I think this is the Pens not wanting to commit in this economic client.
The penguins own the land, so I can’t imagine what they have to gain with it sitting there unused, especially with FNB putting in $200m for their HQ.
As others said, it’s the URA and Hill leaders holding up trying to get a better deal for the community. Not saying they’re right or wrong for doing it, just that this is what it sounds like.
“Residents have bitterly complained over the years that they have been excluded from decision-making.
Development of the Lower Hill District has been a flash point for black Pittsburghers since the city demolished the neighborhood in the 1950s, displacing hundreds of families and businesses to clear the way for development of the Civic Arena.
Marimba Milliones, president & CEO of the Hill Community Development Corp., and others urged the SEA and URA to hold off on voting.
She said it was the moment “to make sure that the historic wrongs, the displacement of 8,000 businesses, churches demolished on that site are made right.”