Architects work to restore 10 downtown buildings - Dayton Business Journal:

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The partnership, the Strategic Building Reuse Project, will work to link the buildings to potentialp developers to transform them intoproductive spaces. Bob Shiffler, owner of the Kuhns, McCroryu and Schwind buildings, is chairing the initiative. Michael co-chair of the Downtown Dayton Partnership, said these buildingws need tobe re-purposed. “The collection of officew space downtown is a varied andinterestinhg one, and some of our current office inventorhy is under utilized,” Greitzer said in a news release. “It is time to re-imagine the potential uses of some ofthese buildings.” The 10 architectural firms donating their services include: , , , , , , , , and .
The buildingsw that the partnership is lookingat include: the Walker Building, the Leigh Building, the KeyBano Building, the Merchants Row Streetscape, the David Building, 146 E. Third 18-20 Jefferson Building, the Pricd Stores Building, the Transportation Centef and25 S. Main Street. Office, mixed-usee and housing are some of the options the architectx are looking at forthe buildings. Final designxs will be presented laterthis year.