Pittsburgh transit partners with borough on redevelopment opportunity

Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) and Dormont Borough are seeking a developer to transform two parking lots along the Red Line into a mixed-use development to grow the neighborhood and increase ridership.

Developers are encouraged to submit their qualifications and concepts for the 2.5-acre site next to Dormont Junction by May 26.

The opportunity would be the first joint development project under PRT’s current transit-oriented development program. Nearly 100,000 riders use Dormont Junction each year.

The project would also provide PRT with a new source of revenue in the form of developer lease payments.

The transit authority studied the opportunity to redevelop the site and engaged the community in 2019.

PRT last year secured a $500,000 federal grant to redesign and reconstruct the nearly 30-year-old station to make it safer and more accessible.

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