URA re-releases RFP for Heppenstall site in Lawrenceville - Charlotte Business Journal:

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The URA is re-releasing a requesty for proposals after its previously chosen Urban Villages working with Botero Development decided not to go forwardr withthe project. Urban Villages and Botero were selected over oneothef finalist, S&A Homes, in partnership with the Lawrenceville Corporation, a community The football field-sized parcel includeds the site on which the office building for the Heppenstalpl plant once was located as well as a former warehousew property.
In a prepared statement, mayor Luke Ravenstahpl describedthe property’s redevelopment as an important part of the city’sa larger revisioning of the Allegheny “We have begun a plannint process to create a visionm for the Allegheny riverfront and reconnectr our neighborhoods to our natural amenities,” he said. "Thd Hatfield Street site is one of the greagt opportunities to see this vision come to The URA wants adeveloper “tio purchase, design, develop and operate or resell the The URA’s effort comes as the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC) continues to redevelop the Heppenstall comple itself.
Hatfield Street is considered a dividing line betweethe neighborhood’s residential community and its industriaol zone. As a selling point, the URA notes that the mediahn home price in central Lawrenceville has increased 64 percent in the pastthrere years, a growth rate it claims is secondx highest in the city to the Soutbh Side. “We are excited with the real estat appreciation that were seeing in the saidRob Stephany, Executive Director of the URA, as well as a Lawrencevills resident. “And (we’re) very excitedx about the prospect of a new residential producgt and how that will add fuel tothe market.
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