Three commercial buildings standing across the street from PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh's Uptown neighborhood could soon be torn down. Collier Development Co. has proposed demolishing the properties at 1100 Fifth Ave., clearing the site for a six-story mixed-use building with retail and parking on the ground floor and residential units above.
The City of Pittsburgh Planning Commission heard the demolition proposal on November 3, according to WPXI, which reported that the commission reviewed a demolition application rather than a full development application at that meeting. Collier Development has submitted plans to demolish the three commercial buildings to make room for the new apartment project, as first reported by bizjournals.com.
The push to raze the buildings isn't entirely new to neighbors. Uptown Partners reviewed a proposed demolition of the same addresses — 1100, 1102, and 1106 Fifth Avenue — at a Development Activities Meeting back on December 15, 2025. At that time, according to the organization's own account, no concrete redevelopment proposal, massing study, or timeline for future use had been presented for the site.
A Corridor Already Transforming
Whatever happens with this particular demolition application, it lands in a stretch of Fifth Avenue that has been anything but static. The corridor is bustling with projects, according to Axios, which reported that a 34-unit affordable housing development broke ground just two blocks up the street while a 254-unit mixed-use project two blocks in the other direction cleared the planning commission in April.
Uptown has seen continued investment in housing, transportation, and economic development initiatives, per the same outlet's reporting. That investment has taken visible shape recently: residents have been moving into City's Edge Apartments, an income-restricted housing development, even as construction work continues around the property, the report notes.
Other Recent Uptown Housing Additions
Just last quarter, Beacon opened a new 51-unit affordable apartment building in Uptown in partnership with Uptown Partners, a project that added to the neighborhood's growing inventory of housing options near Fifth Avenue.
The Collier proposal also isn't the first time a demolition-for-apartments pitch has moved through the same corridor. Cincinnati-based Stough Group previously presented a plan to demolish three vacant and condemned buildings at Fifth Avenue and Van Braam Street to clear the way for a 196-unit mixed-use development, a proposal the planning commission unanimously approved. That seven-story building was designed to include public plaza space, retail, and parking, Axios reported.
For now, the three buildings at 1100 Fifth Ave. remain standing across from PPG Paints Arena while the city's review process continues.
