A group of three men with grand ambitions have turned an abandoned high school building into 31 luxury apartments. With the success of this massive renovation, they’re doing it all over again with the high school across the street.
When Pittsburgh realtor Jesse Wig found the abandoned former Auberle Education Center in Homestead, Pennsylvania, listed for sale for just $100,000, he saw potential, reported CNBC Make It. Without a fixed idea for its renovation, Wig snapped up the building in May 2019, then enlisted another real estate investor, Adam Colucci, to brainstorm.
The former Auberle Education Center in Homestead, Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Jesse Wig)
The pair considered turning the school into a wedding venue, a coworking space, or a beer garden. “We had big eyes,” Colucci told the outlet, “and after two years of spinning our wheels, all the professionals told us that all roads lead to residential eventually.”…