The Hill Community Development Corporation kicked off the start of its construction and renovation project for the Historic New Granada Theater and surrounding spaces with a groundbreaking ceremony on May 25.
With the development corporation leading construction and renovation, the ceremony marks the beginning of the initial $36 million development phase of the historic New Granada building and nearby retail spaces.
The construction and renovation project includes apartments, performance areas, retail spaces, restaurants and 40 units of affordable office space.
The New Granada building is also set to be the future home of Pitt’s Hill District Community Engagement Center (CEC), which is currently based in the Blakey Program Center.
This new space will double the size of the CEC to 20,000 square feet. A STEAM studio will be a key component in the new space, offering programming around science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.
The University will serve as an anchor tenant, offering classrooms, offices, additional spaces and programming for the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics, the School of Social Work, jazz studies and computer literacy efforts.