Apartments at River View is a 16-story apartment building in

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, featuring panoramic views of

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and the confluence of the city's three rivers. The facility has 218 luxury apartments, with 2012 monthly rent reaching $5,500 in the top floors. The newly remodeled building, rechristened Apartments at River View, opened for residents in May 2012. The building was cited by the

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as an example of the renewed livability of

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. The building was originally the Pittsburgh State Office Building, a state-owned

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housing governmental offices. In March 2009, the

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sold the office building to Millcraft Industries of

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. The sale was criticized by Pennsylvania State Auditor General Jack Wagner, who noted that the $4.6 million sale price was half its appraised value. He said that the plan would cost the taxpayers nearly $55 million in leases to move state workers to other buildings. The replacement located include

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, 411 Seventh Avenue (the Chamber of Commerce Building), 301 Fifth Avenue (Piatt Place). James Creedon, the secretary of the

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, who managed the sale, said that the state saved $14 million by selling the building rather than renovating it.

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