Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh

Not to be confused with Urban Redevelopment Authority.
Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA)
Agency overview
Formed 1946 (1946)
Jurisdiction City of Pittsburgh
Headquarters 200 Ross Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
40°26′12.34″N 79°59′48.16″W / 40.4367611°N 79.9967111°W / 40.4367611; -79.9967111
Agency executives
  • Robert Rubinstein, Acting Executive Director
  • Kevin Acklin, Chairman
Website www.ura.org

The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA)[1] is the City of Pittsburgh’s economic development agency, committed to creating jobs, expanding the City’s tax base, and improving the vitality of businesses and neighborhoods. The URA achieves this mission by assembling, preparing, and conveying sites for major mixed-use developments; and by providing a portfolio of programs that include financing for business location, relocation and expansion, housing construction and rehabilitation, and home purchases and improvements.

Public Projects

The URA is currently facilitating a number of large-scale real estate developments, including:

SouthSide Works brownfield redevelopment

Impact

As of 2015, nearly $3 billion in private investment has been leveraged by $336 million in tax increment financing administered by the URA – a leverage ratio of 9 to 1.[2]

Between 2006 and 2012, the URA:[3]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh.
  2. ↑ "2015 TIF Annual Report" (PDF). Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh.
  3. ↑ "2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh.
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