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Get ready, Oakland! Something big, bold, and downright exciting is on the horizon. We are thrilled to announce the upcoming arrival of The Caroline at University Commons, Oakland's newest and most vibrant student-friendly apartment community. Read more

Are you a student gearing up for the 2024-2025 school year, ready to embark on the exciting journey of finding the perfect apartment? Look no further! We'll walk you through each step, and yes, we'll proudly showcase why University Commons is the top choice, sorry not sorry. Read more

Walnut Capital is considering a plan to convert much of the grandiose clubhouse into higher-end condominiums, perhaps as part of a mixed-use development that could include restaurants and offices. Read more

"Resort" is a programmatic light installation consisting of 40 windows. Through the use of custom-designed, architectural light structures, the entire corner of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association was activated throughout the holiday season. Read more

Oakland is a neighborhood with plenty of personality dominated by Beaux-Arts/City Beautiful-era monumental civic architecture and student energy but that's not true of the entire neighborhood. Read more

"Developer Walnut Capital and design firm Strada presented the first phase of their proposed Oakland Crossings project to community residents during a development activities meeting co-hosted by the city of Pittsburgh Monday evening." Read more

""What Oakland needs is density. We need a more diverse population of all income levels, all types of jobs. Right now, it's dominated so much by students that it's not really a thriving community," Todd Reidbord, Walnut Capital President said to the Post-Gazette." Read more

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey announced on Monday that his office and developer Walnut Capital have reached an agreement on the Oakland Crossings project. The agreement more clearly defines the zoning and includes a section on public benefits that covers affordable housing and food access. Read more

"After months of controversy, the city Planning Commission Tuesday gave its support to a revised proposal designed to bring hundreds of new apartments and a grocery to part of Oakland. But it did so with reservations." Read more

"The approval process for the proposed Oakland Crossings development has demonstrated two very different models of public-private collaboration, and of mayoral leadership." Read more

"It will be another two weeks before Pittsburgh's Planning Commission makes a decision on the proposed Oakland Crossings development." Read more

"On Monday, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey's administration announced a deal to advance the controversial Oakland Crossings development. The changes include new promises to provide affordable housing." Read more

"Oakland is poised to be taller, shinier and more deliberately developed following a six-hour meeting of the City Planning Commission that focused largely on the future course of the neighborhood." Read more

"Votes on Oakland Crossings and a proposed UPMC tower, plus discussion of a 10-year plan, could shape the bustling Pittsburgh neighborhood's future." Read more

"After putting the proposed Oakland Crossings project on hold for a couple of months, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said Monday that his office has reached a deal with developer Walnut Capital on proposed zoning for the large-scale development in central Oakland." Read more

"Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Walnut Capital reached a deal last week on proposed zoning for the developer's Oakland Crossings project, which will receive a vote later this month from the City Planning Commission." Read more

"Three months before former Mayor Bill Peduto left office, he proposed a zoning change for nearly 18 acres of Oakland specifically tailored to a plan by Walnut Capital, the landowner, that would allow the developer to construct buildings up to 180 feet high near UPMC Magee Womens Hospital." Read more

"Mayor Gainey announced today an agreement with the developer Walnut Capital on the proposed zoning for the Oakland Crossings project." Read more

"For John Tague, a 72-year-old power wheelchair user, equitable accessibility means something different to each member of the disabled community." Read more

"On Tuesday Mayor Ed Gainey again hit pause on Oakland Crossings, a proposed development project that could remake nearly 18 acres of Central and South Oakland. The city's Planning Commission was scheduled to vote today on legislation that would allow the project to move forward." Read more