June 21, 2013 12:18 am By Scott Bergstein I came to Pittsburgh 33 years ago and, eventually, became an executive with the venerable Oxford Development Co., where I had the privilege to work for 25 years. I met my wife, Jessica Coup, in Pittsburgh. Together, we lived a fairy tale life in a place that…
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New apartments coming to the SouthSide Works
By Margaret L. Smykla www.sopghreporter.com News of a proposed apartment building at the corner of Hot Metal and Sidney streets was the sole presentation at the June 11 meeting of the South Side Planning Forum. The presenters were project manager Benjamin Kelley, and project director Michael Barnard, both of Oxford Development Company. Oxford will be…
Read MoreSymposium in Pittsburgh Focusing on Female Veterans
By Joyce Gannon / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Chris Cieslak returned to Pittsburgh in April 2012 after a year’s duty as a U.S. Army Reserves officer in Kabul, Afghanistan, and was showered with praise by family, friends and professional colleagues. But by that June, the project director for Oxford Development Co. felt as if she had slammed into a…
Read MoreCCAC Could Locate Expanded Campus North of City
Paul J. Gough – Digital Producer- Pittsburgh Business Times The Community College of Allegheny County is looking at a campus north of Pittsburgh that will have more space than the one it has now in McCandless Township. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported it’s part of a long-range plan to increase CCAC’s workforce development programs. It is hiring Oxford…
Read MoreDeveloper seeking anchor tenant for proposed Smithfield Street skyscraper
By Sam Spatter Published: Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 12:01 a.m. As Oxford Development Co. celebrated the 30th anniversary Tuesday of its signature Downtown building at One Oxford Centre, questions remained about the status of its proposed $238 million skyscraper on Smithfield Street. Several tentative deadlines — the most recent being autumn 2012 — have passed without final plans…
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