Preston Springs Hotel Redevelopment

[tomh009]

Many places have been saved, and it likely has to do with the condition they were in prior to any conversation, as well as their potential. Arrow Shirt, Kaufmann, Seagrams, Goudies, the Tannery, are some of the places that come to mind that got a second life.

You can find photos online of Arrow pre-conversion. It was in pretty rough shape, to be sure. But the key is that it was structurally sound: those giant concrete columns were still solid, so the developer had a base on which to create the new project.

But if the structure itself is falling apart (Electrohome, Mayfair, Preston Springs), it's far more difficult to save anything of the building.