By Ron DaParma Pittsburgh Post-Gazette • April 6, 2005 When Aaron Stauber first visited the Ewart Building on Liberty Avenue, he was afraid to go in. It was 1998, and the eight-story building had been vacant and boarded up for 20 years. Stauber, managing director of Rugby Realty Co. Inc., was looking at it as a potential purchase for…
By Ron DaParma Pittsburgh Tribune Review Business • July 24, 2008 New York investor Aaron Stauber will not allow a confrontation with union pickets outside one of his Downtown skyscrapers to spoil an extended stay here. “I’d cross out (Tuesday) night as a good night, but only one night out of 13 was bad,” said Stauber, president of Rugby…
By Sam Spatter Pittsburgh Tribune Review Business • February 8, 2008 Christine Goodis likes what she sees in a district she calls “the fastest-growing area” in Pittsburgh. That’s why, after spending 12 years at a location on Wood Street, Downtown, she moved Salon Christine, her beauty salon and spa, to the 900 block of Penn Avenue in the city’s…
By Bonnie Pfister Pittsburgh Tribune Review Business • July 2007 Late one Wednesday night about a month ago, New York-based real estate developer Aaron Stauber stepped out of the Westin Convention Center Hotel and strolled west on Penn Avenue. “I’m looking, and I see this crowd in front of the building — my building. And I’m a little concerned,” Stauber…
Making it big in little Havana Downtown Little Havana Aaron and Daniel Stauber have a unique ability to rediscover and transform city districts long forgotten or discarded by others. Their latest transformation is Miami’s Little Havana area. While other major builders are shifting out of affordable housing projects, the Stauber brothers have moved in – in a big way. Through…
