Condos planned at Wholey building

Pittsburgh Business Times - July 11, 2008
By Tim Schooley

The Sampson Morris Group is preparing to take on the great neon white whale of Strip District redevelopment projects.

The Monroeville-based development company has an agreement of sale with the Wholey family to buy the longtime New Federal Cold Storage building and convert it to 120 to 140 loft condominiums. The seven-story windowless hulk, which has walls 3 feet thick, is a local landmark thanks in part to the blinking neon fish on its western face.

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