Developer pursuing 128-unit apartment building for Melwood Avenue in Oakland

PITTSBURGH — The Hudson Companies, a Hermitage, PA-based developer and investment firm, is lining up a plan to build a new 10-story apartment building in Oakland.

Slated to present the plan to an upcoming community meeting of the Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, Hudson seeks to build a project working with the name The Julian at 419 Melwood Ave., what is now an established warehouse building tucked behind the Porsche dealership on Baum Boulevard.

To Tyler Hudson, it’s the right project for the site for a development expected to total 128 units and not require any zoning variances.

“In our eyes, it’s an area that would welcome some change on the street, given that historically it has been predominantly older warehouses,” he said.

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