It is located very close to the CMU campus! You cannot get a better location. This is located on Fifth Avenue across from Ivy Street (near S. Aiken Avenue). It is a 2 minute walk to the Walnut Street shopping district, bars, restaurants, coffee shops, yoga, spinning, retail shops, grocery stores and much more are nearby.
The apartments are large with wall to wall carpeting or hardwood floors. Some have balconies! Lots of windows, they are light and bright! The rooms are big & bedrooms are almost equal sized. Living rooms are huge! Some have new kitchens with dishwashers, microwaves & a/c units! Free huge storage lockers and coin-operated laundry in basement!
1.0 MILE TO CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
1.5 MILES TO UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
0.9 MILES TO WHOLE FOODS GROCERY STORE
0.9 MILES TO UPMC
0.3 MILES TO APPLE STORE/SHADYSIDE BUSINESS DISTRICT
0.6 MILES TO MARKET DISTRICT GIANT EAGLE (GROCERY STORE)
0.3 MILES TO STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP/ COFFEE TREE ROASTERS COFFEE SHOP
0.3 MILES TO RESTAURANTS/BARS/CLOTHING RETAILERS
1.0 MILES TO BAKERY SQUARE SHOPPING/GOOGLE HEADQUARTERS

The CMU and PITT shuttles stop in front of the building!!!
The City of Pittsburgh buses run every 10 minutes straight down Fifth Avenue.