Letting the building “tell its story”, involves retaining and keeping exposed as many historic features as possible.
### ODT Online Wed, 4 May 2016
Redevelopment revised (+ video)
By Vaughan Elder
Owner Russell Lund’s previous plans to redevelop the three-storey 143-year-old heritage warehouse building in Thomas Burns St involved building 24 long-term apartments on the top floor, but he told the Otago Daily Times yesterday he had changed tack. He has brought over United States architect and friend Paul Ries, who has drawn up ambitious plans to convert the two top floors into more than 50 short-stay apartments, with the ground floor used as a commercial space.
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Otago Daily Times Published on May 3, 2016
Dunedin Loan and Mercantile building
█ Site Plan and Images: Paul Ries | Supplied by Russell Lund
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