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Originally Posted by Johnland
I'd love to see Oakland get zoned for much higher density and let it become a much more major node. I don't see why Oakland shouldn't have 20 and 30 story residential. Then connect it to Downtown with LRT. Students, college visitors, professionals, entrepreneurs could then travel easier. That could be one catalyst for stronger growth for the region.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but although the Oakland rezone significantly increased maximum heights, it also had extremely regressive use-based zoning that basically banned new apartment buildings from being built along Fifth/Forbes. There are certain loopholes - like allowing for affordable housing, and allowing for some residential units as long as they are less than 50% of the area of a new building, but for the most part, it's not allowed any longer. This was billed as being because the community wanted additional jobs in Oakland along the major corridors, but I can't help but feel it was a reactive freakout by certain NIMBYs to three major residential projects (SkyVue, Bridge on Forbes, and the new building being constructed on the 3500 block of Forbes) going down.
The good side I suppose is that the back streets were significantly upzoned as well, and still allow for residential, though it remains to be seen what new projects we might see here, considering a lot of this is held by small-time landlords for cash flow generation.
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Originally Posted by BobLoblaw
I don't remember seeing this yet, but Pittsburgh Business Times mentioned a 211 unit proposal for 1625 Forbes Ave. in Uptown. A little bit of digging and I found this video. Discussion starts at about the 21 minute mark. Seven stories. The design is a bit different, but I feel like some funk would work in Uptown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CXTirlmaq8
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Thanks for noticing this. I saw the PBT article, but I was in a hurry the other day and mistakenly thought it was the same project as the new residential building being constructed by Duquense a few blocks to the west.
There's just so many proposed projects in Uptown right now.