Retrofit Atlas

Malls · Pennsylvania

Allegheny Center Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtPittsburgh, PA

Reinhabited in 2015. · from the fields below

Ask who owns this Download dossier (PDF) · early access Download record (JSON) API Share LinkedIn Correct this record

Solid = from the authors' map · outlined = public source · dashed = model-written, not yet reviewed by a person. Tap any value's source label to see where it came from.

Map view. No verified photo yet. Send one.

Site profile20 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/224710974224672 overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …http://farosproperties.com overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
100k+ jobs within 45 min by transitThis site: 238,682 epa-walkability · all sites with this
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 kmThis site: 406 units in 6 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 78,275 on SR 0028 SH fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 108 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -11% census-cbp · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: SR 0028 SH fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
National Register place within 500 mThis site: Allegheny Post Office; Osterling, Frederick J., Office and Studio nps-nrhp · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 87% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract income up 60%+ since 2013This site: +172% census-acs · all sites with this
Tract population up 25%+ since 2013This site: +50% census-acs · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 17.8 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: urban renewal plans that built the original mall; https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=151165ae35654f05a814e7b41195a75b%20%20 Reinhabitation:… record · all sites with this
New use
Data centerThis site: …id=151165ae35654f05a814e7b41195a75b%20%20 Reinhabitation: data center, office and mixed use arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
Mixed useThis site: 7b41195a75b%20%20 Reinhabitation: data center, office and mixed use arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
OfficeThis site: 654f05a814e7b41195a75b%20%20 Reinhabitation: data center, office and mixed use arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

From the authors' map

PA, Pittsburgh: Allegheny Center Mall/Nova Place, 2015
• urban renewal plans that built the original mall; https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=151165ae35654f05a814e7b41195a75b%20%20
• Reinhabitation: data center, office and mixed use

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
StrategyReinhabitedpublic sources
What is there nowurban renewal plans that built the original mall; https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=151165ae35654f05a814e7b41195a75b%20%20 Reinhabitation: data center, office and mixed useauthors' map
Retrofit year2015authors' map
RedeveloperFaros Propertiespublic sources

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Allegheny Center Mall” and “Pittsburgh” (55 hits, first 55 sampled, 16 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
Public owner (weak)Phillips Edison - ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. (PECO)12013-05-09 to 2013-05-0910-Q 1

As reported by the loan servicer

Loan-level data the CMBS trust files monthly on EDGAR (Form ABS-EE, Exhibit 102, Schedule AL), latest filing per trust. Balance is the scheduled balance at the period end; DSCR is on net cash flow from the most recent borrower financials; appraised value is the latest valuation reported, or the one at securitisation. Several trusts for one mall usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes, each trust reporting its piece. Matched on the property name and state in the exhibit, unreviewed.

TrustPeriod endBalanceMaturityDSCRAppraisedOccupiedStatus
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-C51 ABS-EE 2026-09-29 · filing
match: exact		2026-09-11$71.0M
of $71.0M 2019-06-03		2029-06-111.88x
NOI $11.7M		$200.1M 2019-01-23, at securitisation78.0%current
Trimont LLC
  • NOVA PLACE (Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2019-C51): built 1966; renovated 2019; 1,142,745 sq ft NRA; tenants PNC Bank N A., Duquesne Light Company, Continental Broadband; originator Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m21: 6TH STREET BRIDGE; AGH PRINT SHOP; ALLEGHENY CLEANERS; ARCONIC INC. CORPORATE CENTER; ATLANTIC SVC STAEPA FRS
Census tract 420035627002,002 people, 5,700 per sq mi; median household income $67,667; median gross rent $1,315; 87% renters; 4.6% vacant units; 7.3% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 17.8 of 20; 380 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 330 m; land-use mix 0.76; 158,742 jobs within 45 min by car, 238,682 by transit; 29% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 1 schools, 75 parks or playgrounds, 11 health, 19 civic, 47 food and drink; 108 cycleway segments, 599 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
National Register places within 500 m7: Allegheny Post Office; Osterling, Frederick J., Office and Studio; Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny; Allegheny High SchoolNPS
Housing permits, Allegheny County (PA), 20241,603 units in 5+ unit buildings, 40 in 2–4, 1,356 single-family; 2023: 2,605 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.40; socioeconomic 0.42; housing and transport 0.81; 21% below 150% of poverty; 22% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby2 within 10 km, 8 within 25 km: Parkway Center Mall (4.1 km); North Hills Village (8.2 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Allegheny Center Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.59, from Overture, meta); building footprint 20,015 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialfarosproperties.com (alive); archived 2011–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views16,291 since 2015; 2,360 in the last 12 months (-22% vs the prior 12); peak 2015-10 with 470Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +50% (1,330 → 2,002); median income +172% ($24,904 → $67,667); renters 82% → 87%; median home value +192% ($122,000 → $356,700)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 70.0); expected annual loss $1.6M; high: inland flooding; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km6 LIHTC properties, 406 units: Allegheny Commons East (130 units); West Park Court (112 units); Farmers Market Apts (71 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20233,971 establishments (-11%); 68,050 jobs (-8%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $236,739 (-0% 1 yr, +13% 5 yr); typical rent $1,504/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)78,275 vehicles a day on SR 0028 SH (freeway or expressway, 5 lanes); 4,151 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Similar sites

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Allegheny Center Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

Search images: Google · Bing · Commons · references: ULI case studies · Google Scholar

Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Now called / also known asNova Place
CountyAllegheny County
Census division2 · Mid-Atlantic

Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, year opened, original developer. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Allegheny Center is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh's North Side. Its zip code is 15212, and it has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both council members for District 6 and District 1 (Northside).

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 2015 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

More in Pennsylvania

Exton Square MallExton Square MallExton, PA · 2020Partial Redeveloped · Reinhabited · Partial reinhabitation: healthcare, civic Partial redevelopment:…Granite Run MallGranite Run MallMiddletown, PA · 2013Partial Redeveloped · Partial redevelopment: demalled plus residentialStation MallStation MallAltoona, PA · 2010Reinhabited · Reinhabitation, healthcare435 Devon Park Dr.Wayne, PA · 2024Regreening · Reinhabitation, under construction · 162 apartments across the existing two-story buildings. Three acres…Abbey Gardens office complexReading, PAReinhabitation, approved · 92 apartments, made up of 84 one-bed and eight two-bed flatsAirport site (for large warehouse)Allentown, PARedevelopment, proposed · A large warehouse is proposed to be built