Oxford in the News

Tim Schooley Pittsburgh Business Times Reporting a strong initial leasing at an apartment project at the SouthSide Works, Oxford Development Co. is now pushing forward with the Emerald on Centre, a 172-unit apartment building to replace what is now a Masterworks Paint building a block from the East Liberty Whole Foods. The company briefed the…

Tim Schooley Pittsburgh Business Times Oxford Development Co. is working to expand its holdings in the Strip District with a key riverfront property. The company is negotiating to buy what will soon be the former Easter Seals building, a property that includes a 76,000-square-foot structure on 2.28 acres of land that includes 250 feet of…

Tim Schooley Pittsburgh Business Times An Oxford Development Co. affiliate has closed on buying the East Liberty property for a new apartment complex near Whole Foods. A firm called Emerald on Centre Apartments LP paid $3 million for two parcels at 5739 Centre Ave., one currently a Masterwork Paint operation, according to real estate records.…

Tim Schooley Pittsburgh Business Times In an unusual step for the full-service development firm, Oxford Development Co. announced it is partnering with Colliers International to expand the marketing for its proposed office tower development downtown, 350 Fifth Ave. A project originally announced in 2012, Oxford has been working to establish anchor tenants to generate financing…

Tim Schooley -Reporter- Pittsburgh Business Times Oxford Development Co. spent the years following the Great Recession building new hotels in places like Michigan and Colorado and working on federal projects with the Department of General Services. But these days, Oxford’s current focus is home sweet home. “From 2013 to 2015, our emphasis has been heavily…

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,…

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…

By Mark Belko / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Allegheny Regional Asset District served as the rich uncle Monday to three local foundations in their $8.49 million deal to buy the August Wilson Center for African American Culture. Asset District board members, in a 6-0 vote with one abstention, approved a $1.5 million grant to help the…

By Jodi Weigand – Trib Total Media Photo – Jason Bridge – Trib Total Media The only thing most people know about the University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center — U-PARC — in Harmar is that it has a building with the Pitt logo on a tower that can be seen from the Route 28…

Oxford Development Company organized a companywide Ice Bucket Challenge, raising awareness for ALS, through our Wellness Committee on Friday, August 22nd at the site of our new Hot Metal Flats residential project in the South Side Works. Oxford employees, as well as Board Chair, Anne Lewis were challenged were challenged by the ALS Association of…