Pittsburgh's non-farm employment reached a new high at 1,185,500 in June. The year-over-year increase of 15,000 jobs continued the trends of that past year or so, with manufacturing and logging/mining/construction (which includes oil and gas exploration) declining 3.3% and 1.2% respectively. Sectors with the biggest gains were hospitality (5.4%), other services (3.2%) and professional services (1.2%).

A report earlier this week showed job gains in Pittsburgh's technology sector of more than 13%. Current leasing and development activity corresponds with that trend, with most of the new development in the city being gobbled up by technology companies.

June employment in Pittsburgh grew 15,000 (1.3%) over June 2016, reaching an all-time high. Source Pittsburgh Today.

In news of bidding in the real estate market,  The Builders Exchange is reporting that the 28,000 sq. ft. Junction in Bloomfield is out to bid, due on Friday. Final bids are being taken on the Stonehaven Brewery & Restaurant, the re-use of the Spaghetti Warehouse ( the bidders are at BuildingPittsburgh.com). Graziano, Landau, Massaro and PJ Dick were short-listed for the construction of Vincentian Senior Living's $16 million independent living facility in McCandless. Penn State short-listed Massaro, Donley's and Clayco for its $33 million parking garage at the Hershey Medical campus; and PSU chose Haskell for its design/build $40 million wastewater treatment plant at University Park campus. MBM Contracting was selected for Jefferson Hospital's emergency room.

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