UNITED STATES – Ms Diamond Pearson needed a new place to live and was looking for something with an industrial feel. When Liberty Crest Apartments in Fairfax County, Virginia, came up in her online search, she was intrigued.“I checked it out and fell in love – the brick, the concrete floors – it was so beautiful,” said Ms Pearson, 32, who works at Fairfax County Schools. Every unit in the complex is unique and she liked that too.
It was not until she was signing the lease agreement that someone said: “Did you know this is an old prison?”.....
...In 2008, the county started working with The Alexander Company, a
Wisconsin developer with expertise in historic preservation and adaptive
reuse, to convert former cellblocks and other buildings, and to build
new structures. The complex now includes 165 apartments – of which 98
per cent are leased – 157 town homes and 24 single-family homes, as well
as commercial spaces....
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