A Pennsylvania high school's future is in doubt after its landlord announced the building is for sale.
PennLive reports the former Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg is in disrepair, with peeling paint, boarded-up windows, graffiti, and water stains.
In late 2019, the Bridge Eco-Village, a for-purpose real estate company, bought the 115,000-square-foot building from the Diocese of Harrisburg for $300,000.
At the time, the group announced its vision to transform the collection of classrooms and hallways into a sustainable and self-contained mixed-use eco-village.
The project would include low-income housing, commercial and retail space, co-working, urban agriculture, an innovation and education center, and an entertainment venue.
The nearly 95-year-old castle-like structure with its twin towers, once an active school until the Harrisburg Diocese closed it in 2012, is in disrepair with peeling paint, boarded-up windows, graffiti, and water stains.
The Bridge's ambitious nearly $54 million redevelopment project calls for a mix of low-income housing, commercial and retail space, co-working, urban agriculture, an innovation and education center, and an entertainment venue.Plans also include an indoor farm with aeroponic systems to grow crops like Read the Entire Article
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