The article isn't clear regarding ownership. My sense is they have a ground lease and own the building, but not the land underneath.

If owner of the brewery truly owns the land, they could be selling under duress as you suggest. However, their seemingly lack of comment suggests otherwise. Hopefully there's a follow up article with more details.

As for PECO, props to them making improvements proactively verses waiting for a flood. Of course, they're not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, but rather as a good business move, which should also improve reliability.