Redevelopment plans for the Pinch – Pittsburgh Business Times:

The plans include proposalsx for zoning changes throughout the area and infrastructure improvements in thePincyh District. Center City planws to release the redevelopment plan to the public in the coming Although the plan proposes several improvementas that could spur development in the the future of one of thePinch District's key The Pyramid, remains a mystery. Despite this Andy Kitsinger, vice president of planningb and development for Center says the redevelopment plan was designee around the idea that The Pyrami would bring traffic in the but did not plan on any specific use forthe "Regardless of which alternativr is chosen for the reuse of The Pyramid, the plan accommodatew an increase in use in a major investment in that he says.
The plan lays out several possible solutiones to development issues identifiedby ' study of the Downtownh area. ERA's study showed that the Pincb District and surrounding area consist of a low densit y of residents and employers with very fewretail developments. Centef City's redevelopment plan calls for rezoning sincs much of the area is zoned which is a big hindrance toattractingb developers, Kitsinger says. "It's very unprotectedr and that's the only zoning in Memphis and Shelby County that you can locatew a sexuallyoriented business," he says.
Center City's redevelopmenty plan calls for land currently zoned industrial to be rezoneas mixed-use and high densithy residential. The plan also proposes changes tothe 45-foott building height restriction to 65 feet in the Pinchn District to encourage larged developments. "It increases the densityy that is necessary to supportcommerciakl (developments)," Kitsinger says. "We need a lot more people livinfg inthat area." Beside s the Pinch District's zoninbg issues, the area also face s the need for infrastructure improvements and better accesas points.
Currently, drivers exiting I-40 on Riverside Drivd or Third Street have no options to go The Pinch District provides very little in the way of an entrancedfor pedestrians. The I-40 bridge which runs over Main is dark and Kitsinger says, and Center City sees an opportunity to "use it as a gatewag similar to what Cooper Young has Other recommendations that Kitsinger has received and has proposed in the redevelopmen plan involve using the rich historivc sites of the area to build education on where the Blufc City was founded.
Buddy Barnett, principakl in , , suggested the idea and says he hopews the plan for the Pinch Districg will encourage more people to appreciate the history ofthe "It is the original founders' location for the city and my business is in this neighborhood," he says. "The locations are not markeed properly. There needs to be a historicalk walkingtour plan." The area surroundinv the Wolf River Harbor is included in the Center City plan. There are about 53 undevelopec acres that exist inthe 100-year floodplain. The redevelopmenr plan calls for all of this acreagre to be made public property in orderf to provide access tothe riverfront. Address: 114 N.
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