By Mark Belko / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Office space in the Pittsburgh region is getting as scarce as rock salt — with no change in sight. The office vacancy rate for the market as a whole fell to 8.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, making it one of the lowest in the country, the…
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Oxford Development Co. eyes new office building in Oakland
Oxford Development Co. is eyeing putting a new office building in the Pittsburgh Technology Center in Oakland. The Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority board is expected to vote Thursday on whether to enter into 90 days of exclusive negotiations with the developer for the sale of a 1.5-acre parcel along Technology Drive. Shawn Fox, Oxford’s director…
Read MoreOxford plans office building at Pittsburgh Technology Center
Oxford Development Co. still hasn’t announced any final word on whether it will build a new office tower in downtown Pittsburgh. But that doesn’t mean the company isn’t busy elsewhere. Amid plans for apartment projects on the South Side, the Strip District and Homewood, the company is now considering a plan to build a new…
Read More5-story structure sought in Oakland on URA-owned site
By Sam Spatter Published: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, 11:12 p.m. The office market in Oakland, long one of the tightest in Western Pennsylvania, could soon get its third new office building. Oxford Development Co. wants to buy 1.51 acres in the Pittsburgh Technology Center from Pittsburgh’s Urban Redevelopment Authority to build a five-story office building along…
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