Mt. Lebanon development plan worries Brookline

By Matthew Santoni Published: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 9:00 p.m. Mt. Lebanon commissioners have agreed to postpone rezoning a former school and group home for development because dozens of residents from neighboring Brookline want to weigh in on the project’s potential effect on their neighborhood. Green Development Inc. and Oxford Development are seeking multi-family mixed residential…

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The Construction Industry Evening of Excellence

2013 MBA Building Excellence Awards Winner – HYATT house Pittsburgh South Side by Rycon Construction Oxford Development Company congratulates Rycon Construction, Inc. for being one of the 2013 MBA Building Excellence Award winners for their work on HYATT house Pittsburgh South Side. The Construction Industry Evening of Excellence, held on February 27, 2014, is a…

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Emphatics boutique bids Downtown Pittsburgh adieu

By Sara Bauknecht / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For decades, Emphatics boutique has enticed people through its doors with a selection of hand-picked, high-end fashions rivaled by few others in the nation. Apparel by the likes of Japanese designer Issey Miyake and shoes by Parisian designer Maud Frizon were among their offerings. French haute couture designer Jean…

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Giving back part of mission at Oxford Athletic Club

By Deborah Deasy Published: Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 9:00 p.m. Helping others is a monthly mission at the Oxford Athletic Club in Pine. Each month, Beth Yankel, business manager, organizes a new charitable project for the club’s 2,000-plus members. “I’m always looking for something we can do,” said Yankel, a Hampton High School graduate and single…

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Options for Office Space in Region Becoming Scarce

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…

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Oxford 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…

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5-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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Reimagining Fuel – American Natural Brings Fuel Choice to Consumers

American Natural was founded in 2011 with a focus on reframing the way that fueling was being offered to the public in the modern marketplace. With a goal of providing consumer choice, American Natural acquired operating fueling stations and a wholesale petroleum fuel distribution fleet from Mon Valley Petroleum and opened its operating headquarters in…

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Success of Strip District properties spawns ideas to add residential projects

By Sam Spatter Published: Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, 9:40 p.m. Updated 12 hours ago The Strip District’s two successful apartment developments — the 298-unit Cork Factory along Railroad Street and nearby 96-unit Lot 24 — are luring developers to work on at least three more. They are encouraged by the 100 percent occupancy of the apartments;…

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