NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Laura Meyer-Dick spoke Thursday on the KWBW Morning Show during the Let's Be Social segment at Sleep Shoppe and Furniture Gallery about the plans for the Landmark building in downtown Hutchinson.
"My husband and I purchased it in March," Meyer-Dick said. "We have hired a developer, Justin Pregont, to help us redevelop it. He's done a project in Hays and Great Bend and now he's going to come to Hutchinson. We're going to turn it into 40 apartments, hopefully, if we can get the funding all lined up and commercial and retail on the main floor."
Getting grant funding to help will be key to making the project go.
"We're going to put it on the historic register," Meyer-Dick said. "Then we can use state and federal tax credits. We have applied for a grant from the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, which we will find out about later this month for $1.7 million. That is some ARPA funds that are still left at the state of Kansas."
Meyer-Dick is really excited about the project, but her husband didn't see it at first.
"It's got to work on the spreadsheet," Meyer-Dick said. "It's got to be a lendable project, for me. I walked in and I was like, okay, I can see a vision. My husband is like, you have lost your mind. But, I have brought him along and now he's pretty excited about it and we're excited about what it can do for downtown. If we hadn't just built a new house, the views up there on the top floor looking down to the south are just amazing, I would just put a penthouse two bedroom apartment up there and we would downsize."
Because of previous work done inside the building, it is a fairly clean slate to work with. The apartments will mainly be one bedrooms and studios as currently envisioned.
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