— RESIDENTIAL • RENOVATION
Letsche School ApartmentsMATT DOYLE’S ROLE
OWNER’S PROJECT MANAGER
PROJECT VALUE
$36MTYPE
ResidentialBUILDING
RenovationUNITS
174LOCATION
Braintree, MATIMELINE
2016 - 2017PROJECT OVERVIEW
Letsche School Apartments is a 46-unit mixed-income adaptive reuse development located at 1530 Cliff Street in Pittsburgh's Crawford-Roberts neighborhood in the Lower Hill District. The project transforms the historic former Letsche School, originally built in 1905 with a 1941 addition, into 27 one-bedroom, 12 two-bedroom and seven three-bedroom apartments. The development also includes four new construction townhomes across two adjacent vacant parcels, capturing views across the Strip District and Allegheny River. Amenities include a community room, courtyard and picnic area, laundry room, playground, elevator and an on-site Resident Service Coordinator. 25 units are subsidized through a Section 8 HAP contract.
OWNER’S PROJECT MANAGEMENT
A 174-unit, $36M ground-up mixed-use Class A community requires an OPM who can coordinate residential and ground-floor commercial sequencing, transit-adjacent permitting and Class A finish quality. Matt structured and negotiated the AIA contracts, ran the RFP and bid leveling process, managed the monthly requisition cycle, coordinated MBTA and town of Braintree reviews, negotiated change orders from a position of knowledge, and held the GC and design team accountable to the schedule and quality standards ownership required. The result: 174 Class A mixed-use apartments delivered to a lease-up standard.
OPM SCOPE
Monthly cost reporting, budget reconciliation, and financial requisition review
RFP production, competitive bidding process, and procurement management
Coordination with City of Braintree and regulatory compliance throughout construction
AIA contract structuring and negotiation: exhibits, addenda, legal compliance
Vendor package review, testing coordination, and quality control
Change order negotiation and technical review to control scope
Construction schedule development, monitoring, and forensic delay analysis
Design team oversight and value engineering to maintain quality and budget
