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Dear Resident: This letter is to inform you that the building you reside in has been sold... New Ownership will be converting the buildings to condominiums later this year.

Well, fuck. We liked it here.

We could try to buy it, but the weirdnesses here make us unsure that we'd want to be tied to it, and the glut of similar projects happening all over the twin cities seem to insure that it wouldn't be easily resellable. And even if it was perfect and we wanted to buy it, and we could afford it, we'd be displaced during conversion anyway.

So, we don't know when we're kicked out, the letter was a form letter and purposely vague. But I guess we're moving this summer.

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What an odd building to make into condominiums. It has lots of character, which is a big plus. But then it has even more character than that, which is a bit of a minus, and then more character just keeps piling on. I think they'll have to gut the electrical system. That's expensive. Repaint everything. Cheapish. I would think they would want the entrances to be more normal, but that's maybe not necessary. I wonder if the floor plans will be left intact? Are people willing to buy an entirely open space? Don't you have a huge brick wall, and isn't it icy cold in the winter? I guess they could insulate and sheetrock all exposed brick walls, but that would be a visual shame.