46 townhomes underway in the Strip District (vehicle, membership, snow)

[WhoIsStanwix?]

Originally Posted by xdv8

I think I read at some point that the larger units would have elevators. I also think that overall these are a bit larger than the townhomes at Bakery Sq by the same company. Which are just 3 stories and weren't marketed as "brownstone-like"

I bet the first phase is already mostly sold, demand in the Strip is very high.

Elevators were an owner-selected option at Bakery Square. I’m not sure how many units ended up with one.

[Geeo]

If they were building and trying to sell 400 units for that amount, then I would be skeptical that they would all sell. But 46 is a pretty conservative number, and in this market, I believe they will sell. These days, townhouses with 3 floors that are newly built at this price point have elevators, or at least the option for one. I think the new townhouses in Bakery Square have them.

[SteelCityRising]

These will sell no problem. There are ugly places selling for $300,000-$500,000 in Polish Hill these days, and our neighborhood is a much further walk to Downtown than the Produce Terminal area of the Strip. All our neighborhood has to offer for that price point is a coffee shop, too, whereas the Strip has FOUR coffee shops (five if you count Salem’s), and I’m sure Starbucks will be opening soon to cater to the new Facebook, UBER, Argo, Apple, etc. employees. The Strip also offers a ton of shopping and dining options.

When I first moved to Pittsburgh everyone tried steering me towards Shadyside. I don’t know why. It’s a very long walk to Downtown, and Lawrenceville and the Strip seem to be more “hip”. I can see Copanut and Mrs. Copanut in one of these.

[Copanut]

Nope!

[PGH423]

Originally Posted by gg

Couldn't find a thread on it, so I started a new one. I like the idea of more housing in the Stip. Looks pretty nice.

https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/city-...trip-district/

I can't tell a lot from the picture. Are they all brick? Half are red and half are beige brick? Are all four sides going to be brick? I don't like the "trick brick" approach where only the front is brick.

[Geeo]

Yeah, having a brick front and the other three sides vinyl has got to go. It's just tacky. Unfortunately, it's pretty prevalent these days in a lot of housing projects.

[PreservationPioneer]

Fifty years ago, there would have been numerous townhomes in the Strip, Lower Hill and Uptown. It's too bad the city leaders of the day thought nobody would want to live downtown, or in a townhome. Imagine what those would be worth. I wish they could have made these townhomes more historic-looking.

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by PreservationPioneer

Fifty years ago, there would have been numerous townhomes in the Strip, Lower Hill and Uptown. It's too bad the city leaders of the day thought nobody would want to live downtown, or in a townhome. Imagine what those would be worth. I wish they could have made these townhomes more historic-looking.

i lived in uptown almost 50 years ago. the townhomes THEN were antiquated for modern lifestyles. at that time, there was not a sense of urban pioneering and gentrification - the suburban expansion was still happening (and, I guess, is STILL going on in the western suburbs). i guess one might say it was then inconceivable these old structures would ever be desired as they are now in Lawrenceville, say, and in pasat years, the South Side Flats.

[Copanut]

The townhomes look Cranberryesque, soulless.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by Copanut

The townhomes look Cranberryesque, soulless.

They’re trying to lure us back in.