Boxy, modern-looking, 'cookie-cutter' apartment buildings have been popping up across American cities in recent years. Why do ...

It’s all but impossible, for instance, to build mid-rise apartment buildings on small or irregular lots — which constitute a large proportion of available space in a mature city like Pittsburgh.

That left 374 units across multiple low-rise buildings, where according to the company's submittal, it will explore mid-rise and high-rise construction up to 16 stories as well as retention of ...