Albion Residential Completes Pittsburgh Adaptive Reuse Project
The project included the restoration of a 19th-century firehouse.
Albion Residential has completed construction of Albion Lawrenceville, a six-story, 267-unit luxury multifamily property located in Pittsburgh. The project includes the restoration of a former firehouse in the city’s Upper Lawrenceville neighborhood.
The project was financed by First National Bank and First Commonwealth Bank. Project costs were not disclosed.
Residents began move-ins during March and the property has reached nearly 50 percent lease up, according to Andrew Yule, executive vice president of development at Albion Residential. Greystar is managing the property, which includes 27 affordable apartments built under the city’s inclusionary zoning guidelines.
Construction of Albion Lawrenceville, which included the adaptive reuse of the 1890-built fire station, began in October 2024. Harthorne and Plunkard designed the project. The former firehouse, which has 5,700 square feet of retail space, will operate as a juice bar.
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Yule said the firm hopes to continue its Pittsburgh development pipeline. Albion also operates Albion at Morrow Park, a 213-unit luxury property in the city’s East End neighborhood, and Highland House Tower by Albion, a 22-story, 163-unit luxury apartment building in Highland Park.
Development details
Albion Lawrenceville offers a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts ranging in size from 475 to 1,300 square feet. The apartments have floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood-like floors, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, keyless entry, in-unit washers and dryers and balconies.
Community amenities include a fitness center, a yoga studio, a Zen treatment room and sauna as well as a dog park and dog wash, coworking spaces, a conference room and a grab-and-go mini-market. Other features are a game room, a tap room with bar, a rooftop terrace and lounge with seating, grills, a fire pit, fireplace and courtyard. The development also has bicycle storage and a mail room.
Located on 1.86 acres, the property has a multi-level parking structure with 220 parking spaces and EV charging stations.
Located at 5275 Butler St., Albion Lawrenceville’s surroundings border the Allegheny River, and the community is located approximately 7 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh. Residents will be able to walk to the Butler Street commercial district, which includes shops and dining options.
Other Albion projects
Albion Residential focuses on the acquisition, development and operation of Midwestern urban, luxury apartments. In addition to Pittsburgh, Albion is active in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Ohio, Minneapolis, St. Louis and Nashville, Tenn.
Albion announced last month that it is nearing completion of the first phase of Albion Music Row project, a 29-story, 458-unit tower with studio, one- and two-bedroom units. It is located between Broadway and Demonbreun Street, just west of downtown Nashville in the Music Row neighborhood. The two-phase development will also include an urban park for public performances as well as a recording studio. At full build-out, the property will have approximately 800 residences and 4,000 square feet of ground-floor restaurant space.
The company has opened the leasing center for Albion Music Row at another Nashville asset, Albion in the Gulch, at 645 Division St. The 20-story, 415-unit residential tower was completed in 2023. The luxury property has a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units as well as three-bedroom, two-story penthouses.
Late last year, Albion Residential and partners Koplar Properties and Theis Group broke ground on Magnolia Ridge, a five-story, 182-unit multifamily community in Des Peres, Mo., a St. Louis suburb. Completion is slated for spring 2027.
The company is also developing Albion West End, a 30-story, 305-unit high-rise project in the Central West End area of St. Louis slated for delivery in 2027.
