PITTSBURGH — John Watson remembers in the before times how he had a law firm interested in the prospects of moving its office into a renovated conversion of the four-story redbrick warehouse that dates to the early 20th century at 80 26th Street in the Strip District.
While the pandemic killed off that possibility, Watson and a group of private investors are now back with what’s been a proven redevelopment approach along Smallman Street in the Strip.
“When you looked at it as condominiums, it worked,” said Watson. “I think we have the bones of a really nice building … red brick, built to last forever.”
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