• Seven houses will be rehabilitated and one house built on Third Avenue in Rankin as part of a $1.7 million upgrade of residential streets. Once all of the houses have been sold, the homeowner occupancy rate will double and increase tax revenue and occupancy on the street by 25 percent, said Jo Ellen Welsh. She is director of Community Outreach for the Mon Valley Initiative, co-sponsor of the project with the Rankin Community Development Corp. The seven houses are vacant. The new house will be built an old house will be demolished. Financing is by Allegheny County Department of Community and Economic Development, BNY Mellon Foundation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, PNC Bank and First Niagara Bank.

• A proposal to rezone 37 acres in the Strip District from Urban Industrial and Golden Triangle Sub-District C to Specially Planned District No. 8 Riverfront Landing will be reviewed on Tuesday by the City Planning Commission. The land is bounded by Veterans Bridge, Allegheny River, 21st Street and Smallman Street. The proposal by Buncher Co. includes a plan for a mixed-use development. The hearing will be held at 2 p.m., first floor, John P. Robins Civic Building, 200 Ross St., Downtown.

• Approval to convert a structure at 4027 Beechwood Blvd., Squirrel Hill, into a multiunit residential building will be requested on Thursday by 4017 Beechwood Blvd. LLC from the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment. The building will have 24 parking spaces and offer counseling services for the elderly in 1,200 square feet on the first floor. Anab and Bujhil Properties LLC will request a variance to convert a five-story structure at 3811 Bigelow Blvd., Oakland, into an 11-unit apartment with nine outdoor and three indoor parking spaces. Senko Construction Inc., representing Oakland Planning & Development Co., will seek approvals for two three-story, single-family housing units with two-car parking spaces at 3610 and 3606 Frazier St. And it will seek approval for two three-story single-family attached units and one detached dwelling, two-car parking spaces for each, at 3524-26-28 Frazier St., all in Oakland.

• Boar’s Head Cafe has opened in 2,620 square feet at the Airmall in Pittsburgh International Airport, on the Transit Level of the Landside Terminal. Other openings include Bar Symon headed by celebrity Chef Michael Symon, Tech Interaction, Auntie Anne’s and Cinnabon. Bruegger’s Bagels will open this month.

• Megan Moore, formerly with Colliers International and Hertz Investment Group, has joined CBRE Inc. as vice president in the asset brokerage group.

• The Hyatt Regency has won the 2011 Community Service Award from the Pennsylvania Tourism & Lodging Association. Finalists for other awards include Paul Newmaster of Pittsburgh Airport Marriott for general manager of the year; Darryl Cann, Omni William Penn, for guest relations; and Jason Herzog, Hyatt Regency, lodging employee of the year.

Leases

•T-Mobile USA Inc. renewed at Foster Plaza, Green Tree, for 6,660 square feet.

• Contessa Premium Foods signed for 5,600 square feet at Blaymore II in Sewickley.

• MedExpress has leased the former Burger King restaurant property, 3024 Washington Pike, Bridgeville. Renovation of the building will be completed in October, said R.T. Walker of Beynon & Co., who represented the landlord, GEB LLC.

Real estate gallery

• Recently elected to the board of trustees of the Howard Hanna Children’s Free Care Fund Foundation are President Colleen O’Brien; Vice President Kelly Hanna Riley; members Myra White, a Howard Hanna Real Estate vice president and manager of the Shaker Heights, Ohio, office, and Howard Slaughter Jr.

Deals of the week

A quick look at recent retail, commercial and industrial projects, sales and leases of note in Western Pennsylvania:

Price: $5.9 million

Property sold: Alex Paris Lakes, North Franklin Township

Seller: CNX Land Resources Inc., Cecil

Buyer: CNX Water Assets LLC, Cecil

Details: Reclamation project on two lakes covering 960 acres; transaction is between two units of Consol Energy Inc.

Comment: “Consol Energy has opened the two lakes for public recreational use,” said Lynn Seay, Consol director of media relations.

Price: $900,000

Property sold: 1415 Mt. Royal Road, Shaler

Seller: Ike Enterprises LLC, Pittsburgh

Buyer: Daysix Real Estate LLC, Pittsburgh

Details: The Royal Arms Apartment, 24 units, multilevel building

Comment: “The buyers have every intention of maintaining the property as an apartment,” said Richard E. Sobehart of Ike Enterprises.

Price: $895,000

Property sold: 2160 English Turn Drive, North Fayette

Seller: DMC Imperial Associates LP, Pittsburgh

Buyer: Western Allegheny Community Library, Oakdale

Details: A building used for computer operationson 2.75 acres

Comment: “We plan, probably within two months, to relocate our library into the building,” said Pam Perry, president of the library board of trustees.

Top-dollar homes

Recent home and condominium sales that brought top prices in Western Pennsylvania.

Price: $1.1 million

Property: Pine

Seller: Thomas and Christine DiDonato

Buyer: Rajiv and Seema Malik

Details: Colonial, open floor plan, two-story guest room, walk-out game room, exercise room, state-of-the-art home theater, built-in ironing center in first-floor laundry, private third-floor bedroom and bath

Comment: “The buyers liked its move-in condition, bright open floor plan, its custom details throughout, the home theater with leather seats, a bar area and billiard area,” said Don Seaton; he and his wife, Kathy, are with Re/Max Select Realty.

Price: $650,000

Property: Brighton Twp., Beaver County

Seller: Estate of Patricia B. Hays

Buyer: Mark and Nancy Korcinsky

Details: Three-story brick Georgian Colonial, two-story entry, library, private guest suite, den, game room, kitchen with butler’s pantry

Comment: “The buyers loved the quality of the home, its elegance and wonderful floor plan and that the house was on over seven acres and has a circular driveway,” said Betty Moraca, Howard Hanna Real Estate.

Price: $555,000

Property: Adams, Butler County

Seller: John Shirron

Buyer: James Shiperly

Details: “The buyer liked that the house is on six acres with parnoramic views, near shopping, schools and major highways, and that the house has a huge cathedral ceiling, great room with floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, first-floor master bedroom with custom master bath, and three car garage,” said Molly Vitlar, Howard Hanna Real Estate.

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