After nearly a decade of planning and extensive back-and-forth with North Side residents, developers are just “weeks away” from breaking ground on a massive riverfront complex set to transform acres of land in the Chateau neighborhood.

With the purchase of two additional land parcels, Canonsburg-based Piatt Companies now fully owns the 15-acre plot earmarked for the “Esplanade” project — an ambitious riverfront development that will include a Ferris wheel, high-rise apartments, a marina and possible floating homes on the Ohio River.

For nearly $4.5 million, the developer has purchased more than three acres of land from Pittsburgh-based manufacturer Detroit Switch Inc. and the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority, respectively. Piatt Companies spokeswoman Molly Onufer on Tuesday confirmed

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