About the Project

The Dormont Junction Station TOD Site is to become the first joint development project under PRT’s current TOD Program, which aims to foster economic vitality, increase transit ridership, and promote smart growth throughout Allegheny County. This project presents an opportunity to transform two surface parking lots into a lively, mixed-use, mixed-income community.

This project stems from the 2018 Station Area Plan where PRT worked with the Borough of Dormont and the surrounding communities and stakeholders to develop a new design for the light rail station, needed access improvements on surrounding roads, and equitable and sustainable transit-oriented development (TOD) on PRT and Borough parking lots adjacent to the station. Following the completion of the plan in 2019, the Borough of Dormont amended their Zoning Code to support transit-oriented development surrounding light rail station areas.

With support from the local community, PRT, and the development community, the Dormont Junction Station TOD Site can become a model for transit-oriented development in Allegheny County.


Download the RFQ

PRT's Dormont Junction TOD Request for Qualifications has been published and is ready for submittals.

Update

April 2025: PRT and the Borough of Dormont have released a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a development partner to initiate the project. The full RFQ can be found below in the document library and is linked above. The solicitation timeline is below.

Interested respondents should submit their proposals to Moira Egler at megler@rideprt.org by May 26, 2025.

Questions should also be submitted to Moira via the email address above by May 5th.

The project aims to achieve several key goals, which should be incorporated into the development approach suggested by respondents. Proposed development approaches should allow PRT and the Borough to:

  • maintain ownership control of the site via a long-term ground lease or similar agreement form;
  • maximize the site’s social and economic value;
  • establish a proactive, harmonious long-term partnership between PRT, the Borough, and the development partner;
  • focus on mixed-use, transit-oriented, and multifamily housing, a portion of which should be affordable, ensuring accessible living options for all residents;
  • support the participation of disadvantaged business/diverse business enterprises;
  • respondents are encouraged to incorporate elements of environmental sustainability in their proposed development approaches.

This project addresses the following values from PRT’s long-range transportation plan, NEXTransit, adopted in 2021.

  • Accessible: infrastructure is fully available in every way to those with specific needs, such as physical or mental disabilities, those traveling with infants or small children, and those traveling with groceries or other goods.
  • Affordable: this project makes it easier for those of all means, including the underemployed and unemployed populations, to utilize transit without needing to sacrifice other life sustaining activity, such as buying food, medicine or heating, to do so.
  • Equitable: the project not only ensures the fair provision of services to those with limited means or higher risk, but affirmatively acts to better the services offered to these groups in an effort to combat historical and environmental imbalances in the community.
  • Sustainable: the project enhances the health of communities and the natural environment through its design and operations with regard to energy use, water use, raw material use, land use, and waste production.

The planning and design phases of the project were funded by PRT's Capital Budget. In April 2023, PRT received a $500,000 grant for construction of the station from U.S. Congressman DeLuzio.

Borough of Dormont, Allegheny County Economic Development

Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - active

    RFQ Publication

    14 April 2025

  • Timeline item 2 - incomplete

    Pre-Submission Virtual Meeting

    28 April 2025 - Optional

  • Timeline item 3 - incomplete

    Questions Due

    5 May 2025

  • Timeline item 4 - incomplete

    Answers to Questions

    12 May 2025

  • Timeline item 5 - incomplete

    RFQ Responses Due

    26 May 2025

  • Timeline item 6 - incomplete

    Shortlisted Respondents to be Notified

    July 2025

  • Timeline item 7 - incomplete

    Shortlisted Respondents Site Tour

    July 2025

  • Timeline item 8 - incomplete

    RFP Publication

    Anticipated date Summer 2025

  • Timeline item 9 - incomplete

    RFP Responses Due

    Anticipated date Fall 2025

Project Images

Review materials from the station area plan and station design process.

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