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A Pittsburgh developer's two-year effort to build an office building in Oakland took a major step forward Tuesday when the City Planning Commission approved downsizing the facility to seven stories.
Originally, the Elmhurst Group, Downtown, wanted to build a 10-story building on a parking lot adjacent the First Baptist Church at Ruskin Avenue and Bayard Street.
The project was delayed after neighborhood groups and residents objected to the building's size. No local residents appeared at yesterday's session to express objections.
Commission member Paul Dick, who lives in the neighborhood, said the original objections included concerns about having another hospital facility as a tenant in the building. Select Medical Corp. of Mechanicsburg in Cumberland County, eventually dropped plans to put a medical care facility there.
