PITTSBURGH — Amid the countervailing mix of positive and negative measures of the commercial real estate world, Ricardo Ruiz offered a bracing fact as part of his presentation for the 2026 Urban Land Institute Emerging Trends report before a local audience of real estate professionals at the Power Center at Duquesne University on a snowy December morning.
That would be the complete stalling out of the working age population of the United States.
“The slowdown is unmistakable,” said Ruiz, explaining that in the past, two million people were typically added each year to the workforce, but today the number has largely remained flat.
Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts.
Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS
©2025 Cox Media Group