Here are some photos of before and after on the bottom floor.
This is where our garage store room will be.It was used to store wood. It is right in front of the stairs.
After the removal of the wood and shelves.
The wall next to the material lift before removal. It was constructed with bead board. We are saving the bead board to use in the renovation,
After the removal of the bead board wall next to the Material Lift.
The aluminum door behind the Material Lift.
And after the sheetrock was removed from the wall in front of the Material Lift. We have to replace the wall with a 2-hour fire rated sheetrock wall and 2-hour fire rated door to access the Material Lift.
During the asbestos removal they had to remove the old windows and window seals. The City gave us approval to install the new windows until the final Engineer Drawings are reviewed and approved. Here are the new windows.
One of the main reasons we wanted this building is the Otis 5k lb #3 Carriage Type, Hand Powered, Lift. It is located in the back of the building and will only be used for freight. It will not be open to the general public.
They added a motor in the past to improve the operation. We will be removing that and restoring it to the original hand powered operation.
The video taken below was with a DJI Mavic Pro Done.
Council members also approved a $5,000 grant to James and Teresa Ferens for their property at 106 E. Henderson St. The couple bought the building, which was formerly The Comic Boxx, about a year ago. They plan to renovate the upstairs into a loft apartment and plan to renovate and lease the downstairs.
Teresa Ferens said they will use the grant to repaint the building’s exterior.
Ferens said asbestos abatement of the building is complete and that second floor windows are being installed. Final designs and engineer drawings for the building are in the works, she said.
The first of many inspections was a Feasibility Inspection. We hired an Independent Adjuster to evaluate the current structure to determine if it was financially feasible to take on this project. This gave us an idea of what kind of costs we could expect.
The feasibility study took about 2 months to complete from the initial contacts, to the inspectors being onsite, and then to generate the final report. The report was pretty in depth, and gave us an idea of what renovations would have to be completed to bring the building up to current codes.
Not long after this, we hired a commercial inspection company to evaluate the property to determine if the building was worth saving. They provided a detailed Property Inspection Report which took about a month to complete. It proved that the building was structurally sound and could be saved.
The report was 38 pages long and included the following sections:
Structural
Electrical
Plumbing
Mechanical
Here are some of the images that were provided in the report:
This is just a small example of the information provided in the written sections of the report:
Roof Covering
The roofing material appears to be reaching the end of its serviceable life expectancy. You are strongly encouraged to have a properly certified roofing contractor to physically inspect the roof, prior to the expiration of any time limitations such as option or warranty periods, to fully evaluate the condition of the roofing material. The observation made to support the rendering of this opinion are listed but not limited to the following:
The roofing material observed to have impact damage in various locations. The impact damage may have been caused by a previous hailstorm and should be further evaluated.
The composition roofing material has experienced considerable granular loss in various locations throughout the roof.
Visible evidence of moisture intrusion (leaks) through the roofing material and/or flashing details were observed over the upstairs warehouse area. The cause and remedy should be further evaluated and corrected as necessary.
Some blistering was observed in the buildup roofing material was observed. This condition should be further evaluated and corrected as necessary.
Damaged shingles were observed on the east and west sides of the roof structure.
Missing shingle were observed on the east and west sides of the roof structure.
2nd Floor 
We are planning on keeping the original brick and have an open concept design.
