Madaleine Rubin

Pittsburgh

Business Reporter at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

business reporter @PittsburghPG | previously @TexasTribune, @pbpost | always @NorthwesternU @MedillSchool | 📧[email protected]

Articles

Downtown Pittsburgh's office-to-residential projects advance with URA backing

6 days ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

The rehabilitation of three historic Downtown buildings cleared another hurdle on Thursday as the city continues its push to turn old, empty offices into new housing developments, particularly affordable units. The Urban Redevelopment Authority approved next steps in the conversion of Downtown’s 44-story Gulf Tower into a luxury hotel and residential hub. Once the Golden Triangle’s tallest building, the office tower’s redevelopment is one of seven conversion projects featured in Gov.
Shuttered Beechview church could be reborn as Mexican market

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

John Colombo/For the Post-Gazette The empty Beechview United Presbyterian Church closed in 2024 but a new proposal could turn it into a hub for retail and food vendors Madaleine Rubin Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A shuttered church in Beechview could become the city’s newest Mexican market. Pittsburgh’s Zoning Board of Adjustment on Thursday morning heard a proposal from the owners of Las Palmas — an independent Mexican grocery store with two main locations — to turn the empty former Beechview...
Pirates can't win - on or off the field

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

After the Pirates’ home opener against the former Montreal Expos in 1995, the headline-maker was not the team’s decisive 6-2 loss. It was sticks. Frustrated over the 1994 players strike, and the Pirates’ poor performance that night, fans littered the field with wooden sticks attached to small flags handed out before the game — causing a 13-minute delay on the field. That team had different ownership. But what happened then is not unlike the start of this year’s season.
Duquesne aims to go big with new health sciences building

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

The next stage of a 10-year master plan for Duquesne University’s development could soon be underway in a parking lot on Forbes Avenue and Magee Street in the Bluff. The university on Tuesday briefed the Pittsburgh Planning Commission on plans for an 80,000-square-foot building to house its Rangos School of Health Sciences, currently located on McAnulty Drive. The proposed 5-story building is part of the university’s master plan, approved in 2022.
Aurora’s driverless truck launches on public roads - a milestone for Pittsburgh tech

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation became the first company to operate a driverless heavy-duty truck on public roads, the tech firm announced. After years of testing the Aurora Driver, the company’s flagship product, the truck successfully completed a route between Dallas and Houston on its own, Aurora said in a statement Thursday.
Runners to take over Pittsburgh for marathon weekend

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

With preparations for hosting next year’s NFL draft already underway, city officials are using the Pittsburgh Marathon — combined with the other events happening in the city center this weekend — as a trial run for showing off to a national audience. “Events, like the marathon, often serve as the first introduction to Pittsburgh for many attendees,” said Jim Britt, vice president of sports events at VisitPittsburgh.
On the clock: As Pittsburgh prepares to host the NFL draft, work on the Arts Landing complex begins

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

In front of a half-demolished building, 14 city officials in hard hats lifted shovelfuls of sand on Tuesday to mark the start of construction at Arts Landing — the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s $31 million new outdoor entertainment space along the Allegheny River. Demolition of the Goodyear Auto Service store at 800 Fort Duquesne Blvd., the only structure standing in the way of the project, started last Monday. Arts Landing should open in April 2026 — when the NFL draft will be held in Pittsburgh.
'Flight to quality' continues: Meyer, Unkovic & Scott to join Downtown office shuffle

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

Pittsburgh-based law firm Meyer, Unkovic & Scott will move its headquarters from Smithfield St. to Grant St. later this year – the latest in a series of firms relocating to higher quality space within the Golden Triangle, despite a slight uptick in Pittsburgh’s office vacancy rate in the first quarter of 2025. Jones Lang LaSalle represented the firm in the transaction and announced the move Monday.
Lessons from Green Bay: Pittsburgh begins to form its 2026 NFL draft game plan

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | Madaleine Rubin

Apr. 27—GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jeff Mirkes stood in front of one of his city's largest vacant buildings on the eve of this year's National Football League draft. The executive director of Downtown Green Bay Inc. pointed at the building's windows — covered with large print-out photos that hid the emptiness inside. One showed downtown's $13 million boardwalk, renovated around 2009. Another displayed its historic Meyer Theatre, expanded a decade ago.
Lessons from Green Bay: Pittsburgh begins to form its 2026 NFL draft game plan

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Madaleine Rubin

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jeff Mirkes stood in front of one of his city’s largest vacant buildings on the eve of this year’s National Football League draft. The executive director of Downtown Green Bay Inc. pointed at the building’s windows — covered with large print-out photos that hid the emptiness inside. One showed downtown’s $13 million boardwalk, renovated around 2009. Another displayed its historic Meyer Theatre, expanded a decade ago.