Thursday April 26, 2018

Rugby, Al. Neyer Push Forward With Mixed Use Development In Pittsburgh

“One of the Strip District’s next significant redevelopment projects is ready to begin pursuing public approvals.

A firm called 225 Smallman Associates LP, which is affiliated with Rugby Realty Co., is scheduled to appear before the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustments on May 10, seeking a special exception for building height for their proposal at 2200 Smallman Street, according to agenda documents.

It’s a site of about four acres for which Rugby first bought the first parcels nearly 11 years ago. Since then, the company cleared a few mature, smaller industrial buildings from a larger development site that also now includes the former Benkovitz Seafood and Nordic Fisheries properties.

According to the zoning agenda, New Jersey-based Rugby proposes to build a seven-story, mixed-use building that will include a parking garage.

The company is pursuing a project expected to total 108.5 feet in height in a location in which the established zoning height limit is 60 feet and four stories.

An official for Rugby declined to comment on the proposal before zoning.

Lawrenceville-based Desmone Associates is the architect for the project, with which Rugby has been working with Cincinnati-based Al. Neyer as a joint venture partner.” – Tim Schooley, reporter, Pittsburgh Business Times

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