Layers of History: Adaptive Reuse With Financing Through Landmarks Community Capital

Brian and Irwin Mendelssohn, the brothers behind Botero Development, are no strangers to working with historic buildings. The duo owns a variety of redeveloped properties including Row House Cinema, a single-screen movie theater in what was once a narrow house, and the Lawrenceville Market House, a shared-retail space in a former Mellon Bank building across the street. When they set their sights on Manchester, it made sense that they’d choose a historic property.