The photograph to the right is a view of downtown Springfield taken from the Preservation Ohio office located on the fourth floor of the MacAdams Building on East High Street.  The large building in the middle of the frame is the Bushnell Building, designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, and built in two stages (1893 and 1903).  The building has already seen painstaking restoration work completed to high standards.

This morning, the Ohio Department of Development announced some that 12 commercial projects across Ohio will receive some $50.5 million in grants - including some $5 million earmarked for the Bushnell Building..  The Bushnell project is designed to create 75,000 square feet of LEED-certified office space, a project with a total price tag of approximately $10 million.

According to this story in today’s Springfield News-Sun, the newly-created office space will be equipped with the ability to host the most technology-savvy business occupant -- an excellent example of how the open spaces of traditional downtown commercial buildings create ideal locations for “modern” office space.

Click here to read more about the Bushnell Building, its history, current tenants, and rental opportunities.  Congratulations to the buildings’ owners, James and Nike Lagos, and everyone associated with this pacesetting project.

Photo: Bushnell Building, Downtown Springfield - Preservation Ohio File Photo