As it’s been a while, I thought that I should give you an update on the renovation of 209 Pearl Street. Since my last post, things have changed a bit. Most notably, we’ve chosen not to have a loft apartment on the second floor, and instead build-out more offices for Landline Creative Labs. It wasn’t […]
We now have electricity at Landline Creative Labs. I was super excited about this development until it dawned on me that I now no longer have to stop pulling nails and scraping paint when the sun goes down. For what it’s worth, I’m enjoying the work, even if it does kind of feel like we’re […]
When news first broke a few weeks ago that Jesse Kranyak and I were in the process of buying 209 Pearl and opening Landline Creative Labs, we were interviewed for Concentrate. And, at some point in that interview, I said the following regarding my role in the building’s rehab. “My back is going, so I’m […]
You wouldn’t know it from the street, but 209 Pearl has a lovely rooftop lake. Or at least it did until about midnight last night. Yesterday, while the rest of you were enjoying lunch, Jesse and I closed on 209 Pearl. And, this evening, we got to work. The first order of business was to […]
As you may have heard today, Jesse Kranyak and I are attempting to purchase and renovate a building in downtown Ypsilanti. The 9,000 square foot building, which was constructed about 100 years ago by Michigan Bell Telephone, has been largely vacant since the summer of 2014, when a fire ended its most recent incarnation, which […]
