By Patrick J. Kiger Urban Land – The Magazine of The Urban Land Institute February 9, 2015 – Original Post There was a time when New York City—the epitome of the 24-hour city and a traditional magnet for the best and brightest young professionals—seemed like the perfect place for Mike Cross and Theresa Boyd. Cross,…
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Mixed-use projects bring city setting to suburbia
By Tory N. Parrish – Tribune-Review Retirees Fred and Donna Albert were looking for a change of pace last year, but they didn’t want to slow down, they said. With their five grown children out of their single-family home in McCandless, the Alberts decided they wanted to move to a place that offered them amenities…
Read MorePiatt calls 20,000 residents downtown in 10 years 'absolutely achievable'
Tim Schooley – Reporter- Pittsburgh Business Times Don’t expect all the new apartments coming on the market in and around downtown Pittsburgh to sit empty for long once they’re completed. That’s the confident consensus expressed — with occasional caveats — by a panel of local developers who are playing a major role in creating a…
Read MorePath cleared for ‘urban flex’ in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood
By Mark Belko / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oxford Development Co. has secured the land it needs to build a 51,000-square-foot office building at Pittsburgh Technology Center in Oakland. Now it’s working on a tenant. City council approved the sale of 1.5 acres of riverfront land to Oxford on Tuesday for $690,000 plus costs, clearing the way…
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