Staff Writer
Photo by Eric Ayres
The city of Wheeling plans to raze the former Chase Bank building, at left, to build a new parking garage â estimated to be at least six decks tall â to support the private development of the Historic Wheeling-Pitt Lofts in the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel headquarters.
WHEELING Movement on the $30 million Wheeling-Pitt Lofts project in downtown Wheeling has already started a domino effect of investment expected to continue in the future, transforming a city block that for the most part has remained vacant for years.
Earlier this year developer Steve Coon of Coon Restoration and Sealants, along with Dr. John Johnson, owner of the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel headquarters building, announced their plans to move forward with a long-awaited redevelopment of the city’s tallest building into a 12-story apartment complex to be known as the Historic Wheeling-Pitt Lofts.
Jan 16, 2021
It’s only two weeks into the new year, and city officials in Wheeling should call an abrupt end to 2021. Right now, it doesn’t appear as if things can get much better with two major announcements already taking place.
We reported earlier this month on the proposal by Bluefield State College to utilize a portion of the former Ohio Valley Medical Center for an engineering program, which could bring several hundred students to Center Wheeling.
That was followed a few days later by a project that city leaders and developer Steve Coon have been working to announce for nearly three years: redevelopment of the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. downtown headquarters, the Schmulbach Building on Market Street, into loft apartments.
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WHEELING A $30 million investment into Wheeling’s tallest building is expected to inject a new life into the city’s downtown and local leaders are hopeful that the venture will be followed by a domino effect of supporting economic development.
Wheeling city leaders joined Dr. John Johnson, owner of the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Building, and developer Steve Coon of Coon Restoration and Sealants, along with several other local dignitaries who gathered on the 12th floor of the Wheeling-Pitt building Friday afternoon. Officials announced details of the long-awaited redevelopment of the building into a 128-unit apartment complex in the heart of downtown.
ERIC AYRES Staff Writer
WHEELING A $30 million investment into Wheeling’s tallest building is expected to inject a new life into the city’s downtown and local leaders are hopeful that the venture will be followed by a domino effect of supporting economic development.
Wheeling city leaders joined Dr. John Johnson, owner of the former Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Building, and developer Steve Coon of Coon Restoration and Sealants, along with several other local dignitaries who gathered on the 12th floor of the Wheeling-Pitt building Friday afternoon. Officials announced details of the long-awaited redevelopment of the building into a 128-unit apartment complex in the heart of downtown.