-: My favorite part of my job is being able
to give public tours at the end of a project.
A lot of times, the buildings that we take on
are the neighborhood eyesores,
so neighborhood folks,
they don't see the vision.
All they've seen is this dilapidated building
that's been dragging their neighborhood down
for ten years.
So, when we're able to walk people through the building
and show them the transformation
and how we were able to kind of breathe new life
into something that they couldn't see the vision on,
it's really satisfying.
My biggest challenges, especially with historic projects,
are balancing what the building wants you to do historically
and staying true to the character of it,
balancing that with the market, and how,
what types of style or amenities or what do people want
in an apartment or in an office space
or in a restaurant.
And then, of course, the financing is always a struggle.