Murray Avenue Market to anchor The Brandywine in Squirrel Hill

Brandywine Communities has fully leased the former Rite Aid space at The Brandywine in Squirrel Hill to Murray Avenue Market, a 12,000-square-foot neighborhood grocery store. The move completes a major leasing milestone at the landmark Forbes and Murray property and adds a long-missing daily-need retailer to the neighborhood.

Why it matters: - Murray Avenue Market will bring a full-service grocery option back to one of Squirrel Hill’s key commercial corners. - The lease fills one of the largest remaining vacancies in The Brandywine. - The store adds an everyday retail service that Brandywine Communities says is intended to serve residents from across the neighborhood.

What happened: - Brandywine Communities announced that Murray Avenue Market will anchor The Brandywine at Forbes and Murray Avenues in Squirrel Hill. - The grocery store will occupy the former Rite Aid space in the building. - The market will span 12,000 square feet. - Brandywine Communities acquired The Brandywine in late 2025.

The details: - Murray Avenue Market will offer fresh produce, premium meats, baked goods, prepared foods, kosher grocery items, and household essentials. - The store is designed as a clean, modern shopping environment open to the broader community. - Yitzchock Glassner, owner of Murray’s Market, said the goal is to operate a kosher market that also works as a community grocery store for everyone. - Glassner said the store will focus on healthy, convenient, and accessible shopping. - Brandywine Communities said the grocery lease restores an essential neighborhood service at a site that has long served as a retail anchor. - Jamison Combs, director of marketing and communications for Brandywine Communities, said the tenant mix reflects the company’s goal of bringing meaningful investment back to the corner.

Between the lines: - The lease signals continued repositioning of The Brandywine from an underused property into a mixed-use destination. - The grocery store adds foot traffic potential that could support the building’s retail and office tenants. - The tenant mix suggests Brandywine Communities is betting on neighborhood-serving uses rather than destination-only leasing. - The announcement also reinforces Squirrel Hill’s role as a retail center for surrounding residents.

What's next: - Murray Avenue Market is expected to begin construction in the coming months. - Opening details will be announced later. - The building’s second floor is already fully leased to Techstra Solutions, Pittsburgh City Paper, Generation Dental, and an affiliate of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. - Those office tenants are expected to move into newly remodeled spaces later this year. - Renovations continue throughout the property. - Brandywine Communities will keep working to complete The Brandywine’s transformation into a neighborhood retail and office destination.

The bottom line: - The Brandywine’s latest lease moves the Squirrel Hill property closer to becoming a fully activated mixed-use hub with both daily retail and professional office tenants.