In his first venture as a developer, Mike Clements isn''t exactly playing it safe.
Treading into waters that have swamped so many others, Mr. Clements is intent on doing his part to move the downtrodden Fifth and Forbes corridor Downtown from "blight to bright."
He has spent $258,296 to purchase a vacant three-story building at 308 Forbes Ave. in the heart of the corridor with hopes of converting it into retail and residential space.
After several failed attempts by the city to use big name developers to transform the corridor, Mr. Clements sees the building-by-building approach -- "grass-roots investment," as he calls it -- as the key to energizing Fifth and Forbes avenues and supplementing bigger projects like Three PNC Plaza, Piatt Place, and the G.C. Murphy redevelopment.
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