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Lourdes Solera

Jul 2, 2026

5:27
But, Lourdes, what were the most challenging issues that you had to address in restoring and preserving this building?
5:35
Well, everything about it, but a combination of things, starting with the building code, because, of course, this wasn't just a little patchwork repair.
5:45
It's a historic building, so there's a lot of exceptions that you're allowed because it's a historic building.
5:51
But this was a full-blown renovation, restoration, so you couldn't bypass things.
5:58
So we had to add an extra stair because there's not enough stairs, exits, etc.
6:03
We had to really look at the utilities, of course, as a 100-year-old building.
6:08
It had been restored probably in the 80s by actually R.J. Heisenbottle, who is our partner on this project, worked on that original restoration.
9:16
So thank you for that.

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