{"id":258869,"date":"2026-08-04T09:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258869\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T09:34:11","slug":"state-of-the-strip-district-slow-down-on-development-but-a-new-boost-in-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/258869\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Strip District: Slow down on development but a new boost in retail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH  \u2014 Sea Monkey, a new nightclub by Richard DeShantz Restaurant Group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Western Pennsylvania\u2019s first retail store for Design Within Reach, an upscale furniture store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Roaming Bean\u2019s first coffee shop that isn\u2019t based on its popular food truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">They\u2019re all individual newcomers along Smallman Street, but combined they point to a larger trend of successfully expanding retail and restaurants in the Strip District, which added 16 new businesses last year in the strongest year for the neighborhood since 2022, against only three business closings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">That\u2019s according to the new State of the Strip Report, which Strip District Neighbors released Wednesday, charting a year in which the ongoing wave of residential construction slowed amid various development challenges, with population growth slowing along with it. Yet at the same time, the neighborhood found other ways to grow. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/07\/30\/state-of-the-strip-district-multifamily-2026.html?ana=wpxi\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/07\/30\/state-of-the-strip-district-multifamily-2026.html?ana=wpxi\">Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Sea Monkey, a new nightclub by Richard DeShantz Restaurant Group. 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