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Pitt’s first-ever startup “incubator” approved by Board of Trustees
Pitt plans to give early-stage life sciences startups a place to turn ideas into businesses with its first startup facility. The Board of Trustees on Sept. 25 approved a $20 million life sciences startup “incubator” that will provide laboratories, equipment and workspaces for young life sciences and medical technology companies. Located at 3343 Forbes Ave., construction of the facility will start soon, and it is anticipated to open in approximately two years.
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Eastern Pittsburgh suburban real estate transactions for the week of Oct. 11, 2026
Andrew David Rod sold property at 3200 Nottingham Drive to Charlotte Arame Ba for $344,500. Patricia Beasock sold property at 225 E Swissvale Ave. Unit 1 to Catherine Porto for $269,500. Christopher Michael Radke sold property at 212 New England Place to Corey Donahoe and Colin Quirk for $899,999. Barbara...
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New York developer proposes four-phase multifamily project in the Middle Hill
At a time when new housing development has yet to move forward on the Lower Hill redevelopment site of the former Civic Arena property next to downtown, JK Equities and partner Manor Park Ventures, working with local design firm TKA Architects, are pursuing what likely will qualify as the largest multifamily proposal in the Middle Hill District close to Oakland.
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Blackouts are getting worse. Here’s what Duquesne Light is doing — and what it won’t do.
On Sunday morning, as remnants of Tropical Rainstorm Isaias moved through the area, Duquesne Light was reporting power outages affecting around 4,000 Allegheny County customers. The post Blackouts are getting worse. Here’s what Duquesne Light is doing — and what it won’t do. appeared first on Pittsburgh's Public Source . PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.
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STERIS to Acquire Xodus Medical for $2.1B
STERIS announced that it began a deal to acquire Xodus Medical, a specialty surgical products business, for $2.1 billion. Xodus was founded in 1993 and is headquartered near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company develops and manufactures medical devices dedicated to “Making Surgery Safer”, the company said. Its surgical safety tech, including the flagship Pink Pad patient positioning systems, serve hospitals around the world.
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Crews Tear Down Greensburg's Royer's Building Brick by Brick After Decades Empty
S. Main St. — Approximate Former Furniture Store Demolition Site. Workers are tearing down the old Royer's department store building in downtown Greensburg one brick at a time, a demolition that has been underway for about two weeks on the three-story, 40,000-square-foot structure that has sat vacant for decades. Siegel Excavating crews began dismantling the northern side of the building by hand starting October 6, a method chosen specifically to protect the surrounding block.
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Is North Hills Village in Pittsburgh, PA still there, the McKnight Road mall where Gimbels opened?
North Hills Village opened in 1956 as a row of stores on McKnight Road in Pittsburgh's North Hills, with an outside walkway in front and a parking field laid out for 3,500 cars. In 1976 the whole row went under one roof. The enclosure left parts of the old storefront...
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Duquesne Light union will return to work after ratifying new contract
On Sept. 30, workers with IBEW Local 29 get honks from passing motorists outside the Duquesne Light Company Preble Service Center in Pittsburgh. (Shane Dunlap | TribLive) Duquesne Light Co. workers ratified a new contract on Sunday evening, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 29 announced. Union leaders and...
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Data center proves a tough sell at Elizabeth Township town hall
“A project like this obviously has an impact on the community, everybody knows that,” developer Tim Hendricks said. “We don’t know anything about what’s going to get approved.” The post Data center proves a tough sell at Elizabeth Township town hall appeared first on Pittsburgh's Public Source . PublicSource is a nonprofit news organization serving the Pittsburgh region. Visit www.publicsource.org to read more.
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Mapping new routes from farm to table in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh’s Public Source is an independent nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region. Sign up for their free newsletters. Ben Buchanan learned butchery from older workers in a succession of shops. As that generation retired, he saw farmers left with fewer places to take their animals and shops struggling to find skilled replacements. When the pandemic disrupted the meat industry in 2020, he pushed to finish a mobile meat-processing trailer he had been building. “I really gotta get this thing done and get out there and start doing my thing,” he recalled thinking.
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Demolition of Royer’s building in Greensburg underway
Construction workers from Siegel Excavating demolish the northern side of the old Royers building, taking it down brick by brick, in Greensburg on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (Massoud Hossaini | TribLive) Bricks are being peeled away one-by-one from the former Royer’s department store building in downtown Greensburg. Brian Lawrence,...
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Beloved Pa. bakery closes after more than 100 years in business
A cherished Pennsylvania bakery that has been operating for over 100 years has shut its doors for the last time. Minerva Bakery in McKeesport, Allegheny County, said in a Facebook post Monday that with “incredibly heavy hearts” it was announcing that the business would immediately close after 103 years.