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"When the city’s steel industry imploded in the late 1970s-early 1980s, it left behind large, unwanted industrial properties which, over time, led to neighborhood blight. The old bones of Pittsburgh’s industrial past are still there, but now they are being redeveloped to provide homes for a new type of industry—one that requires some level of manufacturing...

RIDC tenant nanoGriptech has signed a new five-year lease for expanded space at the Lawrenceville Technology Center (LTC). NanoGriptech will occupy 6,300 square feet of the Chocolate Factory, an LTC building named in honor of its chocolate factory roots. “We are growing in terms of revenue, and we want to set up a high-speed coating line,...

TEQ Magazine article "Building A Robotics Future In Pittsburgh From An Industrial Past" takes a look at the burgeoning robotics industry in the city from a commercial real estate perspective. Written by RIDC President Donald Smith, the article can be viewed on page 44 of the June issue or on page 23 of the digital...

Early last week, the first batch of steel arrived at the Mill 19 building in Hazelwood Green and the first column was erected. Now, over 30% of the steel is up. (more…)...