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  • Q2 2013 Pittsburgh Office Market Report

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    Colliers | Pittsburgh

    The Pittsburgh market continued to outpace the national average in the second quarter of 2013    as the overall office vacancy decreased 0.1% to 8.0% compared to 17.0% nationally. Despite an average rental rate increase of $0.15 to $18.63 in the market, Pittsburgh remains a value to businesses in comparison to the nationwide average rental rate…

  • Pittsburgh Continues Green Redevelopment with Pens’ Plan for 28-Acre Former Civic Arena site

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    Colliers | Pittsburgh

    Sources:  Commercial Property Executive, Pittsburgh Business Times ; Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership   Green redevelopment in downtown Pittsburgh is growing. The Pittsburgh Business Times has reported that the former Civic Arena 28-acre site is poised to become a mixed-use “live-work-play community” that includes 1,200 units of housing, 600,000 square feet of office space and 250,000 square feet of…

  • Green Building Alliance searching for green-minded building owners

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    Colliers | Pittsburgh

    Sources: Pittsburgh Business Times, Green Building Alliance, Eco Home Magazine, Architecture 2030 The Green Building Alliance (GBA) is on the lookout for ambitious, green-minded building owners Downtown, and perhaps in parts of the North Shore, to be founding members of a pilot program they are developing to commit to the goals of the national Architecture 2030…

  • Team to study impact of ‘green’ buildings

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    Colliers | Pittsburgh

    Source:  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Increasingly, everyone from new home builders to major companies like PNC Bank have embraced the green credo of buildings that are not only energy efficient but use environmentally sustainable products. But exactly what environmental impact those buildings have over the life of their existence from construction to operation to demolition and disposal is…