “I don’t necessarily believe that there is a tipping point in Pittsburgh,” says Young. “We were so fortunate to avoid the real estate bubble. You’re not going to see your house necessarily triple in price in three years, but you’ll see a flow of nice steady growth.”
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From the Conference’s mile-high view, potential is everywhere. Recently, its staff facilitated a series of focus groups with regional leaders about their current and future talent requirements, bringing more than 130 CEOs, human resources directors, and education experts to the table. “The momentum and collegiality of all the businesses here was palpable,” says Linda Topoleski, the Allegheny Conference’s vice president of workforce operations and programs, and the staff lead on a supplydemand study that the Conference is undertaking. “This is a moving train.”
more favorable perceptions about the depth of job opportunities, rising salaries, and an awareness of the region’s favorable cost of living. Pittsburgh got another major boost in February 2015, when Uber announced that it was launching a robotics research lab and technology center in the Strip District. As part of a joint venture with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Uber’s Advanced Technologies Center is working on developing the technology for
driverless cars. When construction finishes on a nearby site, the company will have another famous neighbor: Apple, which has leased 26,000 square feet at The Yards at 3 Crossings for an undisclosed project. Another big win: Facebook’s announcement in January 2016 that it was opening its Oculus virtual reality office in the Oakland neighborhood, just a block from the University of Pittsburgh’s iconic Cathedral of Learning.
James Reddish, part of the national project team working with the Allegheny Conference on the project, couldn’t agree more. “We were struck by the volume and quality of business engagement [related to the supply-demand study focus groups],” he says. “You don’t often find a business community with this strength of leadership.” Spurring Pittsburgh’s growth in the information technology sector is one of the key goals of the Allegheny Conference’s workforce strategy. According to Topoleski, a number of promising factors have converged to draw IT professionals to the region:
Home Grown Talent Gets Next-Level Funding Big name tech moves owe a lot to the presence of university powerhouses like Pitt and CMU, which provide access to some of the brightest minds in research, computer science, and engineering. Yet many of their graduates aren’t moving on to bigger companies, but starting their own ‘next big thing.’ Case in point: CMU’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) incubated an astounding 130 companies in the past five years, the result of seed funding, strong corporate partnerships, and mentorship.
C2ER Cost of Living - 2015 Annual Average MSA Pittsburgh, PA Atlanta, GA Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Cincinnati, OH Cleveland, OH Denver, CO Detroit, MI Kansas City, MO Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis, MN Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Portland, OR Richmond, VA St. Louis, MO/IL Washington DC
COMPOSITE GROCERY HOUSING UTILITIES TRANSPORTATION HEALTH CARE MISCELLANEOUS 98.7 99.6 96.2 101.2 113.2 96.4 95.0 99.9 103.7 97.8 93.6 104.8 101.4 100.4 112.8 119.0 144.5 94.0 104.0 89.0 95.4 144.5 105.0 194.5 151.8 109.8 130.4 129.1 96.5 101.6 82.3 105.5 96.5 102.9 102.9 116.3 116.7 136.2 104.2 114.3 99.1 105.9 91.0 89.2 78.8 102.6 99.2 97.7 94.7 101.2 108.8 93.7 100.3 99.2 108.7 104.6 109.7 99.2 130.7 94.6 98.2 107.8 104.9 95.4 88.8 91.1 104.5 104.8 96.4 95.5 94.2 91.1 91.7 90.5 93.4 95.4 98.8 100.4 101.3 99.7 108.2 97.7 117.4 96.7 108.3 108.0 112.3 93.1 111.9 105.5 108.8 119.6 115.8 135.5 122.6 109.8 99.9 112.7 95.9 98.5 95.1 96.7 99.8 97.2 93.9 129.6 115.5 167.5 83.5 118.8 110.6 123.7 94.9 92.2 87.5 107.2 91.4 104.0 98.4 92.5 104.6 72.3 116.6 98.5 99.8 94.3 147.1 111.9 246.8 96.3 114.0 94.2 110.3
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Of the CIE’s most recent startups, 11 have been acquired by companies like Google, IBM, Boeing, and Home Depot. But several others have rapidly become a local success story, like Branding Brand, whose mobile commerce platform serves a growing plate of Fortune 500 companies. Branding Brand is the brainchild of three CMU graduates who evolved the company from College Prowler, a venture they formed while studying at CMU’s Tepper School of Business.
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took more than 10 years just to build that ecosystem.”
“Between universities with executive in-residence programs and other local institutions, there’s an estimated $5 to $7 million spent annually on an ecosystem to support entrepreneurs,” he explains. “It
Now that the ecosystem is established, its players can focus on moving great ideas through the pipeline at a faster clip. Part of that is accomplished by capturing ‘dorm room ideas’ and accelerating the learning curve for entrepreneurs. The other part depends on providing a surge of capital so that businesses can have a larger impact. Contrary to how most people imagine a startup (poof! viral), fledgling businesses have a defined fundraising target for every stage of growth. First, there’s proof of concept: will the idea work? Then, market ready: will it sell? Next, scalability: can the business expand?
“An overnight success typically takes two to five years,” quips Michael Annichine, CEO of MageeWomens Research Institute & Foundation. Annichine knows firsthand how much it takes to bring an idea to market. In 2009, he sold his company in the financial services industry and began building his career at several entrepreneurship incubators in the region: the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, C-Leveled,
“Pittsburgh has been really good at bringing a lot of seed funding to the table,” Annichine says. “We’re now beginning to attract that next level capital, which I think is desperately needed.”
Housing Cost Comparison by MSA METROPOLITAN AREA OR REGION Pittsburgh, PA United States Atlanta, GA Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Cincinnati, OH/KY/IN Cleveland, OH Denver, CO Detroit, MI Indianapolis, IN Kansas City, MO/KS Miami, FL Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Portland, OR Richmond, VA San Diego, CA Seattle, WA St. Louis, MO/IL Tampa, FL Washington, DC/MD/VA
MEDIAN SALES PRICE OF EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES (4Q 20135) $137,000 226,000 190,000 230,000 385,000 189,000 205,000 139,000 120,000 319,000 102,000 135,000 N/A 235,000 175,000 210,000 225,000 220,000 228,000 204,000 460,000 399,000 145,000 155,000 364,000
AVERAGE ASKING MONTHLY APARTMENT RENT (FEBRUARY 2016) $1,073 1,376 1,292 2,697 1,169 1,989 859 877 1,569 780 769 831 2,548 1,005 1,249 1,409 1,079 1,435 971 1,768 1,754 855 1187 2,090
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Instead, Pittsburgh’s story is about a network of companies who have reinvested in the region time and time again. According to the PRA’s annual Business Investment Scorecard, 2015 was the ninth straight year that capital investments exceeded $1 billion. A total of 275 business investment deals were announced, encompassing expansions, relocations, attractions, and development deals across the 10-county region.
Annichine is seeing promising signs that capital is flowing into the area. He names regional venture capital firms who are opening offices in Pittsburgh, as well as local firms that primarily were invested on the West Coast, but are now consolidating their activities here. These are the types of moves that were rare five years ago. “One of the things we’ve been able to do lately is generate a buzz nationally,” he says. “We’re getting more national investors to the table, which is significant.”
“Seven out of 10 deals were expansions, supporting the impact of a ‘growing your own’ economic development strategy,” says Philip Cynar, senior communications specialist at the Allegheny Conference. “In the end, a blend of both expansions and attractions is good. But the proof of the region’s value as a business investment destination is really found in the decisions of existing companies, who decide to further invest here because the region is working for them.”
Strategizing for Sustained Growth There’s more than one way to attract investors. In 2015, the Allegheny Conference spearheaded the Power of 32 Site Development Fund, which helps to prepare sites for construction when traditional sources of financing are not options for landowners or developers. So far, this private, patient mortgage loan fund has raised $49 million. Sites in the Pittsburgh region, as well as in parts of nearby Ohio, West Virginia, and the Maryland panhandle are eligible, with particular consideration given to brownfields. “We don’t want to lose projects because we don’t have enough sites ready to meet corporate demand,” says David Ruppersberger, president of the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, the region’s economic development marketing organization. Southwestern Pennsylvania’s rolling topography may require extra time for site preparation, such as installing water
and gas lines, so planning for horizontal construction is essential. Infrastructure is just as important, says Ruppersberger: incoming corporations often desire sites of 20+ acres, with some companies specifying that they will only consider sites that are in proximity to Class 1 rail service or interstate highways. Yet as competition for new business heats up, Allegheny Conference officials say that planners are far from relying on ‘smokestack chasing’—the strategy of drawing one major employer to the region and then gambling on that company’s commitment.
Which industry sector led the way in deals of the 275 that were announced? Advanced manufacturing—an answer that still surprises those who think of Pittsburgh as an aging steel town. The sector announced 63 deals, nearly double the 37 each that were made by the financial services and technology industries. With its many surprises, Pittsburgh just might be the kind of place that visitors have to see to believe. Topoleski sums it up best, as she describes what she’s learned about attracting top talent: “If you can get them here one time, they’re sold.” NH
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The story of the growth of the North Hills housing market is well-told by this time. The home to a number of popular suburbs after World War II, the North Hills boomed after the completion of the Parkway North (I-279) in 1989. Many communities saw as many new homes built in a year as were started in a decade before; and a number of communities – like Adams or Ohio Township – went from sleepy farm communities to bustling suburbs.
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immigrants moving to the city. Maybe a quarter of our clients right now came to Pittsburgh from India.” Blodgett also notes that just as much of his new home volume is from move-up buyers as from those new to the region. A former Heartland Homes executive and South Hills native, Blodgett believes there is an attitude among North Hills homeowners that is more conducive to moving up.
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ike virtually all suburbs of Pittsburgh, the North Hills saw the 2008-2009 recession put the brakes on new development and construction. What happened over the next half-dozen years or so was a reversal of the dynamics that drove growth earlier, as the City of Pittsburgh became the residential magnet of the region. Where the easy transportation into Pittsburgh was a primary driver of growth for the North Hills for two decades or more, the vibrancy of the city now radiates outward again. Young people are moving to Pittsburgh because of great job prospects in high technology, energy and finance. Demand for Pittsburgh real estate has driven prices skyward and the northern suburbs have become a convenient alternative choice, especially for young families with school aged children. “When I look at all the growth in the city it’s exciting,” asserts Mark Heinauer, president of custom builder Barrington Homes. “For someone who builds in the suburbs, they might look at the new development in the city and say it doesn’t affect them but if it’s good for the city then it’s good for all of us.” Heinauer has thus far been exclusively a suburban builder and developer, focusing
in recent years in communities like Pine Township, Marshall Township and Cranberry Township, yet he’s seen the benefits of having well-heeled buyers moving to Pittsburgh. The rising tide is indeed lifting all boats.
Who is Rising the Tide? Because of proximity to Pittsburgh and an abundance of great school districts, the North Hills communities have always attracted more than their share of new residents relocating from other cities. Pittsburgh’s new economy has provided opportunities for education and training for people who live in the region but the big hiring engines – energy, high tech and healthcare – have also required a lot of talent from outside the Pittsburgh market. While a lot has been said about the attraction of city living, this kind of influx has again benefitted the northern communities. “At one time last year we were building seven different homes for doctors who were moving to the city,” notes Heinauer. “The medical industry in Pittsburgh has been flourishing for a generation and I don’t see an end in sight.”
“We see a bit of [relocation] but more of our clients are move-up buyers from a place where they already live,” he says. “I grew up in Upper St. Clair but I see a big difference between buyers in the north and south. People are more willing to spend for a bigger or better house in the North Hills than they are in the South Hills.” Another group of buyers who are willing to spend a bit more to get what they want, even if it is less home, are the empty nesters. Demographic trends throughout Western PA show that there are more people over the age of 55 than any other group. Because of that trend, Pittsburgh has been a good market for developers and builders of communities geared to the lifestyles of those who have raised families and are looking for less house and less home ownership responsibility. For the past 15 years or so, the North Hills has been home to a disproportionate share of these “low maintenance” communities. Traditions of America has built two different communities, Freedom Hills in Economy and Sewickley Ridge in Ohio Township, and is proposing a 103-lot development in Cranberry Township off Rochester Road. Weaver Homes, a developer and homebuilder from Mars, PA, has also been successful with its Brandywine
Scott Blodgett, president of Infinity Homes, agrees. “We’ve built a lot of homes for doctors,” he observes. “We’ve also seen a lot of activity from Indian Costa Homebuilders in Hampton Township.
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Village and Sonoma Valley communities in Connoquenessing and Bellevue Park in Cranberry. The builder is planning several more developments aimed at the over 55 buyer. “It’s going to continue to be a strong product,” asserts Bill Weaver, president of Weaver Homes. “More and more Baby Boomers are coming into retirement every day. That’s going to continue for another six or seven years until all the Boomers have turned 65 and made their lifestyle choices.” Regardless of their life circumstances, buyers are finding Pittsburgh’s economy to their liking and that is boosting the housing market in the North Hills, even if the impact is indirect. “It’s very exciting for Pittsburgh, the things that have been going on at Carnegie Mellon, Pitt and other universities. There is so much going on with young people coming out of those institutions,” says Heinauer. “For so many years people
came to school here and left; and people who grew up here, went to school here and left. Now people who grow up in Pittsburgh, and people who come here, are going to school and staying.”
Pushing the Envelope: North Like all parts of the metropolitan area, Pittsburgh’s North Hills experienced a slowdown in new development just ahead of the mortgage crisis in 2008. That shortage of lots has been a significant drag on new construction in Pittsburgh, especially since demand for homes has far outstripped the supply of existing homes for more than five years. Over the past two years, however, new residential developments have been working through the municipal review process in a number of North Hills communities. Home buyers have new construction alternatives in the north. New neighborhoods create more traffic and more sales activity.
This growing backlog of new lots is now separating the northern suburbs from other parts of the region, where new development has been more limited. This push for new neighborhoods is creating something of a self-fulfilling demand cycle, in which developers see North Hills projects succeed more quickly and are then motivated to develop another project. It’s a virtuous cycle that is pushing development into the next tier of Butler County townships, turning rural communities into new suburbs. “In Jackson, Lancaster and even Forward Townships, it’s suburban sprawl that’s driving the market. Actually, I should say it’s Cranberry sprawl. That’s not a bad thing. There are a lot of jobs in Cranberry now,” says Bob Brennan, president of Brennan Builders of Evans City, PA. “In Jackson Township they are embracing growth, but it’s controlled growth.’ There is a bit of both good planning and good fortune in this new push northward. Civic leaders who planned transportation
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rounding homes. Township Manager John Sullivan is quick to point to the new construction as the reason that more than 3,500 people have moved into Ohio Township since 2000.
systems made another pivotal decision when I-79 and Parkway West interchange was expanded to open access to both highways from all directions in 2010. That improvement played a big role in Westinghouse’s decision to choose Cranberry as its new headquarters, bringing almost 4,000 jobs to Cranberry Woods. The I-79/ Parkway West interchange also gave the North Hills better access to Pittsburgh International Airport, meaning that suburban commuters could take advantage of the great proximity of the North Hills without sacrificing convenience to the airport.
and Pine Township – were in the top four in growth in the county.
Where good luck kicked in was in the growth of population in the North Hills. While the population of Allegheny County has grown less than one percent since 2010, there are ten municipalities that have experienced at least five percent growth and four of those communities are in the North Hills. Three North Hills municipalities – Ohio Township, Marshall Township
Ohio Township has been the fastest-growing community in all of Pittsburgh. Population in Ohio Township has jumped more than 28 percent since 2010 (and more than doubled since 2000). The community still has some working farms but has seen much of its former farm land turned into new developments, including the massive Diamond Run Country Club and sur-
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“It’s all the housing development,” he says. ‘We’ve had a lot of new housing development.” Sullivan is equally quick in expressing his opinion of what was the tipping point in the expansion of housing in Ohio Township. “When Diamond Run came in during the late 1980s, we built a sewage treatment plant with Franklin Park. Prior to that [Ohio Township] had no capacity but after that came Diamond Run, then Bear Run and it hasn’t stopped since,” Sullivan observes. “There are a lot of selling points that real estate agents talk about – location, good school district – but there wasn’t any real development before the sewers went in.”
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At the same time as the boom in Ohio Township was occurring, its neighbors to the north – Franklin Park and Marshall Township – were seeing similar population shifts and more than 100 new homes each year. Of course, across the county line in southern Butler County, there was a more-publicized boom going on in Cranberry Township and Adams Township. From the late 1980s until the time of the recession in 2008, the number of people living in southwestern Butler County doubled. The tiny community of Seven Fields went from non-existent in 1983 to fully built with more than 825 homes and nearly 4,000 people in less than 20 years. As this rush to Butler County matured by 2010 the municipalities exercised more control over growth or began to run out of available lots. While the housing market was recovering, production-oriented builders like NVR’s Ryan Homes and Heartland Homes, S & A Homes and Dan Ryan Builders found opportunities to take over
Dan Ryan Builders in Wexford. infill lots in subdivisions that had slow sales and lot inventory. Barrington Homes, Costa Homebuilders and Brennan Builders were able to do the same thing in selected custom communities.
The effect of this infill building was the depletion of available lots in Butler County’s hottest markets, especially since new development was slow. Today, there are less than 275 approved lots for construction in Cranberry Township, with 125 more lots
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“You’re not going to see huge developments in the future because there isn’t the land in Adams Township,” offers Peaco. “There aren’t that many large parcels and they aren’t for sale. The natural gas business has been a factor in that.”
Infinity Custom Homes in Marshall Township/Nora Best Photography in the pipeline. In Adams Township, Code Enforcement Officer Gary Peaco reports that roughly 325 lots are in inventory with another 100 to 150 being considered. During the go-go years of the 1990s, it was common for each of these townships to have 1,000 lots available. To meet future demand, it’s clear that developers will need to look further out for opportunities.
Prior to the downturn, in the mid-2000s, a couple of developers began to take the first steps toward development in Jackson and Lancaster townships. Several of these projects were ambitious. More than 200 homes were proposed in Jackson Township by Creative Real Estate, which also planned for an even larger project in Lancaster Township. Creative’s CEO, Don Rodgers, went so far as to predict that Lancaster would become the “Fox Chapel
of Butler County.” There was probably a bit of marketing bluster to that claim but Lancaster Township at one point had almost 1,000 homes under review in the planning stages. These potential new developments remained strictly potential for a number of years. In Jackson Township, for example, only ten new single-family dwellings were built between 2007 and August 2013. But in the third quarter of that year, the Hickory Highlands community opened up. During the first three months, there were another ten homes started and the activity took off from there. Through the middle of 2016, there have been 162 new homes built or started in less than three years, of which 109 are traditional single-family detached dwellings. Just east of Jackson Township is the more rural Forward Township, which is centered in Evans City. Aside from a brief flurry when a Heartland Homes community called Meadow Ridge opened (a project
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that has since been sold to multiple builders), new home construction was almost non-existent in Forward. From 2007 until mid-2012, there were also only ten new homes built in Forward Township, which also lies due north of Adams Township. From that point in time, however, when Maronda Homes began building homes in Wilson’s Ridge, there have been 106 new homes started. In addition to Wilson’s Ridge, new construction at Meadow Ridge has helped fill in many of the remaining lots and a new 54-lot community, called Peachmont Farms, is being built by S & A Homes. In Lancaster Township, the activity level has remained at the same slow steady pace into mid-2016 but in June a new development, called Scenic Ridge, got underway. Weaver Homes started eight new homes and the community’s large clubhouse and pool, opening up what is likely to be a fast build-out.
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its children move out beginning around 2000. Knowing that the location of such a community would not be focused on school district reputation, he set about finding land that fit the market segment he was trying to satisfy. Weaver found land in Connoquenessing Township and built Brandywine Village, a low-maintenance community of quadplexes aimed at meeting the lifestyle changes of empty nesters living in Butler. The project succeeded and Weaver has since developed two more communities in Connoquenessing, the Vineyards at Brandywine and Sonoma Valley, both of which are virtually sold out.
Bill Weaver found a different formula for success by looking to the northeast of Butler County’s boom markets. Weaver had been a high-end custom builder during the first decade or so he was in business. His vision of where the future would take Weaver Homes came from an understanding of the demographics and a chance to work with a no-maintenance community concept conceived by Epcon Communities. Weaver saw this lifestyle community as a natural fit for the huge generation of Baby Boomers that would be watching
“There is a lot more money in Butler than most people know,” explains Weaver. “People in Butler are hard working and live conservatively. We’re not building big homes so Sonoma and the Vineyards are perfect fits. When those projects were started, the appraisers Weaver Homes in Renfrew. expected us to take three to
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five years to complete. We’re going to wrap up in about half that time. I’d love to find another 30 acres somewhere in that area.” Bob Brennan is also looking to the market immediately west of Butler for development opportunities. “We’re looking at a 100-unit project in Butler that will be just for the local Butler market,” he says. “What is driving the market in Butler is the aging population. There’s a need for empty-nester housing.”
The new development potential in Middlesex Township is a good example of how perceptions have changed in southern Butler County. Middlesex Township lies adjacent to Allegheny County and is fairly rural still, with a number of working farms. The community lies on either side of Route 8, which was part of its perception problem. Most people didn’t perceive the 15-mile trip down Route 8 and then into Pittsburgh on Route 28 as a convenient commute. But Middlesex is entirely within the highly-regarded Mars School District and its location just north of the Allegheny County line means that property taxes in Middlesex Township are half or less of those of its Allegheny
Weaver took his formula to Cranberry Township with even greater success at Bellevue Park, a project that also included townhomes and traditional single-family homes. To follow up that success, Weaver has been looking north and east of the booming parts of Butler County. In June, Weaver Homes started construction on the first eight attached homes and a clubhouse for Scenic Ridge, a community of 72 quads and eight single-family homes in Lancaster Township, just off Route 19 north of Infinity Custom Homes in Marshall Harmony Village. The Township/Nora Best Photography company’s next developments will be to the east. “We’re looking at Middlesex Township. That’s happened because Cranberry is getting so restrictive that we aren’t looking for land there,” Weaver explains. “The property is still priced sanely in Middlesex and there is a lot of demand growing in that area.”
County neighbors. Starting in 2010, Pittsburgh’s largest homebuilder bet that these advantages would outweigh concerns about an extra 10 or 15 minute commute.
Beginning late that year, Ryan Homes began construction on the first of its homes for sale in Blueberry Estates. During the intervening five-plus years, Ryan has built nearly 175 new homes in Blueberry Estates and neighboring Weatherburn Heights. Residents in those communities range from empty nesters moving away from Allegheny County school district taxes to young couples just starting their families. It Weaver Homes in Cranberry Township. wasn’t obvious that projects in Middle-
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sex Township would work so well but it’s clear that having access to the lifestyle amenities of the Route 228 corridor – without having to live in the midst of it – is attractive. “Ten years ago I thought there was no way Middlesex would grow,” admits Brennan. “I was wrong.” Even as home buyers find that the Route 8 corridor is becoming more attractive, improvements to the infrastructure are making places like eastern Adams Township, Richland Township, Middlesex Township and even Penn Township to the north, that much more livable. One major improvement to come is the upgrading of Route 228 east of Mars. PennDOT plans to widen the road to four lanes and straighten the exaggerated Scurve in the road that is just west of Route 8. Gary Peaco sees these improvements as catalysts for development. “Once Route 228 becomes four lanes it’s going to really push development, not only commercial development on the highway but also more residential,” Peaco predicts. “That’s going to push more residential development even deeper into Middlesex Township than it already has. The next ten years should be very interesting.” NH
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Since then, Pittsburgh’s construction teams have raised the beams on more than 2,000 units per year—a big jump from the decade before 2013, when an average of 647 units was built annually.
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Nationwide Insurance in Columbus, OH. The agreement protected Nationwide’s investment in Carson Street Commons, a quiet community of 270 apartments on 25th and Carson Streets. But it effectively froze development just as the SouthSide Works, a major entertainment and retail haven, opened in stages between 2002 and 2004. When the Urban Redevelopment Authority reversed the Nationwide deal in 2012 with a $500,000 settlement, investors quickly capitalized on new opportunities. Village Green Associates, a Michigan-based company, was one of the first to jump in.
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hy is there such growth in the rental sector? To start, the city is finally seeing the fruits of master-planned projects that have taken decades to achieve. Pittsburgh is also one of the few Rust Belt cities whose population has gotten more youthful, attracting an enthusiastic but mature class of renters. Between 2000 and 2010, the American Community Survey found that the median age of city residents had dropped from 35.5 to 33.2.
nities at the heart of the activity, and how they’re heightening the experience of urban living.
Urban Amenities Meet Riverfront Fun in the South Side From 2002 to 2012, brand-new residential construction was banned in the South Side—the result of a deal between former mayor Tom Murphy and Nationwide Realty Investors, the real-estate arm of
None of this growth would be possible if it wasn’t for Pittsburgh’s strong economy, which has attracted professionals from across the country and uncovered a sleeping demand for luxury apartments. With infill development more visible than ever, Greater Pittsburgh’s New Home took a look at the rental commu-
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“We scouted the market and felt that it was underserved in the category of full-service, live/work/ play apartment buildings,” says David Ferszt, Senior Vice-President of Operations. “In prior years, renters didn’t have many options besides much older apartment stock. But now, they have something new, and my hope is that people who are in some of the suburbs will come back to the city. Pittsburgh lends itself so well to an environment that people want to be a part of: great arts, great food, great culture. So we were very confident that people would be receptive to our projects.” The company has two developments in the South Side, each an enticing variation on luxury living. The Southside Works City Apartments is the larger of the two, with 264 units above retail space on Sidney and 26th Streets. It’s right next to REI, which welcomes a constant stream of bicyclists, kayakers, and casual pedestrians strolling along the South Side Riverfront Trail.
So far, the Southside Works City Apartments are ahead of schedule. Having leased more than 50% of its units, the project is attracting tenants who enjoy the bustle of the South Side, but all of the modern amenities too: an attached parking garage, an indoor/outdoor pool, a large courtyard with a zen garden, and a 24-hour fitness center. “We build with the mindset that you live in your apartment, but you hang out in the common areas and get to know your neighborhood,” says Ferszt. “We commonly rent to people who are relocating and are already expecting these kind of experiences from wherever they’re coming from: empty nesters, or professionals from larger cities like New York, San Francisco, and Chicago.” A block south on 26th and Carson Streets is Village Green’s second project, The Brix at 26, also featuring studio, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom apartments. Ferszt explains that The Brix offers the same concierge service, but with more of a boutique feel— and the mouth watering appeal of sitting above the Bartram House Bakery, which offers all-day breakfast and gourmet desserts. There is a combination of get-up-and-goactivity and social lounging in several other neighboring developments like The Brix. The Hot Metal Flats, a 31-unit complex managed by Walnut Capital on Hot Metal and Sidney Streets, is full of such contrasts. The Flats has an on-site bike maintenance facility, a dedicated bike storage room, and a state-of-the-art fitness center—and for relaxation, a private bar area and an outdoor sundeck, heated in the cooler months. On 21st and Mary Streets, the headquarters of the old Duquesne Brewing company have undergone a historic renovation by the TREK Development Group, known for building affordable housing around the city. While other apartments in the South Side are modern to a tee, TREK’s Brew
House Lofts project focused on preserving the lofty, communal feel of a building that has been home to an artist community since the early 1980s. Nearly 4,000 square feet of studio space on the second floor will be dedicated to design agencies and cultural organizations such as dance and theater companies, while the first floor, owned by the Brew House Association, includes nearly 3,000 square feet of gallery and event space. Although preference is given to artists for living space, the 76 industrial-style apartments in the Brew House Lofts are unique-
“We build with the mindset that you live in your apartment, but you hang out in the common areas and get to know your neighborhood,” says Ferszt. “We commonly rent to people who are relocating and are already expecting these kind of experiences from wherever they’re coming from: empty nesters, or professionals from larger cities like New York, San Francisco, and Chicago.”
ly diverse. Forty-eight apartments are categorized as workforce housing, ranging from $650–$850 per month. On pace with other local developments, 28 additional marketrate units cost between $900–$1,400 per month.
Developers Pay Special Attention to Historic Detail in Lawrenceville As the South Side’s nightlife sprawls over the grounds of former iron and steel mills, it echoes another neighborhood with an industrial past: Lawrenceville, on the banks of the Allegheny River. But even as Lawrenceville cements its reputation for hip bars and an adventurous dining scene, its incoming developments are still a nod to its manufacturing past and present. In the spring of 2017, Fort Willow Developers and Walnut Capital will open The Foundry at 41st, a five-acre lot in the heart of the Butler Street business district. The Foundry takes its name from the 50-ft. high frame of a former steel factory, Bay 4, which stands tall above a long courtyard planned for public events like art and music festivals. But its apartment amenities are a world within themselves. Future tenants can expect a rooftop terrace with a sandy beach for sunbathing, a yoga studio, and plenty of TLC for their furry companions, including a built-in dog park and a pet spa. Another project—this one from Indianapolis-based Milhaus Ventures—tackles 12.75 acres on the northeast corner of 39th and Butler Streets, including a large, sparse-looking parking lot across the street from Arsenal Junior High School. According to a local publication NEXTPittsburgh, plans include 243 apartment units, 19,000 sq ft. of retail space, a public park, and a 14-ft right of way along the railroad, expected to be earmarked for a riverfront trail connection.
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of concern, they arrange meetings between residents and the developers, allowing the developers to present their plans to the community and evaluate what is desirable from the resident perspective.”
Like many others who have made a careful study of Lawrenceville, Milhaus Ventures and architectural partner Strada, LLC came away with several plans to integrate the development into the neighborhood: three- or four-story buildings, so that it doesn’t tower over nearby rowhouses, and a preserved stone wall and officers’ quarters from the Civil War era. Concern over preservation is particularly strong in Lawrenceville, the home of older, working-class residents who are coming to terms with the neighborhood’s rapid influx of growth. One such resident is Roger Besecker, who has lived in Lawrenceville since 1991, minus a seven-year residence in Crafton (“I only did that to be closer to work,” he explains). Besecker is a retired mortgage loan specialist who owns and rents eight homes in the neighborhood. Like many longterm residents, he has kept a keen eye on 32 GREATER PITTSBURGH’S NEW HOME
development. He believes that the area has benefitted from the work of Lawrenceville United, a resident-driven organization that finds opportunities to involve locals at an early stage in city planning. “One of the things they’ve been great at is identifying upcoming development by tracking restaurants’ liquor license statuses,” he explains. “When there’s a potential area
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Besecker says that this kind of citizen-driven participation has contained the Butler Street corridor and made for a more thoughtful mix of retail establishments. These days, he is more concerned about the housing stock itself, particularly the one-off development of smaller side lots into properties that stick out like a sore thumb. Having won three successful bids for the lots adjacent to his rental properties, Besecker is familiar with the ins and outs of the vacant lot reuse program. In his research, he’s learned that it was originally intended to foster neighborhood-driven blight removal. But in the hot competition to build and renovate properties in
Local observers are waiting to see how East Liberty commuters balance public transit with the driving opportunities afforded by the 554-space parking garage, a separate part of the project’s final phase, Eastside III. Lawrenceville, the program has been used to raise brand-new buildings whose design and facade can vary significantly from the rest of the block. Clearly, matching the historic character of Lawrenceville in larger projects like Milhaus Ventures’ is no easy task—but it makes the company’s preservation efforts all the more anticipated.
In East Liberty, Mixed-Use Communities Take Center Stage If development in Lawrenceville and the South Side has paid homage to the grounds of former industrial empires, then develop-
ment in East Liberty has revitalized a former commercial empire. In 2002, the first phase of The Mosites Company’s master planned development brought a Whole Foods Market to the neighborhood. The health-centered grocery store was joined nine years later by a two-story Target, occupying 145,000 sq ft. of space on Penn and Centre Avenues. In October 2015, Mosites Co. and local leaders cut the ribbon on the most talkedabout aspect of the plan: the East Liberty Transit Station, a $150-million project that had approximately 20 sources of funding. One of them was a $15 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic
Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, which supported the station’s provision of bus routes to Downtown Pittsburgh and neighboring Shadyside. Local observers are waiting to see how East Liberty commuters balance public transit with the driving opportunities afforded by the 554-space parking garage, a separate part of the project’s final phase, Eastside III. However, reviews of the transit center itself have been positive. The Pittsburgh City Paper noted that the station used to be “a confusing swirl of isolated concrete, connecting to the busway in a forbidding, multi-level divide. The new project adds a
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clever connecting platform between road and a sheltered area at Penn Avenue so that the space is more accessible, but also buffered by a landscaped element.” Eastside III construction has introduced 3,000 sq ft. of retail and commercial space, as well as the 360 luxury rental units of Eastside Bond, “where Shadyside meets East Liberty.” Tenants are within a coin’s toss of the pedestrian bridge to the wealth of shops and restaurants on the other side of the busway.
Bakery Square. It stacks a colorful group of establishments in just 5.1 acres of space: bistros and restaurants, upscale clothing stores, a gym, a specialty tech workshop,
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Downtown Pittsburgh Takes on Walkability in Vibrant, Up-andComing Corridors With Pittsburgh lacking the urban sprawl of other major cities, most renters can get away with boasting that they’re close to Downtown. But what do those who choose to live Downtown find?
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and commercial tenants like Google and UPMC. And like the Eastside retail developments, Bakery Square is across the street from two luxury apartment buildings, Bakery Living Orange and Bakery Living Blue.
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To start, they find a downtown core that is small enough to navigate, but especially welcoming to large festivals and events. “We can handle big crowds that other neighborhoods can’t accommodate,” says Jeremy Waldrup, President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership. “You can’t exactly build a 500-car parking garage in Shadyside, because there will just be certain constraints. But the city of Pittsburgh
accommodates 120,000 people during the workday. Technically, we can accommodate that many people in the evening as well. That’s a great advantage that we need to leverage more often.” Waldrup says that there are approximately 3,500 rental units in the pipeline for Greater Downtown, which is fairly significant. What he’d like to see more of is infill development like Eighth and Penn, a 135-unit
apartment and retail project in the Cultural District that will revitalize two historic buildings and construct two new buildings. The project is a partnership between TREK Development and Q Development, with construction expected to begin in 2017 and end in 2019. “I think the Cultural District is one of the premier corridors in the city, and it’s a fantastic space to walk through,” says Walwww.greaterpittsburghnewhome.com
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drup. “[Eighth and Penn] is transforming what has been parking lots in the heart of the Cultural District for years now, and activating the block in a new way.”
Square in the next 12–18 months. From new hotels like the Hotel Monaco and the Oliver Building’s Embassy Suites, to the 220 apartment units in the former Alcoa Building, activity should spill onto
He continues, “There’s this whole movement of approaching city planning where if you can make the city work for folks who are 8 years old and 80 years old, you can make it work for everyone. Fifty-four percent of people ride public transportation, but at some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian.” Waldrup spins up a long list of up-and-coming corridors that will delight walkers. To start, there are lovely pedestrian streets like First Avenue, which runs behind the busier Boulevard of the Allies from Stanwix Street toward Grant Street.
Philadelphia developer CORE Realty bought the 13-story Macy’s department store building on Forbes Avenue and Grant Street in 2015, engaging Desmone Architects to creatively reuse the space. According to the 2016 State of Downtown Pittsburgh report, plans include 311 high-end residential units, 600 parking spaces, a boutique hotel, and ground-floor retail space—”just about everything you’d want except office space,” says Waldrup approvingly. Most of downtown’s square footage is slotted for commercial activity, so opportunities to create a brand-new class of apartment space are rare. But in downtown’s adjacent neighborhoods, including Station Square, the Strip District, the North Shore, and the Hill District, there are additional
Then there’s Mellon Square, which should rival the vibrant Market
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“We’re seeing smaller units with cheaper monthly rental rates, which is certainly attracting pre-family renters who are in their first or second jobs,” says Waldrup. “Then we have a core group of empty-nesters who are moving out of suburban homes and finding the convenience of downtown living to be quite appealing.”
opportunities for families and younger people to rent. “There are some key developments that will better connect the urban core to the Strip District,” says Waldrup, who mentions current projects like The Buncher Company’s Riverfront Landing and McCaffery Interests’ plans for the historic produce terminal. “That should make for a seamless walk or ride up Penn Avenue, where currently, there’s a pretty big range of activity. These residential developments push that activity along.” Waldrup is hoping that 300 planned apartments on the east side of Station Square, targeted for completion in summer 2017, will bring a similar injection of energy and life to the development. He’s also thrilled
It’s a sign that Downtown Pittsburgh won’t look the same for long. about a 2016 TIGER grant that will fund a cap over I-579, exposing the Hill District’s Residence Hill neighborhood to new growth opportunities. What’s more, Pittsburgh’s Downtown is getting younger, which influences the housing stock. Fifty-two percent of residents are under age 40, and 29% are under age 30.
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Urban Residential Construction Reaches
New Heights
While many residential projects
in Pittsburgh’s urban regions are rehabs, renovations and flips, a
talented architect teamed up with a seasoned builder to bring high-end
custom homes to some of the city’s hottest neighborhoods.
These days, it’s hard to find a top 10 or best city list on which Pittsburgh doesn’t appear. From Huffing-
ton Post and Money Magazine to
Travel+Leisure and Zagat, publications continue to sing our city’s
praises. With thriving colleges and universities, an influx of tech com-
panies like Google and Uber, plus a
lot of start up activity, one can argue that Pittsburgh is no longer “up and coming;” it has arrived.
As homebuyers flocked to neighborhoods like Lawrenceville and East
Liberty because of their proximity to jobs and universities, entertainment venues and restaurants, Pittsburgh architect Ben Maguire noticed a
void. “What was available was nice, but there was nothing extraordi-
nary,” he says. Viewing this void as
an opportunity, he took on the role as both designer and developer to
create the extraordinary – upscale, unique, modern living spaces that
mixed the best of new construction with the charm of an established neighborhood.
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o accomplish his goal, Maguire partnered with Pittsburghbased builder PWCampbell, a leader in the field that’s been in business for over 100 years. “A lot of people can do mediocre work, but I knew PWCampbell would bring to residential construction a level of professionalism and quality I usually only see at the commercial level,” Maguire explains. Together, they would go on to create a number of upscale urban homes, including a duplex they call “47 Hatfield Street” in Lawrenceville, and most recently, “Kula Living” in East Liberty – a two-phase development of nine contemporary stand-alone homes.
“The design is outstanding,” says Anton Plantz who moved into their duplex in October with his wife, Katelyn. “It was perfect for us because, the plans were mostly complete, but we could add our own touches. It was like ‘custom building lite,’” he laughs.
The location was a draw for the couple as well. After all, Lawrenceville is arguably one of the hippest addresses in town, with a booming business district where tattoo parlors, bars and coffee shops coexist with trendy restaurants, shops and art galleries. “We love that we’re steps away from everything. But it’s also quiet here,” says Plantz, from their peaceful rooftop deck. Though their home is in a city setting, he says the deck provides a serene oasis above the hustle and bustle of Lawrenceville.
Realtor Sarah Madia, of RE/ MAX Select Realty, knows the value of these types of amenities. “A Kula Living Development Team; (L to R) Doug Van Haitsma, Dante Fusaro and Rege Makowski Jr. from roof top deck PWCampbell with Ben Maguire (middle right) from B+M Architect LLC. gives a homeowner the full urban living experience,” she explains. “Not only does it “Ben had a clear vision and while other offer magnificent views, but also provides contractors tried to direct him to cheaper incomparable entertainment space.” She materials, we met his vision,” says Doug adds that many homebuyers in this marVan Haitsma, PWCampbell’s Vice Presiket find a roof top deck appealing over a dent of Real Estate Development & Conback yard because it’s easier to maintain. sulting. “He had a dream and we knew we could translate that dream into reality.” Madia, who comes from a long line of homebuilders – her family owns Madia Take one look at the duplex in LawrenceHomes Inc. – recognizes that Maguire’s ville and it’s clear the dream was realized. thoughtful design and PWCampbell’s With its breathtaking modern design and building experience make her job selling unique use of materials, 47 Hatfield is unurban new construction easier. “Having like anything else in the neighborhood. a wonderful team behind these homes Sweeping glass and concrete exteriors and gives me a level of comfort selling them an angled bump-out transform the build– not just because of the design,” she ing into one of great architectural interexplains. “This team doesn’t just bring est. Inside, the endless natural light from beauty, but brings high quality to custom the oversized windows highlights the open urban residential that is unmatched. This floor plan, high ceilings, and excellent mateam is integral to having a successful terials. new construction.”
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Kula Living is a “micro market” in the heart of booming East Liberty comprising nine standalone homes on a cluster of lots along Hays Street and North Euclid Street. These lots were purchased from East Liberty Development, Inc., (ELDI), a non-profit community development corporation with a mission to foster the revitalization of the East Liberty community.
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It’s no wonder then, that the their most recent project – Kula Living – is finding success. A new twist on their previous developments, Kula Living is a “micro market” in the heart of booming East Liberty comprising nine stand-alone homes on a cluster of lots along Hays Street and North Euclid Street. These lots were purchased from East Liberty Development, Inc., (ELDI), a non-profit community development corporation with a mission to foster the revitalization of the East Liberty community. “ELDI has been pivotal in the positive changes in housing in the area,” Van Haitsma says. “They are able to acquire troubled properties, clear them of liens, and sell them to development teams like ours that are dedicated to making Pittsburgh neighborhoods exciting and diverse.” From the outside, Kula’s design is unmistakably Maguire’s. The striking contemporary façade combines polished concrete block with vertical Hardie panels and cedar siding. Large sloping windows
open floor plans, large backyards, and garages. Optional upgrades include rooftop decks, back decks off of the living room, and rooftop solar panels. Maguire admits it was a risk to build such high-end homes in this growing region. In fact, before Maguire, ELDI was under agreements with other developers that fell through. “[Those developers] had plans to build something at a low cost to sell at a low price point, but there was nothing special about them, no wow factor,” he explains. “It was a risk, but we took it and found a whole lot of buyers who want top quality amenities and features and are willing to pay for them.” One such homebuyer is Ben Campbell (no relation to the builder) and his wife, Becky. connect the outdoors with the interior, which features materials like granite, stainless steel, and natural stone. Each of the Energy Star homes include features that renovations in the area simply can’t offer – like nine foot ceilings,
“We knew we wanted something different,” explains Campbell, days before moving into their Kula home. “As soon as we saw the plans, we got in right away. We were an easy sell,” he jokes. And they are not alone. Already, all of
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the homes built during phase one have been sold, and the first house of Phase 2 is under agreement even before they started marketing the properties. Buyers like the Campbells often fall in love with an overall plan but enjoy having input on the details that make a house their own. “We made some minor changes, like adding a custom mantel, but also a larger one,” he says. The alteration he’s referring to is the decision to add 200 square feet to
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the home, a feature that became standard in the designs that followed. “These people bent over backwards,” he says of the PWCampbell team, headed up by Dante Fusaro, the company’s Director
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of Residential Construction. “Ben Maguire’s imagination plus our execution is what sets these homes apart,” Fusaro responds.
Moving forward, PWCampbell and ELDI are working together to ensure long-term affordability in Pittsburgh’s urban neighborhoods. “High-end developments like Kula Living are only part of a bigger vision for a diverse, mixed income neighborhood,” says ELDI Director of Land Recycling Kendall Pelling. “It isn’t a subdivision. It’s part of the community, part of the neighborhood. We want East Liberty to be attractive and affordable for all levels of income.”
“It isn’t a subdivision. It’s part of the community, part of the neighborhood. We want East Liberty to be attractive and affordable for all levels of income.”
To that end, ELDI hired PWCampbell to create 20 affordable homes on nine properties scattered throughout the neighborhood. “We recognize that diverse neighborhoods are naturally more interesting than mono-cultural neighborhoods,” Van Haitsma points out. “We are all excited about this next phase.” NH
Making Design Ideas Reality 109 Zeta Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 412.963.0100 www.pwcampbell.com
As a leader in residential construction, PWCampbell specializes in totally customized new and renovated homes. Through our wide array of services, we provide superior quality and craftsmanship in all residential projects.
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2016 Pittsburgh Homebuilders How can you make your dream of owning a new home a realty? The following list of professional builders offer the newest technologies, amenities and creative home designs to help you make informed decisions.
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Bachman Builders Barrington Homes Brennan Builders Brooks & Blair Homes Costa Homebuilders Dan Ryan Builders Douglas Erdley Custom Homes Eddy Homes Executive Developers Graziani Homes Heartland Homes John Hobart Miller Infinity Custom Homes Kacin Kaclik Builders Keith Homes LAD Construction Company Millcraft Real Estate Services Paragon Homes PWCampbell Richland Holdings Rossman Hensley Ryan Homes S&A Homes Schumacher Homes Signature Homes Spagnolo Custom Homes Stambrosky Homes Suncrest Homes T.D. Kelly Company Traditions of America Weaver Homes
Brooks & Blair Homes, LLC
Bachman Builders, Inc 535 Carnot Road Moon Township, PA 15108 T. 412.264.4069 www.BachmanBuilders.com David Bachman, President Info@bachmanbuilders.com
Building with integrity since 1996 isn’t just a motto at Bachman Builders. It’s a way of life. With a wealth of architectural knowledge and construction technique, Bachman Builders possesses a diverse portfolio of homes within a wide price range. Our clients bring their unique dreams, ideas and budgets to us and together, we develop a truly custom home. Bachman Builders has never built the same home twice. Call us today for your custom homebuilding experience.
Barrington Homes Incorporated 412-655-8999 www.BarringtonHomesPA.com BarringtonHomes@gmail.com
Barrington Homes is a leader of custom luxury homes in the North Hills of Pittsburgh (Allegheny and Butler County). The Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh awarded Barrington Homes first place in the $1M – $2M category and first place in the $650K-$850K category for the 2014 Housing Excellence Awards. Schedule a meeting today with our designers to discuss your wish list so that they can begin design work on your custom home.
Brennan Builders
800 S Washington St. Evans City, PA 16033 T: 724-865-2929 www.BrennanBuilders.com Tricia Brennan Sales@brennanbuilders.com
For over 55 years we’ve been building high quality custom homes in Northern Allegheny and Butler Counties. Building a new home doesn’t have to be scary, our process makes building fun and easy. In our state-ofthe-art Home Studio, we have brought everything together in one place. We believe that your home is an expression of yourself and tells your story so we have equipped our Home Studio with everything you can possibly imagine.
310 Seven Fields Blvd. Seven Fields, PA 16046 www.theriversedgeatoakmont.com T: 724-741-2300 Dan Mancosh dan@ARBuilding.com
Pittsburgh natives, Daniel J. Mancosh and John F. Thompson, Jr., make up the experienced team of Brooks and Blair Homes. Building beautiful homes at affordable prices without sacrificing quality is their expertise. Daniel Mancosh is currently the President of A.R. Building Company, a large Shadyside firm that specializes in the management and building of hundreds of multi-family homes and commercial buildings. Mr. Mancosh is involved in all aspects of design, planning and management of financial operations of all construction. John Thompson is the Senior Vice President of Construction for A.R. Building Company. He has been in the construction industry for twenty-three years. Mr. Thompson is a hands-on builder who can often be found on the site. Mr. Thompson is responsible for land acquisition, land development and building construction. Brooks and Blair Homes is a perfect partnering of experience, providing affordable quality homes.
Costa Homebuilders
600 Hayden Boulevard (Rt. 51) Jeff Costa Tony Ferrare 412-384-8170 www.CostaHomebuilders.com
Costa Homebuilders Build On Your Lot approach begins with a personal build-on-your-lot specialist who will assist you in locating a lot to build on. If you already own a lot, Costa will work with you to develop the best plan possible in building your dream home. Costa’s New Life Custom Home Building Process with reduce the stress in home building and help you save time and money.
Douglas Erdley, LLC Custom Homes
144 Breakneck Rd Ford City, PA 16226 T: 724-763-3692 www.erdleyhomes.com Douglas Erdley steadybull@windstream.net
We are a third generation home building company tailoring our services to meet our client’s specific needs! With Over 20 years of experience, we have a highly trained team of contractors to complete the building or renovation of your home, whatever the job may be. As general residential contractors, we can expand a kitchen into a dining area, build out an extra closet (or two) and make your home a more comfortable living space for you and your family. We give each project individual personalized service! Working one on one with our clients to get the house that fits their budget, we offer: Administration and Supervision from Inspection to Completion, Cost Saving Recommendations, Project Scheduling and Quality Control.
Eddy Homes, Inc
242 Station Street Bridgeville, PA 15017 T: 412-221-0400 Eddyhomes.com Jon Moritz JMoritz@EddyHomes.com
Eddy Homes is Pittsburgh’s premier luxury custom home and estate home builder, building and developing custom home communities of the highest quality and value designed to meet your lifestyle and tastes. Our solid reputation is built on our unsurpassed standards for quality craftsmanship, personal service, and integrity. As a family-owned and operated business, we feel privileged to have a hand in the vibrant communities where families work, play, and grow together. Build with Eddy Homes if you want the ideal building experience.
Dan Ryan Builders
1370 Washington Pike Suite 204 Bridgeville, PA 15017 www.DanRyanBuilders.com T: 724.939.1013 Kathy Cooper kcooper@danryanbuilders.com
Pittsburgh’s new builder of choice, Dan Ryan Builders’ brand is built on solid core values of quality, service and price to deliver well built, well appointed, energy efficient homes. Our company ensures the balance between location, price, amenities, and quality of life. We offer single family homes, carriage homes and townhomes in desirable communities surrounding the I-79 corridor to provide you and your family easy living. Everywhere You Want to Be. Better Value. Better Living.
Executive Developers, LLC 208 Crawford Court Mars, PA 16046 T: 724-935-3932 (EXEC) www.execdevelopers.com Chris Cinker Chris@execdevelopers.com
Executive Developers, LLC has been a custom home builder in the Pittsburgh area for 30 years. Whether you are building a custom home, adding an addition, or remodeling your existing home, we will be there from start to finish. Once you make the decision to work with Executive Developers, you will have the opportunity to work with an architect to custom design the home or addition of your dreams, then sit back and watch as Executive Developers brings those dreams to life.
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Infinity Custom Homes
903 Penticon Lane Warrendale, PA 15086 www.buildinfinityhomes.com 888.424.9424 Jodie McCormick – New Home Specialist jmccormick@buildinfinityhomes.com
Graziani Homes
1028 Oak Ridge Rd. Canonsburg PA 15317 T: 724-745-0654 www.grazianihomes.com Bill Graziani wgraz@comcast.net
Founded in 1990, Graziani Homes is a true custom home builder. Bill Graziani is a second generation builder. He grew up in his father’s business Graziani Builders founded in 1965. During that time Bill learned quality and old world craftsmanship which soon set the gold standard in home building. Graziani Homes works hard to make the building process effortless for the customer from lot selection in our developments to picking finishes. Bill Graziani believes in doing things right the first time. Where good isn’t enough, and craftsmanship and quality are more than just words. Graziani Homes builds Luxury Homes inspired by your dreams.
Infinity Custom Homes is a premier, custom homebuilder in the Pittsburgh area. We focus on building in the areas top school district, along the 79 corridor, and in the most desirable communities. While we have a variety of floor plans from which to start from, we focus on customizing every home inside & out. Together, we’ll create a home that captures your personal tastes & creativity, bringing your dream home to life. Our goal is to work together offering a truly unique, memorable and enjoyable home buying experience!
3875 Old William Penn Highway Murrysville, PA 15668 T: 724-327-6694 www.KACIN.com Jason C. Corna jcorna@kacin.com
One Penn Center West Suite 300 Pittsburgh, PA 15276 T: 724-949-0079 www.HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com Jodie and Ann Marie Sales@HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com
For over 30 years, we’ve been passionately committed to building luxury homes of the highest quality and providing exceptional customer care. Our goal is to exceed your expectations throughout every step of the homebuilding experience. Whether it’s the art and functionality of our single-family luxury homes, open floor plans and light-filled spaces of our townhomes or uncompromising luxury and innovative designs of our main-level owner’s suites, we always keep you, the owner in mind. We build homes and communities in Allegheny, Washington and Butler Counties – and Morgantown, WV – Monongalia County.
KACIN founder A. Richard Kacin has been building upscale residential homes, condominiums and communities in the Pittsburgh region since 1960. Headquartered in the Pittsburgh suburb of Murrysville, KACIN also manages the design and construction of an array of commercial and industrial facilities throughout western Pennsylvania through our sister company, KACIN General Contractors.
Consecutive Housing Excellence Award winning, LAD Construction Company, Inc., brings nearly three decades of quality construction to the industry. Leon A. Dwinga, Jr., Master Builder, works directly with the client to custom design a home according to their specifications, lot, and budget and is an on-site, hands on builder that insures every detail is met. “ Our commitment to quality and customer satisfaction has earned us the reputation that gives us the leading edge in new home construction ”
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1344 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 T: 412-963-8842 www.johnhobartmiller.com John Miller, III johnhobartmiller@comcast.net
Kaclik Builders, LLC
From its beginning as a custom home builder in 1927, John Hobart Miller, Inc. has grown to become a well-recognized benchmark of quality in the Pittsburgh area. This tradition of home building excellence stems from a single-minded, company-wide dedication to quality and customer service. Dedication to providing classic designs, fine materials and meticulous craftsmanship which has become the trademark of a John Hobart Miller home. Four times they have been awarded the designation of “Pittsburgh Builder of the Year” and received “Pennsylvania Builder of the Year” award. The John Hobart Miller organization has excellent “in house” design capabilities to accommodate your specific design requirements and desires.
Christopher J. Kaclik, founder, owner and custom builder for Kaclik Builders, LLC, has been creating an impressive portfolio of premier custom homes in both Allegheny & Butler County since 1985. A Pittsburgh native, Chris, along with the experienced staff of Kaclik Builders, is one of the most successful custom home builders in the Pittsburgh area. Chris established Kaclik Builders’ reputation through his broad knowledge of the process, his hands-on approach, and his dedication to his customers. Whether a seasoned new home buyer, or a novice, Kaclik Builders’ team is committed to providing an experience that is both satisfying and pleasant. Kaclik Builders has earned its position in this industry by providing clients with the excellence, service and attention they desire, with results they are happy to live with.
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1125 Noblestown Road Oakdale, PA 15071 PA 007781 www.ladconstruction.com T: 412-279-0250 ladco@comcast.net
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Keith Homes, owned and operated by the Keith Family for more than 20 years, is a small-volume custom home builder committed to continual improvement and customer service while specializing in sustainable building techniques and quality craftsmanship. We concentrate on building a select number of energy efficient houses each year. Buyers who choose Keith Homes will be working directly with the principals of the company to turn their dreams and wishes into a fabulous new home.
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2455 Park Avenue Washington, PA 15301 T: (724)223-0285 www.keithhomes.net Kim and Cherie info@keithhomes.net
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Keith Homes
1272 Mars Evans City Rd. Evans City, PA 16033 KaclikBuilders@zoominternet.net T: 724-432-3101 Christopher J. Kaclik, President
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Millcraft Real Estate Services Pittsburgh PA 15222 T: 412-471-4900 www.MillcraftRealty.com Live@MillcraftRealty.com Mark Jennings & Racheallee Lacek
As real estate representatives, Millcraft Real Estate Services offers the flexibility to work with our diverse portfolio of home developers, including eco-friendly Terra Building Group, and modern developers R Kyndall Development Group and M Franko Properties. Our experienced team provides assistance throughout the course of choosing and buying new home construction. Alternatively, we have homes from our trusted developers ready for move-in. Our neighborhoods include Downtown, South Side, Lawrenceville and more.
Paragon Homes
5949 Steubenville Pike Robinson Township, PA 15136 www.VisitParagonHomes.com Scott Lantz 412-787-8807 Scott@VisitParagonHomes.com
Since 1987 Paragon Homes has been building custom homes that are unmistakably yours. Each Paragon home is designed to uniquely fit the family that calls them home. Since we were founded almost 30 years ago by a home buyer who dreamt of a better way, we have been taking the time to handcraft homes the right way, keeping our focus on the home buyers, helping them create the home of their dreams with an easy, enjoyable process. When quality counts, you deserve a Paragon Home.
Rossman Hensley, Inc.
1426 Pittsburgh Road Valencia, PA 16059 T: 724-443-5353 F: 724-443-5666 Jmartin@rossmanhenlsey.com
At Rossman Hensley, our residential division services all of Western Pennsylvania. We have a team of craftsman that specializes in the high end residential market. From condominium build outs in downtown Pittsburgh to new home construction in the suburbs, our goal is to provide Western PA residents with a well built and luxurious home. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for a building experience that incorporates design, customer service, and craftsmanship.
Schumacher Homes
340 Greengate Centre Circle Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601 T. 330-574-4884 www.schumacherhomes.com Mary Becker mbecker@schumacherhomes.com
Schumacher Homes, based in Canton, Ohio, is America’s largest custom homebuilder, with operations in 32 markets in 14 states across the country. The National Housing Quality award winning company and recipient of the National Gold Winning Home of the Year has built over 12,000 homes since its founding by Paul Schumacher in 1992 – each one unique to the needs and lifestyle of the owners. Each Schumacher Homes location includes a one-stop design center that provides everything you need to complete your custom home.
PWCampbell
109 Zeta Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15238 T: 800.253.7430 www.pwcampbell.com Dante Fusaro dante.fusaro@pwcampbell.com
PWCampbell is a leading design/build firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA with over 100 years of commercial and custom residential experience within the construction industry. A third generation professional organization, we provide homeowners the valuable benefit of a Design/ Build team that seamlessly works together to ensure that your project is coordinated with excellent care and quality from start to finish. Our extensive experience and expert knowledge paves the way for creative solutions to take hold, costs to be minimized, schedules streamlined and efficiencies realized. PWCampbell puts the wants and needs of the homeowner first and works tirelessly to ensure the finished product exceeds your expectations.
Richland Holdings, L.L.C. 1426 Pittsburgh Road Valencia, PA 16059 T: 724-443-4800 F: 724-443-5666 builder.jeff@gmail.com
The owners of Richland Holdings, LLC have a combined work experience of over 75 years in the construction industry. Over the past 10 years, we have overseen the construction of hundreds of multi-family dwellings and single family building lots in the North Hills. We are proud to announce the development of SHOFF FARMS, a 48 unit carriage home community in West Deer Township. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for available lots, floor plans, and financing.
Ryan Homes
One Penn Center West Suite 220 Pittsburgh, PA 15276 T: 724-249-6835 www.RyanHomes.com Kristen & Melissa ryanhomespittsburgh@nvrinc.com
Since 1948, we’ve grown from a small, family-run business to become one of the top five homebuilders in the country. While there are many reasons for our success, they all revolve around three key factors: our commitment to customers, our consistent quality, and our personalized approach. At Ryan Homes, building a better home means continuously raising the bar. That’s why 98% of our buyers say they would recommend us to family and friends. With over 60 years of experience, trust us to make your dreams come true. Building new home communities in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington & Westmoreland Counties.
Signature Homes
20421 Route 19 Unit 105 Cranberry TWP, PA. 16066 T: 724-935-4453 www.signaturehomesadvantage.com Dan Sosso Danielsosso@yahoo.com Michael Kamon kamon888@mac.com
Do you want more time to enjoy life? All our Carriage Homes and Villas at the Fields of Nicholson have first floor Master Bedrooms. Maintenance free exteriors as well as professionally managed landscaping and grounds means more time to enjoy life: whether it’s a round of golf at one of three nearby private or public courses, a swim in the private pool or entertaining friends in the community’s club house ... the choice is yours. The Fields of Nicholson is located in prestigious Franklin Park Township at the intersection of Route 79 and Route 910.
S&A Homes
300 Bilmar Drive Suite 290 Pittsburgh, PA 15205 www.sahomebuilder.com T: 1-855-SAHOME1 Lorrie Crummie LCrummie@sahomebuilder.com
S&A Homes offers 40 years of experience delivering high-performance homes throughout the Pittsburgh area. The company has received national recognition for its E-Home™, a high-performance home offering energyefficiency and high-quality products to ensure S&A Homes’ construction standards consistently exceed code. Every home the company builds is an E-home that is, on average, 45% more energy efficient than a new home built to code standards. S&A Homes maintains a 98% customer referral rating, features a true custom home building experience and backs every home up with a comprehensive 10-Year Warranty.
Spagnolo Custom Homes, Inc. 109 Gateway Avenue Suite 202 Wexford, Pa 15090 T: 724-935-7010 Angelo Spagnolo Spagnolochi@zoominternet.net
The Spagnolo Family has proudly been in the quality home building/ land developing business since 1955. Originally started by Carl J. Spagnolo and now headed by sons Angelo and Frank, we continue to strive to make our clients experience in homebuilding a very memorable one. 60 YEARS and still going strong! You can find our fine communities in Allegheny, Butler & Westmoreland Counties.
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STAMBROSKY HOMES
PO Box 238 Presto, PA 15142 www.stambroskyhomes.com T: 412-257-3500 Danielle Stambrosky Mach 412-302-4184 daniellemach@howardhanna.com
Traditions of America at Sewickley Ridge
Stambrosky Homes was founded by George Stambrosky in 1949. When Stambrosky Homes was in its beginning stages, its focus was on great carpentry and craftsmanship. By 1972, Rick Stambrosky joined his father after graduation from the University of Dayton. From the mid to late 1970’s, father and son grew the company from building homes to neighborhoods. Nevillewood was one of their largest projects and Stambrosky Homes is still expanding themselves today. Current developments are in Peters Twp, South Fayette, and Collier Twp. The company has 12 key personnel that facilitate in the construction of new developments and construction of new homes as well as the original passion of their craftsmanship.
114 Union Court Sewickley, PA 15143 SewickleyLiving.com T: 412-534-4232 Monica Field info@traditionsofamerica.com
At Traditions of America at Sewickley Ridge, you can have it all - the home of your dreams, a luxurious Clubhouse and resort-style amenities - at a great value. What you won’t have? Yard work. Low-maintenance, awardwinning homes in this 55+ community give you the freedom to live bigger, Live Better at Sewickley Ridge.
Weaver Homes
PO Box 449 Mars, PA 16046 T: 724-814-9001 www.weaverhomes.com Kelly Dunn kdunn@WeaverHomes.com
Suncrest Homes, Inc.
3819 Old William Penn Highway Murrysville PA 15668 T: 724-327-1844 F: 724-325-7426 www.suncresthomespa.com J. Michael Ruefle, Jr., President Colleen Ruefle-Haley, Vice President
Suncrest Homes has been proudly building Custom and Semi-Custom Homes as well as room additions for 29 years. Suncrest has always been on the leading edge of new and innovative building concepts and designs. Whether open floor plans, Cottage Villas, Craftsman style homes or traditional living, you can be assured your dreams will be fulfilled by our team of experienced trend setting professionals. Six time Housing Excellence Award winner and members of NAHB, PBA and BAMP Suncrest Homes has homes and communities in Westmoreland and South Butler Counties.
With more than 25 years of design and building experience, Weaver Homes is the premier custom home builder in the Northern Pittsburgh region. Our goal as a builder is to help make your dream home a reality through allowing you to tailor and expand upon our floor plans to suit your unique needs and desires. By working with only the best professional contractors, we offer the quality, integrity, service, attention to details, craftsmanship, and value you deserve in your forever home. Family-owned and operated, we take a very hands-on approach to our construction process. Building a custom home is one of the most emotional experiences you will ever have, and we take that to heart. We think of our homeowners as family; we believe it’s impossible to build someone their dream home without truly getting to know who they are as individuals, as a family member.
T.D. Kelly Company, Inc. P.O. Box407 Zelienople, PA 16063 T: 724-530-9980 www.tdkelly.com Tim Kelly Info@tdkelly.com
T.D. Kelly Company, Inc. has a history of building luxury homes in the Pittsburgh area for over 35 years. Our employees have been with us from 10 to 30 years. Very few building companies can boast that longevity and experience. Quality and attention to detail are two overused terms in the home building industry, but come and look at a model home that we’ve built. Our work speaks for itself and our homes become sound investments for our customers.
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CITY OF PITTSBURGH CITY OF PITTSBURGH 43rd Street Lawrenceville Townhomes Priced from: $600,000’s School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 412-421-9120 howardhanna.com 151 First Side Downtown Pittsburgh Condominiums Priced from: $500,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: 151 First Side 412-586-5970 151firstside.com 2500 Smallman Strip District Luxury condominiums Priced from: $1,400,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: Northwood Realty Services 412-941-3340 724-413-4663 northwood.com Columbus Square North Side Single family Priced from: $179,000 to $289,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: Fourth River Development LLC 412-231-4444 ColumbusSquarePittsburgh.com
East Jefferson Central Northside Townhouses Priced from: $385,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 412-276-5000 howardhanna.com Hatfield + Home Lawrenceville Single-family homes Priced from: $300,000 to $420,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: RE/MAX Select Realty Christa Ross 724-779-1437 www.hatfieldandhome.com Kula Living East Liberty Contemporary single-family Priced from: $460,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: RE/MAX Select Realty 724-933-6300 x657 kulaliving.com Riverside Mews City of Pittsburgh/South Side Contemporary townhomes Priced from: $545,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: One80 Real Estate Services LLC 412-318-4139 one80res.com
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Summerset at Frick Park City of Pittsburgh/ Squirrel Hill Traditional Neighborhood Development Single-family homes, duplexes, townhomes, condominiums, apartments Priced from: $300,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: Summerset Land Development Associates 412-420-0120 summersetatfrickpark.com Summerset at Frick Park Squirrel Hill Single-family homes, condos, and paired homes Priced from: $460,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: KACIN 724-327-6694 www.KACIN.com Vista Grande City of Pittsburgh/Mt. Washington Condominiums Priced from: $525,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 412-481-0000 howardhanna.com Washington’s Landing City of Pittsburgh Contemporary Townhouses Priced from: $345,000 School district: Pittsburgh Agency: RE/MAX Select Shadyside 724-933-6300 X110
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Single-family homes Priced from: $425,000 School district: City of Pittsburgh Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-521-2222 thewoodsatbradleystreet.com
ALLEGHENY COUNTY Alderwood Pine Township Colonial Priced from: $414,900 School district: North Allegheny Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 724-471-5580 www.danryanbuilders.com/pittsburgh Altmyer Fields Marshall Township Courtyard single living with basements Priced from: $339,900 School district: North Allegheny Agency: Weaver Homes 724-496-5670 weaverhomes.com Arbor Trail Robinson Township Townhomes Priced from: $200s Agency: Ryan Homes 412-857-2112 Ryanhomes.com
Autumn Grove Marshall Township Luxury custom homes Priced from: $800,000 School district: North Allegheny Agency: Eddy Homes 412-221-0400 EddyHomes.com Autumn Ridge Plum Borough Single-family homes Coming Soon! Agency: Ryan Homes 724-249-6835 Ryanhomes.com Autumn Woods Moon Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: $360,000 School district: Moon Area Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com Avonworth Heights Ohio Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: $425,000 School district: Avonworth Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 412-367-8000 thepreferredrealty.com Bedner Estates Upper Saint Clair Single-family homes Priced from: $420,000 School district: Upper Saint Clair Agency: Heartland Homes HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY Briarwood Mt. Lebanon Single-family homes Priced from: $400,000 and up School district: Mt. Lebanon Agency: Costa Homebuilders 412-384-8170 www.costahomebuilders.com Brookfield Estates Pine Township Luxury custom homes Priced from: $350,000 School district: Pine Richland Agency: Eddy Homes 412-221-0400 EddyHomes.com Camp Trees Pine Township Single-family homes Priced from: $410,000 School district: Pine Richland Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com Castletown Franklin Park Custom single-family homes Priced from: $650,000 School district: North Allegheny Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 412-776-3686 thepreferredrealty.com Castletown Franklin Township Single-family estate homes Priced from: $650,000 School district: North Allegheny Agency: Brennan Builders Real Estate Services 724-865-2929 Brennanbuilders.com
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E lane @ Carnegie Carnegie Garden style condominiums Priced from: $194,900 School district: Carlton Agency: RE/MAX Select Realty 412-633-9300 ext. 214 724-309-1758 elane.biz
Chartiers Landing Robinson Township Single-family homes Priced from: $375,000 School district: Montour Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 412-262-4630 thepreferredrealty.com
Elmhurst Sewickley Township Townhomes Priced from: $500’s School District: Quaker Valley Agency: Charter Homes & Neighborhoods (800) 325-3030 charterhomes.com/elmhurst
Cimarron Moon Township Single-family homes Priced from: $240’s School district: Moon Area Agency: Ryan Homes 412-264-5029 ryanhomes.com
Emerald Fields Pine Township Single-family homes Priced from: $600,000 School district: Pine Richland Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-776-3686 thepreferredrealty.com
Chapel Pointe Fox Chapel Condominiums Priced from: High $300’s School district: Fox Chapel Area Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate
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Cobblestone Ohio Township Single-family homes Priced from: $330,000 School district: Avonworth Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com Copper Creek Marshall Township Luxury estate custom homes Priced from: $1,600,000 School district: North Allegheny Agency: Eddy Homes 412-221-0400 EddyHomes.com
Castors’ Farm Jefferson Hills Single-family homes Priced from: $365,000 and up School district: West Jefferson Hills Agency: Costa Homebuilders 412-384-8170 www.costahomebuilders.com
Courtyards at The Preserves North Fayette Township Detached carriage, patio homes Priced from: $258,900 School district: West Allegheny Agency: Scarmazzi Homes 724-223-1844 www.scarmazzihomes.com
Centennial Point Collier Township Townhomes and carriage homes Priced from: $250,000 townhomes, $300,000 carriage homes Chartiers Valley Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com
Deer Valley Estates Sewickley Priced from: $430,000 Custom single-family homes School district: Avonworth Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com
Chapel Harbor Fox Chapel Carriage homes, townhomes and single-family homes Priced from: $249,900 School district: Fox Chapel Area Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-963-7655 liveinchapelharbor.com Chapel Hill Estates Marshall Township Single-family homes Priced from: $850,000 School district: North Allegheny Agency: Achieve Realty
Della Strada South Park Single-family homes Priced from: $210’s School district: South Park Agency: Ryan Homes 724-782-0447 ryanhomes.com Edgewater at Oakmont Oakmont Single-family homes, condos, townhomes, and paired homes Priced from: $359,900 School district: Riverview Agency: KACIN 412-877-1055 www.KACIN.com
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Emerald Fields Pine township Single-family homes Priced from: $480’s School district: Pine Richland Agency: Heartland Homes 724-871-1702 HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com The Enclave Fox Chapel Single-family homes Priced from: $950,000 School district: Fox Chapel Area Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-963-7655 coldwellbankerhomes.com/TheEnclave The Estates at Jefferson Jefferson Borough Single-family homes Priced from: $200’s Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-655-0400 coldwellbankerhomes.com/ JeffersonEstates Fair Acres Upper St. Clair Custom single-family homes Priced from: $600,000 School district: Upper St. Clair Agency: Prudential Preferred Reality 412- 833-7700 www.fairacresusc.com Fairmont Square Marshall Township Townhomes Priced from: $270’s School district: North Allegheny Agency: Heartland Homes 724-249-6835 HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com Falconhurst Forest Fox Chapel Single-family homes Priced from: $700,000 School district: Fox Chapel Area Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 412-963-6300 howardhanna.com
Fayette Farms North Fayette Single-family homes Priced from: $290’s School district: West Allegheny Agency: Ryan Homes
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Fayette Farms Estates North Fayette Township Custom Homes Priced from: $400,000 School district: West Allegheny Agency: Keller Williams 412-787-0888 Field Brook Farms Richland Township Single-family homes Priced from: Low $600’s School district: Pine-Richland Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-772-8822 howardhanna.com Fields of Nicholson Franklin Park Borough Custom carriage-homes and villas Priced from: $519,400 School district: North Allegheny Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 412-367-8000 thepreferredrealty.com Forest Oaks at Wexford Wexford Single-family Priced from: $199,900 School district: North Allegheny Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-366-1600 forestoaksatwexford.com Forest View Indiana Township Single-family homes Priced from: $500,000 School district: Fox Chapel Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-772-8822 ricciuticonstruction.com howardhanna.com Hampton Woodlands Hampton Township Single-family homes Priced from: $490,000 School district: Hampton Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-487-0500 coldwellbankerhomes.com/ HamptonWoodlands Hartman Farms Franklin Park Single-family homes Priced from: $460’s School district: North Allegheny Agency: Heartland Homes 724-249-6835 HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com The Heights of North Park Pine Township Custom single-family Priced from: $900,000 School district: Pine-Richland Agency: RE/MAX Select Realty 724-993-6300 x657 madiahomes.com
Ross Township Single-family homes Priced from: $320’s School district: North Hills Agency: Ryan Homes 412-536-3953 Highpointe II Scott Township Luxury Townhouses Priced from: $274,900 School district: Chartiers Valley Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 412-833-3600 howardhanna.com The Hunt Club West Deer Township Carriage homes Priced from: $270’s School district: Deer Lakes Agency: Brennan Builders 724-432-3301 Brennanbuilders.com HyTyre Farms West Deer Township Carriage Homes Priced from: $224,000 School district: Deer Lakes Agency: Richland Holdings, LLC 724-443-4800 Jefferson Estates Jefferson Borough Carriage homes Priced from: $199,000 Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-655-0400 coldwellbankerhomes.com/ JeffersonEstates Kennedy Highlands Kennedy Township Colonial Priced from: $184,900 School district: Montour Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 412-275-6618 www.danryanbuilders.com/pittsburgh Kevington South Fayette Township Single-family estate homes Priced from: $399,900 School district: South Fayette Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 412-927-1068 DanRyanBuilders.com/Pittsburgh Lake MacLeod Pine Township Single-family homes Priced from: $1,000,000 School district: Pine-Richland Agency: Achieve Realty 412-720-9033 barringtonhomespa.com Lake MacLeod Pine Township Single-family homes Priced from: $750,000 School district: Pine-Richland Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-487-0500 or 412-366-1600 lakemacleod.com
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Langdon Farms Pine Township Single-family homes Priced from: $850,000 School district: Pine-Richland Agency: Achieve Realty 412-720-9033 barringtonhomespa.com
South Fayette Township Single-family homes Priced from: Low $400’s School District: South Fayette Agency: Infinity Custom Homes 888-424-9424
Legacy at Nevilleside Collier Township Luxury one-level townhomes coming soon! School district: Chartiers Valley Agency: Ryan Homes 724-693-8140 ryanhomes.com
Newbury South Fayette Single family estate homes Priced from: $629,000 School district: South Fayette Agency: KACIN 724-327-6694 www.KACIN.com
Legacy Village
Franklin Park One-level townhomes Priced from: $280’s School district: North Allegheny Agency: Ryan Homes 412-297-9504
Noble Woods Moon Township Townhomes Priced from: $220’s School district: Moon Area Agency: Ryan Homes 412-269-3284 ryanhomes.com
Lenox Place Estates Finley Township Villas and townhomes Priced from: Mid $200’s School district: West Allegheny Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 412-262-4630 thepreferredrealty.com
Oakwood Heights West Deer Township Colonial Priced from: $249,900 School district: Deer Lakes Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 412-329-4966 www.danryanbuilders.com/pittsburgh
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Marion Estates Findlay Township Single-family homes Priced from: $280s Agency: Ryan Homes 724-213-0335 Ryanhomes.com Marion Estates Findlay Township Single-family homes Priced from: $320,000 School district: West Allegheny Agency: S & A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com The Manor McCandless Custom single-family Priced from: $750,000 School district: North Allegheny Agency: RE/MAX Select Realty 724-779-7072 madiahomes.com The Meadows at Hampton Hampton Township Custom single-family and ranches Priced from: $575,000 School district: Hampton Agency: RE/MAX Select Realty 724-933-6300 x657 madiahomes.com Newbury South Fayette Single-family homes and townhomes Priced from: $400,000 townhomes, $310,000 School district: South Fayette Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com
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Oakwood Heights West Deer Township Single-family homes Priced from: $219,900 School district: Deer Lakes Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 724-776-2900 coldwellbankerhomes.com/ OakwoodHeights Overlook Estates Ohio Township Single-family homes Priced from: $340s Agency: Ryan Homes 412-367-1927 Ryanhomes.com Parkview Estates Richland Township Single-family homes Priced from: $290’s School district: Pine-Richland Agency: Ryan Homes 724-443-0190 ryanhomes.com Park Place Indiana Township Single-family homes Priced from: $750,000 School district: Fox Chapel Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 412-963-6300 howardhanna.com Parkridge
McCandless Custom single-family Priced from: $750,000 School district: North Allegheny Agency: RE/MAX Select Realty 724-933-6300 x657 madiahomes.com
Pinewood Manor Pine Township Luxury custom homes Priced from: $500,000 School district: Pine Richland Agency: Eddy Homes 412-221-0400 EddyHomes.com
Ridgeview Estates Monroeville Single-family homes Lots start at: $35,000 School district: Gateway Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices thepreferredrealty.com
Pinnacle Pointe
The Rivers Edge at Oakmont Oakmont Single-family, duplexes, condominiums and apartments Starting at: mid $300,000’s School district: Riverview Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 412-427-0654 howardhanna.com
South Fayette Single-family homes Priced from: $290s Agency: Ryan Homes 724-492-1276 Ryanhomes.com
Pleasant Hill Estates
Marshall Township Single-family homes Priced from: Upper $500’s School District: North Allegheny Agency: Infinity Custom Homes 888-424-9424 Buildinfinityhomes.com
Pleasant Ridge Pine Township Single-family homes Priced from: $450’s School district: Pine-Richland Agency: Heartland Homes 724-871-1702 HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com The Preserves North Fayette Township Colonial Priced from: $335,000 School district: West Allegheny Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 724-471-4906 www.danryanbuilders.com/pittsburgh Prestley Heights Collier Township Single-family homes Priced from: $250,000 School district: Carlynton Agency: Ryan Homes 412-489-5028 ryanhomes.com Raintree Manor Hampton Township Townhomes Priced from: $225,000 School district: Hampton Agency: Minnock Construction Company 412-366-4770 The Ridge at Manor Pine Township Single-family Homes Priced from: $900,000 School district: Pine Richland Agency: Achieve Realty 412-720-9033 barringtonhomespa.com The Ridge at Manor Pine Township Single-family homes Priced from: $850,000 School district: Pine-Richland Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-772-8822 howardhanna.com
Sangree Farms Ross Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: $500,000 School district: North Hills Agency: Minnock Real Estate Services 412-369-7253 Scarlett Ridge Franklin Park Borough Luxury estate custom homes Priced from: $600,000 School district: North Allegheny Agency: Eddy Homes 412-221-0400 EddyHomes.com Settlers Pointe Collier Township Single-family homes Priced from: High $475,000 School district: Chartiers Valley Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate
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Summerfield at North Park Pine Township Single-family homes Priced from: $950,000 School district: Pine-Richland Agency: Achieve Realty, Inc. 724-933-1980 X667 Summit Mount Lebanon Township Single-family homes Priced from: $800’s School District: Mount Lebanon Agency: Charter Homes & Neighborhoods (800) 325-3030 charterhomes.com/summit The Summit Marshall Township Single-family homes Priced from: $800,000 School district: North Allegheny Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-366-1600 coldwellbankerhomes.com/TheSummit Traditions of America at Sewickley Ridge Ohio Township Single-family homes, 55+ Priced from: mid $200,000 School district: Avonworth Agency: Traditions of America 412-534-4232 SewickleyLiving.com Traditions of America at Summer Seat Ohio Township Single-level living, 55+ Priced from: Upper $200,000 Agency: Traditions of America 412-534-4232 SummerSeatLiving.com
Sewickley Heights Manor Aleppo Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: $300,000 School district: Quaker Valley Agency: Minnock Construction Company 412-366-4770
Venango Estates
Shenandoah Estates
Venango Trails
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Upper St. Clair Single-family homes Priced from: Upper $700’s School District: Upper St. Clair Agency: Infinity Custom Homes 888-424-9424
Marshall Township Single-family homes Priced from: Low $600’s School District: North Allegheny Agency: Infinity Custom Homes 888-424-9424 Buildinfinityhomes.com
Marshall Township Single-family homes Priced from: Mid $500’s School District: North Allegheny Agency: Infinity Custom Homes 888-424-9424
Silver Pines Pine Richland Townships Single-family homes Priced from: $850,000 School district: Pine Richland Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 412-934-3400
Venango Trails Marshall Township Townhomes and single-family homes Priced from: $290’s School district: North Allegheny Agency: Heartland Homes 724-871-1720 HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com
Steeplechase Whitehall Townhomes Priced from: $230’s School district: Baldwin Whitehall Agency: Ryan Homes 412-881-4692 ryanhomes.com
Venango Trails Marshall Township Single-family homes Priced from: $400,000 School district: North Allegheny Agency: S & A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY Venango Trails Marshall Township Single-family homes Priced from: $450’s School district: North Allegheny Agency: Brennan Builders 724-865-2929 Brennanbuilders.com
Woodcreek Manor Findlay Township Colonial Priced from: $199,900 School district: West Allegheny Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 724-765-0811 www.danryanbuilders.com/pittsburgh
Village At Marshall Ridge Wexford Townhomes Priced from: $230’s School district: North Allegheny Agency: Ryan Homes 724-933-4030 ryanhomes.com
Woodwind of Hampton Allison Park Single-family homes Priced from $600,000 School District: Hampton Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-487-0500 or 412-366-1600 coldwellbankerhomes.com/Woodwind
The Village at Camp Trees
Pine Township Single-family homes Priced from: $449,000 School district: Pine Richland Agency: Weaver Homes 412-525-9409 weaverhomes.com
The Villages at Ridge Forest Franklink Park Townhomes Priced from: $360’s School district: North Allegheny Agency: Ryan Homes 412-847-8902 ryanhomes.com Village at Pine Pine Township Single-family homes Priced from: $360’s School district: Pine-Richland Agency: Ryan Homes 724-799-8901 ryanhomes.com Walnut Ridge South Fayette Single-family homes Priced from: $370’s School district: South Fayette Agency: Heartland Homes 724-249-6835 HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com Washington Square Jefferson Hills Borough Single-family homes Priced from: $240’s School district: West Jefferson Hills Agency: Ryan Homes
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Waverly Manor Robinson Township Single-family homes Priced from: $360,000 School district: Montour Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com Willow Farms Fox Chapel Borough Single-family homes Priced from:$1,200,000 School district: Fox Chapel Area Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-963-7655 coldwellbankerhomes.com/ WillowFarms
BEAVER COUNTY Clairmont Manor Hopewell Township Colonial Priced from: $244,900 School district: Hopewell Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 724-471-5573 www.danryanbuilders.com/pittsburgh Goldenrod Meadows North Sewickley Township Single-family homes Priced from: $250,000 School district: Riverside Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 7224-775-5700 howardhanna.com Sarver Mills Buffalo Township Carriage Homes Priced from: Low $300’s School district: Freeport Area Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-327-5161 howardhanna.com Seven Oaks Brighton Township Golf-course community with single-family custom homes and carriage homes Priced from: High $300’s School district: Beaver Area Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-776-3686 thepreferredrealty.com Traditions of America at Liberty Hills New Sewickley Township/ Economy Borough 55+ Lifestyle Living/ Single-family and garden homes/ Maintenance Free Priced from: $200,000s Agency: Traditions of America 724-869-5595 TraditionsofAmerica.com
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BEAVER COUNTY The Village at Heritage Estate Murrysville Patio Homes Priced from: $264,900 School district: Franklin Regional Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-327-5161 howardhanna.com Weather Vane Hill Slippery Rock Single-family homes Priced from: $3000,000 School district: Slippery Rock Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-282-7903 howardhanna.com
BUTLER COUNTY Amherst Village Mars Single-family homes Priced from: $290’s School district: Mars Area Agency: Ryan Homes 724-687-7064 ryanhomes.com BelleVue Park Cranberry Township
Single-family homes Priced from: $299,900 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Weaver Homes 412-525-9409 weaverhomes.com
Blackthorn Penn Township Single-family home sites/Singlefamily homes Priced from: $66,000/$379,900 School district: South Butler Agency: Northwood Realty 724-295-9090 northwood.com Camp Trees Adams Township Single-family homes Priced from: $410,000 School district: Mars Area Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com Carriage Manor Cranberry Township Single-family homes Priced from: $700,000 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 724-776-2900 coldwellbankerhomes.com/ carriagemanor Chatham Court Adams Township Luxury paired villas Priced from: Mid $700’s School district: Mars Area Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-776-3686 thepreferredrealty.com
BUTLER COUNTY
Cherrywood Springs Center Township Single-family log homes .5 to 10 acre lots School district: Butler Area Agency: Northwood Realty 724-282-1313 northwood.com
The Glen at Woodside Cranberry Township Courtyards single level homes Priced from: $320,000 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Weaver Homes 412-525-9499 weaverhomes.com
The Courtyards at Creekside Adams Township Courtyard single level homes Priced from: $319,900 School district: Mars Agency: Weaver Homes 724-496-5670 weaverhomes.com
Hidden Springs Cannoquenessing Single-family homes and duplexes Priced from: $400,000 single-family homes and $300,000 duplexes School district: Butler Area Agency: Northwood Realty 724-776-9705 northwood.com
Dutch Creek Estates
Jackson Township Colonial Priced from: $274,900 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 412-275-6623 www.danryanbuilders.com/pittsburgh Ehrman Farms Cranberry Township Single-family homes Priced from: $600,000 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-452-1150 howardhanna.com Foxmoor Cranberry Township Carriage homes Priced from: $310,000 carriage homes School district: Seneca Valley Agency: S & A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com Foxwood Estates Cranberry Township Single-family homes Priced from: $850,000 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-366-1600 foxwoodnewhomes.com Franklin Crossing Cranberry Township Single-family homes Priced from: Upper $400’s School District: Seneca Valley Agency: Infinity Custom Homes 888-424-9424 Buildinfinityhomes.com Fulton Crossing Adams Township Single-family homes Priced from: $430’s School district: Mars Area Agency: Heartland Homes 724-249-6835 HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com The Gables Adams Township Carriage Homes Starting at: $398,000 School district: Mars Area Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-934-3400 howardhanna.com
Jackson Crossing Jackson Township Single-family homes Priced from: $220’s School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Ryan Homes 724-249-6835 ryanhomes.com John Quincy Adams Adams Township Single-family homes Priced from: $550,000 School district: Mars Area Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-776-3689 thepreferredrealty.com John Quincy Adams Estates Adams Township Single-family homes Priced from: $649,000 School district: Mars Area Agency; Achieve Realty Kingsridge Mars Single-family homes Priced from: $320’s Agency: Ryan Homes 724-432-3989 ryanhomes.com Kingsridge Adams Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: $330,000 School district: Mars Area Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com Lakeview Adams Township Townhomes Priced from: $245,000 School district: Mars Area Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-934-3400 howardhanna.com Leslie Farms Connoquenessing Borough Single-family Priced from $200,000 School District: Butler Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 724-776-2900 coldwellbankerhomes.com/lesliefarms
BUTLER COUNTY Leslie Farms Evans City Single-family homes Priced from: $220s Agency: Ryan Homes 724-486-3152 Ryanhomes.com Links of Cranberry Cranberry Township Single-family homes Priced from: $324,900 Townhomes Priced from: $219,900 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 724-471-4964 www.danryanbuilders.com/pittsburgh Meadow Ridge Connoquenessing Township Colonial Priced from: $279,900 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 412-473-3218 www.danryanbuilders.com/pittsburgh Meadow Ridge Forward Township Single-family homes Priced from: $250,000 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 724-776-2900 coldwellbankerhomes.com/meadowridge
Meredith Glen Estates Adams Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: $850,000 School district: Mars Area Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-776-3686 thepreferredrealty.com The Oaks Buffalo Township Single-family homes Priced from: $350,000 Agency: Northwood Realty 724-295-9090 northwood.com Park Place Cranberry Township Single-family homes and townhomes Priced from: $310s, single-family $240s townhomes School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Ryan Homes 724-778-9946 and 724-249-6835 Ryanhomes.com Peachmont Farms Forward Township Single-family homes Priced from: $300,000 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com
Plantation at Saxonburg Clinton Township Carriage homes Priced from $240,000 School district: South Butler Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com Plantations Lancaster Township Single-family homes Priced from: $410,000 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Brennan Realty 724-687-9097 www.brennanbuilders.com
Sarver Mills Buffalo Township Carriage homes Priced from: Low $300,000 School district: Freeport Area Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-327-5161 howardhanna.com Sarvers Mill Buffalo Township Single-family homes Priced from: $250,000 School district: Freeport Area Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com
The Pointe At Adams Ridge Adams Township Townhomes Priced from: $230’s School district: Mars Area Agency: Ryan Homes 724-776-5610 ryanhomes.com
Seaton Crest Adams Township Single-family homes Priced from: $370,000 School district: Mars Area Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com
Poplar Forest Slippery Rock Borough Single-family homes Priced from: $250,000 25 lots from .6 to 5 acres Agency: Northwood Realty northwood.com
Scenic Ridge Lancaster Township Patio homes and Courtyard Single Level Living Priced from: $244,900 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Weaver Homes 724-252-2434 weaverhomes.com
Sonoma Valley Connoqenessing Township Patio homes Priced from: $252,500 School district: Butler Area Agency: Weaver Homes 877-836-9177 weaverhomes.com Timber Ridge Lancaster Township Single-family-homes Priced from: $450’s School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Brennan Realty 724-687-9097 www.brennanbuilders.com Timberlee Farms Connoquenessing Township Single-family-homes Priced from: $300,000 School district: Butler Area Agency: Brennan Realty 724-687-9097 www.brennanbuilders.com The Village at Camp Trees
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BUTLER COUNTY The Vineyards Connoqenessing Township Courtyard single level homes Priced from: $264,900 School district: Butler Agency: Weaver Homes 877-279-1043 weaverhomes.com Vista Ridge Adams Township Custom Single-family homes Priced from: $340,000 School district: Mars Area Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com Vista Ridge Adams Township Single-family homes Priced from: $379,000 School district: Mars Area Agency: Weaver Homes 412-525-9409 weaverhomes.com Wakefield Estates Cranberry Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: $750,000 School district: Seneca Valley Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-776-3686 thepreferredrealty.com Weatherburn Heights Middlesex Township Single-family homes Priced from: $290’s School district: Mars Area Agency: Ryan Homes 724-898-0010 ryanhomes.com Weather Vane Hill Slippery Rock Single-family homes Priced from: $300,000 School district: Slippery Rock Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-282-7903 howardhanna.com Winterwood Butler Southwest Single-family homes Priced from: $300,000 Six wooded lots available Agency: Northwood Realty 724-282-1313 northwood.com Woodside Cranberry Township Single-family homes Priced from: $400’s School District: Seneca Valley Agency: Charter Homes & Neighborhoods (800) 325-3030 charterhomes.com/woodside Wyncrest Estates Butler Township Single-family homes Priced from: $250,000 School district: Butler Area Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-366-1600 coldwellbankerhomes.com/ wyncrestestates
WASHINGTON COUNTY
WASHINGTON COUNTY Anthony Farms Peters Township Single-family homes Priced from: $650,000 Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 412-276-5000 howardhanna.com Arden Farms Chartiers Township Colonial Priced from: $194,900 School district: Chartiers Houston Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 724-471-4309 www.danryanbuilders.com/ pittsburgh Arden Farms Chartiers Township Attached carriage homes Priced from: $259,900 School district: Chartiers Houston Agency: Scarmazzi Homes 724-223-1844 www.scarmazzihomes.com Bradford Run South Strabane Township Townhomes and carriage homes Priced from: Townhomes from $200,000 carriage homes from $270,000 School district: Trinity Area Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com Bridgeview North Strabane Township Townhomes Priced from: $224,900 School district: CanonMcMillan Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 412-748-9470 howardhanna.com Brookview Peters Township Carriage homes Priced from: $349,900 School district: Peters Township Agency: Keller Williams 412-831-3800 Cherry Valley Estates McDonald Luxury custom homes Priced from: $254,900 School district: Fort Cherry Agency: Eddy Homes 412-221-0400 EddyHomes.com The Crossings McMurray Luxury custom villa homes Priced from: $348,700 School district: Peters Township Agency: Eddy Homes 412-221-0400 EddyHomes.com
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Fair Acres Upper St. Clair Custom single-family homes Priced from: Lots, $650,000 School district: Upper St Clair Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-833-7700 thepreferredrealty.com
Piatt Estates Chartiers Township Single-family homes Priced from: $290,000 School district: Chartiers/ Houston Agency: S&A Realty 1-855-SAHOME1 sahomebuilder.com
Fox Ridge Village North Strabane Township Single-family homes Priced from: $300s Agency: Ryan Homes 724-338-4055 Ryanhomes.com
Strabane Manor North Strabane Township Colonial Priced from: $202,900 School district: Trinity Agency: Dan Ryan Builders 724-908-4638 www.danryanbuilders.com/ pittsburgh
Indian Ridge North Strabane Township Luxury homes Priced from: $400,792 School district: CanonMcMillan Agency: Eddy Homes 412-221-0400 EddyHomes.com Justabout Farms Venetia Luxury custom villa homes Priced from: $600,000 School district: Peters Township Agency: Eddy Homes 412-221-0400 EddyHomes.com Meadow Ridge Peters Township Single-family homes Priced from: $655,900 School district: Peters Township Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 412-833-7700 thepreferredrealty.com Orchard Hill Peters Township Single-family homes Priced from: $320’s School district: Peters Township Agency: Ryan Homes 412-477-0958 ryanhomes.com The Overlook at Peters Peters Township Single-family homes Priced from: $450,000 School district: Peters Township Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-941-8800 howardhanna.com Overlook at Southpointe Cecil Township Single-family homes Priced from: $380’s School district: Canon McMillan Agency: Heartland Homes 724-249-6835 HeartlandLuxuryHomes.com The Overlook At Southpointe Cecil Township Luxury townhomes Priced from: $230’s School district: CanonMcMillan Agency: Ryan Homes 724-745-5152 ryanhomes.com
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WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Waterdam Farms North Strabane Township Patio homes Priced from: high $300,000s School district: Canon McMillan Agency: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services 412-833-5405 X210 www.waterdamfarms.com Weavertown Woodlands North Strabane Township Carriage homes Priced from: $300,000 School district: CanonMcMillan Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-222-6040 howardhanna.com Whispering Pines Peters Township Single-family homes Priced from: $500’s School District: Peters Township Agency: Charter Homes & Neighborhoods (800) 325-3030 charterhomes.com/whisperingpines Whispering Pines Peters Township Single-family homes Priced from: $600,000 and up School district: Peters Township Agency: Costa Homebuilders 412-384-8170 www.costahomebuilders.com
WESTMORELAND COUNTY Acropolis Heights Unity Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: $500,000 School district: Greater Latrobe Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-838-3660 thepreferredrealty.com
Allegheny Woodlands Allegheny Township Custom single-family and cottage villas Priced from: low $290,000 single-family and Low $200’s cottage villas School district: Kiski Area Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724339-4000 howardhanna.com Augusta Penn Township Single-family homes Priced from: Lots, $53,900 School district: Penn-Trafford Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-327-0444 thepreferredrealty.com Blackthorne Estates Penn Township Single-family homes Priced from: $400’s School district: Penn Trafford Agency: Ryan Homes 724-863-2542 ryanhomes.com Brook Haven Penn Township Single-family homes Priced from $350’s School district: Penn Trafford Shuster Homes 724-861-0571 shusterhomes.com Buena Vista North Huntingdon Township Villas & Grand Villas Priced from $300’s School district: Norwin Shuster Homes 724-861-0571 shusterhomes.com Cedar Hills Rostraver Township Condominiums and villas Priced from: $265,500 School district: Belle Vernon Area Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-929-7228 thepreferredrealty.com Cherry Knoll Delmont Single-family homes Priced from: $225.000 School district: Greensburg Salem Agency: RE/MAX Select Realty 412-856-2000 rasnoznik.net Cherry Wood Estates Mt. Pleasant Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: Low $300’s School district: Mount Pleasant Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-838-3660 thepreferredrealty.com
Everview Estates Ligonier Township Single-family homes Priced from: $299,900 School district: Ligonier Valley Angency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-832-2300 Feightner Estates Hempfield Township Single-family homes lots Priced from: $64,500 - $74,500 School district: Hempfield Area Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices thepreferredrealty.com Foxtail Court at Rolling Ridge Murrysville Single-family homes Priced from: $600,000 School district: Franklin Regional Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-327-5161 howardhanna.com Glenn Aire Unity Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: $375,000 School district: Greater Latrobe Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-838-3660 thepreferredrealty.com Greenfield Estates Unity Township Custom single-family homes Priced from: $250,000 School district: Greater Latrobe Agency: Scalise Real Estate 724-539-3525 Hampton Heights North Huntingdon Twp Single-family homes Priced from $450’s School district: Norwin Shuster Homes 724-861-0571 shusterhomes.com Kingsbury North Huntingdon Township Single-family homes Priced from $550’s School district: Norwin Shuster Homes 724-861-0571 shusterhomes.com Legacy at Sunset Pointe Canonsburg Single-family-homes Coming soon Lindwood Crest Hempfield Township Over 55 Single-family homes Start at: $239,900 School district: Hempfield Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices thepreferredrealty.com Lorien Fields Penn Township One-level townhomes Coming soon! School district: Penn Trafford Agency: Ryan Homes 724-249-6835 Ryanhomes.com
Mallard Landing Murrysville Single-family homes Priced from: $470,000 School district: Franklin Regional Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-327-5161 howardhanna.com
Villas at Heritage Estates Murrysville Patio homes Priced from: Low $264,900 School district: Franklin Regional Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-327-5161 howardhanna.com
Meadowlane Farm Estates Hempfield Township Single-family homes Priced from: $240’s School district: Hempfield Area Agency: Ryan Homes 724-863-2542 ryanhomes.com
Village at Stonegate Penn Township Single-family homes Priced from: $514,900 School district: Penn Trafford Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-838-3660 thepreferredrealty.com
Northpointe Hempfield Township Single-family homes Priced from: $330,00 School district: Hempfield Area Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-838-8660 thepreferredrealty.com Palmer Place Unity Township Custom single-family Priced from: $700,000 School district: Greater Latrobe Agency: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 724-838-3660 thepreferredrealty.com Serenity Pointe Murrysville Single-family homes Priced from: $500,000 School district: Franklin Regional Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-417-1772 howardhanna.com Siena Ridge Murrysville Single-family homes Priced from : $600,000 School district: Franklin Regional Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-327-5161 howardhanna.com St George Acres North Huntingdon Township Single-family homes Priced from $350’s School district: Norwin Shuster Homes 724-861-0571 shusterhomes.com Tuscan Hills North Huntington Single-family homes Priced from: $310s Agency: Ryan Homes 724-863-2542 Ryanhomes.com
Villages at Totteridge Greensburg Villas and manor homes Priced from: Villas, $349,000 and manors, $259,000 School district: Greensburg/Salem Agency: Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 724-327-5161 howardhanna.com The Villas at Grayhawk Unity Township Villa style condominiums Priced from: $219,850 School district: Greater Latrobe Agency: Cedar Ridge Realty 724-832-3501 thevillasatgrayhawk.com
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NEWHOMEVOICES Visit the 2016 Festival of Homes, the Region’s Biggest New Home Construction Event of the Year! By Jim Eichenlaub
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he Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh (BAMP), 84 Lumber and Don’s Appliances are pleased to present the 2016 Festival of Homes, Western Pennsylvania’s largest annual showcase of new residential home communities. This year’s event, sponsored in part by Heartland Homes, PPG Paints, Peoples Gas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Ryan Homes, will feature 69 new home communities highlighting the region’s leading new home builders. Our participating builders will open the doors of their newest homes for you to tour and see the outstanding designs, styles and the home technologies that are available for sale and future construction in Allegheny, Butler, Washington and Westmoreland counties. BAMP is one of the oldest builders associations in the country. Founded in 1938 by a group of Pittsburgh area homebuilders, it has grown to serve the home building and related industries throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. Today, BAMP represents over 600 busi-
nesses including homebuilders, remodelers, light-commercial contractors and associated businesses including suppliers, trade contractors, lenders, product manufacturers, utilities, realtors and other licensed professionals who strive to improve housing affordability, availability and choice. For over 60 years, BAMP, its sponsoring companies and participating builders, residential developers and marketing firms have made it possible for consumers to visit the very best the region has to offer in new housing communities that showcase the latest in home building. Visiting our homes is free to the public that provides the opportunity to see the latest and state of the art in comfort, technology, craftsmanship, innovation and styles offered in modern residential living. Visitors to the show will be able to meet professionals in real estate, homebuilding and remodeling to discover how they can work with you to create the home that meets or exceeds your personal dreams, goals and needs.
This year’s Festival of Homes will run on two consecutive weekends: September 24, 25 and October 1 and 2. The homes and communities will be available to visit from 12 noon to 5 p.m. each day. Admission is free, and you’ll be able to tour everything from carriage homes to single family homes in just about every architectural style and price range. Our 2016 Festival website, www.PghFOH.com will be available beginning in early September to let you start planning your visits, learn more about our participating communities and builders, as well as discover other products and services that are part of the home construction and renovation process. Our companion Festival show book, which is also free to the public, will be available at local stores and neighborhood locations near you beginning in midSeptember.
Jim Eichenlaub is executive director of the Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh (BAMP). He can be reached at jime@pghhomebuilders.com.
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NEW HOME will give insight about today’s marketplace, our regional economic outlook, individual and project profiles as well as in-depth feature articles on the issues and personalities driving our region’s residential market. Our editorial content presents the very best our region has to offer in new housing communities, locations and developments that showcase homebuilding and remodeling projects for today’s consumer. Discover state of the art features in comfort, technology, craftsmanship, innovation and style in modern residential living.
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