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Old Grade School Offers Loft Condos in the Suburbs
Thursday, February 2, 2006 at 12:00PM Old Grade School Offers Loft Condos in the Suburbs
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - February 2, 2006
By Jonathan Barnes
You can't go back to the old elementary school in Bellevue, but you can buy a piece of it.
Grant Elementary School, a century-old building constructed in the neoclassic design, has stood on Jefferson Avenue since 1903.
Pupils filled its classrooms for 79 years before the school closed in 1982. It was then a community center before Northgate School District, which owned the building, sold it in 2004 to developers for $175,000.
Now, Grant School Associates is developing the old building into loft condominiums, called the Grant School Lofts. They will range in price from $165,000 to $370,000.
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