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A rendering by Indovina Associates Architects of the Strip District of a new six-story apartment building on Penn Avenue in East Liberty

July 09, 2021 at 12:16 p.m. EDTBy Tim Schooley

PITTSBURGH – McKnight Realty Partners is advancing a plan to build on the value of acquiring a central block of East Liberty business district along Penn Avenue in late 2020.

The company and its development team presented the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment with a plan to renovate a single story retail building at 5941 Penn Ave. into a new six-story apartment project for a location next to the Kelly Strayhorn Theater.

A subsidiary of McKnight purchased the three properties that make up the block in December from a subsidiary of East Liberty Development Inc. for $ 8.325 million.

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