Month: December 2011

  • East Liberty Restaurant Tenant Activity on the Rise

    Source: Post-Gazette.com Hungry for retail tenants, East Liberty is placing orders, and Chef Kevin Sousa is serving up barbecue and dogs. This makes Kevin Sousa doubly committed to East Liberty. While finalizing plans for Union Pig and Chicken, a Western Pennsylvania-style barbecue restaurant on North Highland Avenue, which was leased to Sousa by Colliers International…

  • December 2011: Pittsburgh Office Market Highlight

    Source: Northeast Real Estate Business Magazine Contributed by Paul Horan, Founding Principal Colliers International | Pittsburgh These are exciting times for Pittsburgh’s Central Business District’s (CBD) office market. Pittsburgh’s CBD Class A office market is experiencing a very favorable vacancy rate of 7 percent. The high levels of occupancy have been driven by strong growth…

  • Black Friday Shines, Small Business Saturday a Success and Cyber Monday Soars

    Sources:  National Retail Federation, TechFlash.com, Wall Street Journal, American Express Consumers who gobbled up great deals holiday shopping on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday helped secure a spot in the record books, with traffic and spending up both online and in stores, reaching historic highs.  According to the National Retail Federation survey conducted…