Masonry Magazine December 1994 Page. 31
Rehabbed Factory
Wears New Exterior
Eighty-two year old, three wing manufacturing plant undergoes extensive rehabbing to house upscale shops, offices, a bank and a college.
By Bill Schwarz
Berkeley Associates
WORDS HAVE been popular among real estate entrepreneurs and investors in commercial properties in New England for years, especially in New Hampshire. In formal boardroom presentations, in general contractor/masonry contractor planning sessions, "renovate" is heard as often as "construct," and "retrofit" just as frequently as "bulldoze" and "build."
While new hi-tech manufacturing plants, malls and movie theaters need specific design plans and construction procedures, there's a strong inclination in the real estate profession to rehab the many turn-of-the-century mills and factories scattered throughout the area.
Aesthetic appeal, of course, is an attraction, and considerable effort is devoted to keeping the exterior as closely as possible to the original. But, more importantly, a landmark or not, is that the building be structurally sound with the space necessary for potential clients.
To investors, the Sundial Center just off the Interstate in Manchester, New Hampshire, met these parameters. In 1989, the owners of the 72-year-old structure made the "rehab it" decision, one wing at a time. For
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