Cases
Representative Matters: Real Estate Development
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Use Practice: Ms. Rouse has extensive experience representing developers, educational institutions,
community service organizations seeking l
development, zoning, historic preservation,
building approval for major construction projects. Ms. Rouse has assisted the following clients to obtain local approval necessary for construction: Allegheny County Airport Authority, l
development
zoning approval for runway safety improvements required at Pittsburgh International Airport
Allegheny County Airport Authority, negotiation of l
development agreements for major outparcel developments
College Development, use variance, dimensional variance, conditional use
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development approvals for the construction of a multi-unit housing project
College Development, negotiation of development, roadway construction
water
sewer agreements with the City of Pittsburgh
municipal authorities to facilitate the construction of a multi-unit housing development
Private client, rezoning of 35 acres in Butler Township to permit commercial retail development
Private client, nomination
listing of a complex of outst
ing buildings to the National Register of Historic Places.
Propel Schools, conditional use
variance approvals necessary for the construction of three charter schools throughout Western Pennsylvania
Rankin Christian Center, conditional use, variance
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development approvals necessary for the construction of a $3 million addition
De Paul Institute, conditional use, variance, l
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building permit approvals permitting the completion of construction of a school for disabled children
Providence Connections, conditional use, use variance
historic preservation approvals necessary for the construction of a new community center.
Ms. Rouse represented the Allegheny County Airport Authority in its efforts to revise certain provisions of local zoning ordinances that conflicted with Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
Ms. Rouse has extensive experience in negotiating agreements of sale for commercial properties. She has also represented clients on appeals of cease
decease orders
citations for building ordinances.
Ms. Rouse has represented l
developers planning mixed use, commercial
institutional structures
planned residential communities.
As deputy director of the City of Pittsburgh's Department of City Planning, Ms. Rouse managed the development of the City of Pittsburgh's new Zoning Ordinance, its implementation
its amendment. Ms. Rouse has spoken
written extensively on Pennsylvania's Municipalities Planning Code
its local application to major construction projects.
Construction Practice: Ms. Rouse has negotiated
prepared design, development
construction contracts for industrial, institutional
developer clients. She negotiated design-build
construction agreements for new buildings
additions valued at more than $20 million erected by a private New Engl
college. For a major mail order retailer, Ms. Rouse prepared a family of form construction agreements tailored to major construction projects, smaller renovation efforts, the purchase of discrete building or operating systems,
for design-build efforts.
Additional Background: Ms. Rouse was the university architect for the University of Pittsburgh
for Temple University. At Pitt, she was responsible for the planning
design of a $150 million campus expansion. This included the adaptive reuse of the Masonic Temple, the renovation of Hillman Library
the development of the new Multipurpose Academic Complex. At both Pitt
Temple, Ms. Rouse retained design
construction professionals, managed construction efforts
participated in dispute resolution.
In private architectural practice, Ms. Rouse was project manager for a number of major construction projects including a new 40,000 square-foot building for the Child Psychiatry Center, banking facilities for First Pennsylvania Bank, transit stations for SEPTA
office facilities for law firms, insurance companies
universities. She has extensive historic preservation
adaptive reuse experience.
