Article: Chemical Firm May Sell Downtown Pittsburgh Office Building.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 16 -- PPG Industries' glass home Downtown is unofficially for sale, and Pittsburgh's Hillman Co. has expressed an interest in buying the office and retail complex.

Hillman Co. is a secretive investment company headed by Pittsburgh billionaire Henry Hillman. If sold, PPG Place could fetch more than $200 million.

No agreement has been reached with Hillman. If a deal gets done, though, Hillman may involve another local real estate partner in the purchase. Hillman executives could not be reached for comment yesterday.

"It seems to be a good time" to sell a major office building Downtown, said ...

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