Michigan apartment builder increasing stake in Pittsburgh

Published: Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 4:18p.m. Updated 51 minutes ago

A Michigan-based developer gave a rundown of plans on Tuesday for a second apartment building in Pittsburgh, and promised more.

Village Green Holding LLC of Farmington Hills which owns or manages more than 40,000 apartment units across the United States told the Pittsburgh Planning Commission it hopes to begin construction on a 264-unit, six-story apartment building in the SouthSide Works in this year's third quarter. It would be known as SouthSide Works City Apartments.

Village Green would build a 563-space parking garage with 12,000 square feet of retail space at South 26th and Sidney streets.

Construction could last up to 15 months, said Shawn Zimny, the company's vice president of development. He did not say how much it would cost to build or how much the apartments would cost.

Village Green will hold a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the beginning of construction on a 213-unit apartment building at Liberty Avenue and Baum Boulevard in Bloomfield its first foray into the Pittsburgh market.

Zimny said the company is considering several other potential development sites in the city.

Also Tuesday, the Downtown-based Mosites Co. outlined plans for the first of three buildings planned as part of the Eastside III mixed-use development in East Liberty. The first building would contain 109 apartment units and 2,000 square feet of retail space at South Highland Avenue and Stevenson Place.

It would be part of the larger $65 million Eastside III development that is to include 360 apartments and 40,000 square feet of retail space. A 278-space parking garage is under construction.

Tom Fontaine is a staff writer for Trib Total Media.

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