Church to Loft or Multi-Family Conversion

[Ari Zartarian]

Hey BP Community,

I'm an investor working in Michigan and I've been communicating with the owner of this beautiful old church in a happening town in metro-Detroit, and the members are interested in discussing a sale, as the building is requiring too much up keep for their use.

It has beautiful exposed brick, two floors, about 10,000 square feet, and the potential do some upper loft areas as well.  I've purchased and flipped a few single family homes, and I own a few apartment buildings, but have never taken on a rehabilitation project like this.

Admittedly, my partners and I don't know what the property's best use is, either as a mutli-family with rentals or as condo conversion, because we don't know what the space will allow, so I was hoping to get some feedback on where to start and, more importantly, if anyone has any recommendations as to architects/engineers/contractors that they've worked with on similar projects that might be able to draw up some potential plans.

Thanks in advance,

Ari