|
|
Article: State auditor Wagner will try to thwart sale of State Office Building
- Article from:
- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- Article date:
- March 26, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2009 Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
State Auditor General Jack Wagner vowed Wednesday to conduct a
special investigation to try to prevent the State Office Building
from being sold at a "fire sale" price to a developer -- but he
couldn't say for certain how or whether the deal could be stopped.
James P. Creedon, secretary of the state's Department of General
Services, responded yesterday that the auditor general's
investigators are welcome to see any sale or lease contracts, cost
estimates or other documents related to the plan to sell the Gateway
Center building for $4.61 million to Millcraft Industries Inc. and
move 800 workers to leased space at three other Downtown buildings.
Wagner announced yesterday in the building's ...