PROJECT SUMMARY
Carnegie Mellon University is proposing to slightly expand, pave, and install storm water management infrastructure to the dirt parking lot on Melwood across from the former Pittsburgh Filmmaker’s building. CMU bought the building and the lot last year and are still making plans for their use. In the meantime, the paving of the lot will require a Zoning Board action, as well as Planning Commission due to the lot’s location in the Baum Centre Overlay District. CMU presented at the Oakland-wide meeting on January 28, 2020, proposing that paving will take place in June/July 2020.
The project was put on hold during the pandemic lockdown and is tentatively deferred to summer 2022. CMU plans to restart permitting and outreach in fall 2021.
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