http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/10/13/ura-oks-sale-of-east-l... URA OKs sale of East Liberty building, parcel at tech center Oct 13, 2016, 4:16pm EDT The board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh <http://companies.bizjournals.com/profile/ura/145091/?mkt=pittsburgh> voted to move forward with a measure to sell the former Detective Building in East Liberty to Portland, Ore.-based Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co. The vote will allow Brian Faherty <http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/search/results?q=Brian%20Faherty>, owner of Schoolhouse, to quickly begin measure to save the building, which he said has a leaking roof and other related deterioration that needs to be taken care of before winter. [image: Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co.'s retail showroom at its Northwest Portland, Ore., factory.] Enlarge <http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/10/13/ura-oks-sale-of-east-liberty-building-parcel-at.html#i1> Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co.'s retail showroom at its Northwest Portland, Ore.,… more <http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/10/13/ura-oks-sale-of-east-liberty-building-parcel-at.html#i1> Cathy Cheney “The hope is that we can start phase one as soon as we officially close,” he said of a two-phase project to repair the structure and then build out the interior to strive for a late 2017 opening. The price the URA listed to sell the building is $250,000. Schoolhouse is a consumer products design and manufacturing firm that seeks to make the 63,326-square-foot building its East Coast headquarters, complete with a retail shop and cafe, a light manufacturing operation as well as offer co-working space to the Beauty Shoppe, based in East Liberty. The vote on Schoolhouse was one vote among others the URA board took on neighborhood projects expected to be key developments in their respective neighborhoods. The URA board also voted to sell a 1.6-acre parcel at the Pittsburgh Technology Center <http://companies.bizjournals.com/profile/ura/145091/?mkt=pittsburgh> in South Oakland to Northpointe Development Group LLC, which is expected to build a 111-room Hotel Indigo at a cost of $14.7 million, a project that will bring the first hotel and restaurant to the office park. The board also voted to further the sale of a former school in Morningside for a new affordable housing development by a.m. Rodriguez as well as to move forward on selling two neighboring properties in Beechview to a partnership lead by Atlas Development Co. to be redeveloped into a new boutique hotel and hostel. *Tim Schooley covers retail, real estate, construction, hospitality, arts and entertainment, and government. Contact him at tschooley@bizjournals.com <tschooley@bizjournals.com> or 412-208-3826. *