Renovation projects breathe new life into buildings

Sometimes it makes sense to build, sometimes it makes sense to lease and sometimes it makes sense to fix up an existing building.

In the outlying areas of Greeley and Fort Collins, building owners are busy doing just that — sprucing up old buildings that have outdated elements or otherwise won’t quite work for today’s commercial purposes.

Doug Lockhart, owner of Lockhart Constructors in Greeley, says renovation is a market-driven matter more than a maintenance thing. “This is not like the old homes that they don’t change or try to keep as they were,´ said Lockhart, who is doing the renovation work…