Ground-breaking set for downtown Pittsburgh condos

June 16, 2008

A ground-breaking is scheduled Wednesday for the first condominium project in Pittsburgh’s “Golden Triangle” in nearly 40 years.

The project, called 151 Firstside and located between First Avenue and Fort Pitt Boulevard, is a $26 million, 18-story, 82-unit building being developed jointly by Ralph A. Falbo Inc., a downtown residential development company; EQA Landmark Properties, a Strip District development company and Zambrano Corp., an O’Hara Township construction firm.

It is the first downtown condominium project since Gateway Towers was constructed in 1968. The need for more residents downtown has been a hot button issue  READ MORE

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