Neighborhood Solutions is formerly known as Real Estate
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Chesterlfied
Road
The sixth phase in the Chesterfield Road development was
completed in fall 2005.
All ten units OPDC owns on Chesterfield Road were rehabilitated as single-family,
owner-occupied houses. The sales of these homes, which were once vacant eyesores
on the street, has increased the owner occupied rates on Chesterfield Road
to 37% (approximately equal to owner-occupancy rates in the surrounding area).
Each house has two stories with a full basement. The first floor is comprised
of a living room, dinning room and kitchen. The second floor has three-bedrooms
and a bathroom.
Pacelli
House
This deteriorated, but beautiful Victorian structure on Dawson Street had
to be sold at an estate sale. The family asked OPDC to purchase the house
in order to assure that the integrity of the house would remain intact. With
homeownership solidified in the neighborhood, OPDC completed a six-unit renovation
in 1990, which meets the community needs for high-quality apartments for lower-income
individuals.
Frazier
/ Dawson Street Project
This project involved the development of four single-family newly constructed
detached homes. Each unit consisted of 3-stories and a full basement, 1st
floor living & dinning room and eat-in kitchen, a front or back porch,
three bedrooms one-baths with the option of a fourth bedroom and a second
bathroom on the third floor. Off-street parking was included in all but one
of the homes. This development was completed Summer 2000.
Locust
Street
In a neighborhood that had not seen new housing in over 30 years, OPDC partnered
with the Uptown Community Action Group to redevelop six vacant parcels of
land on the1700 block of Locust Street in Uptown. OPDC acted in a developer/
project manager capacity to build five new single family dwellings with three
bedrooms and one and half baths, beautiful front porches and off-street parking.
The land was donated by Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh for redevelopment.
Dinwiddie
Street Development
In 1999, the Hill Community Development Corporation and OPDC developed a partnership
as owner and developer respectively, that realized the completion of six beautiful
brownstone façade townhomes on Dinwiddie Street in the Hill District
area. Each 1783 square foot home consists of three bedrooms, one and half
baths and an integral car garage. The units were designed to illustrate and
complement Dinwiddie Street's original townhouses that were built in 1889.
Ward Street Rehabilitated Houses
In the late 1990's OPDC purchased several run-down and vacant or abandoned
properties in South Oakland on Ward Street. These units were inspected and
found suitable for complete rehabilitation.
Ward Street New Townhouses
Phase II of Ward Street included the construction of four new construction
units, each with three bedrooms, one and one-half baths and an option for
a fourth bedroom on the lower level. The new houses have large back yards
and off-street parking.
Saybrook
Court
In 1980, the Saybrook Apartments on Craft Avenue at Kennet Square were almost
completely destroyed by fire. In their place stands Saybrook Court, built
in 1985 through a joint venture by OPDC and a subsidiary of National Development
Corporation. Its 56 condominiums for low and middle-income buyers were the
first major homeownership development in South, Central or West Oakland in
50 years.
Niagara
Square
OPDC and its partner National Development Corporation completed these 46 condominiums
in 1986. The new homes were built on an isolated park which had been a problem
for the neighborhood, while three blighted structures between Saybrook and
Niagara were replaced by a new City parklet. At the same time, OPDC lobbied
successfully for 60 housing units for the elderly, much needed by the community.
Holmes
Place
When Holmes School closed in 1986, it was clear that for-profit development
would fill the site with transient, rental housing. Following numerous neighborhood
meetings to discuss renovation and new construction alternatives, OPDC secured
the site from the school board and built Holmes Place -- 40 townhouses and
24 garden condominiums, all for affordable homeownership. As with Saybrook
and Niagara, about one-third of the new owners were from Oakland. Another
third were Oakland employees now setting down roots in the community. The
final third were buyers coming from different communities for the fine quality
of life that Oakland offers its residents.
Holmes
Court
When for-profit developers failed to assemble financing for rental units next
to Holmes Place, OPDC acquired the parcels for homeownership uses. Holmes
Court has 24 garden-condominium units which replaced fire-damaged buildings
on Ward Street and a frame house on Dawson Street.
