The steel mill buildings of Raleigh, N.C., had reached the end of their useful lives in the 1980s. These bare-bones structures, essentially just concrete floors and rough cladding, accomplished little more than keeping weather outside.

Seeing their potential, Raleigh-based developer Grubb Ventures LLC purchased the buildings in 2016 and inked a partnership with global real estate investment company Jamestown in 2019, resulting in a multiyear adaptive reuse conversion into a thriving innovation center and community hub.

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