Pittsburgh’s office market may be on the road to recovery, according to the latest reports from local real estate firms.

The market has spent years in flux, still rebounding after offices emptied out during the pandemic as companies shifted to remote work. Since then, firms have continued to downsize, swapping space in some of Pittsburgh’s largest buildings for smaller, newer offices.

But the city’s vacancy rate doesn’t capture the full picture, the latest reports say. Demand for top-tier buildings is rising — and for the first time in months, more space was leased than vacated from July through September of this year, reports say.

That’s left some real estate sources cautiously optimistic after watching the value of high-profile buildings plummet over several years.

“The market is now

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