Friday, October 19, 2012

Pittsburgh's first micro-apartments being planned

 
In an age of McMansions, SUVs and bulging waistlines, two local developers are looking to put the rental unit on a diet and bring the first so-called micro-apartments to the city.
Burns & Scalo Real Estate Services Inc. has an agreement to buy the eight-story former Graphic Arts building at 422 First Ave., downtown, and is considering a plan to convert it, along with a newly built addition, into 100 micro-apartments.
The apartments would range in size from 300 to 400 square feet, and would likely be rented for less than $1,000 a month.

Read the rest of the article by Tim Schooley here.


Reporter- Pittsburgh Business Times