By Nick Lewandowski For The Almanac Writer@Thealmanac.Net The Mt. Lebanon commission tabled a controversial zoning change for a property near the border of Brookline on March 11 after a raucous three hours of citizen comments. This came complete with loud applause, interjections from the crowd and even booing as commission president Kristen Linfante demanded the…
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Oxford in the News
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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreEmphatics 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…
Read MoreGiving 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…
Read MoreOptions 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…
Read MoreOxford 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 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…
Read MoreReimagining 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…
Read MoreHomewood construction realizes workforce development
By Christian Morrow – New Pittsburgh Courier It wasn’t long ago, Black community leaders–specifically Tim Stevens and Louis “Hop” Kendrick–would frequently call the New Pittsburgh Courier to alert the paper that they had driven by a construction project in one of the city’s African-American neighborhoods and seen no Black faces on the job. If either…
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