Coming back to life
The company closed at the end of 2016 after 80 years in business.
He said, "My father,
Quisenberry said he and his wife "want to keep the JDQ history alive with the renovation."
Two tenants have already signed on and plan to move in soon.
Axiom Architecture will be moving in on
And
"We're moving quickly,"
"Our lease at the
Nacey said, "I'm a fan of repurposed buildings. And the
And, he said, "We get to design our own space there. We've been in three locations here and haven't had a chance to establish our own studio."
The new location, Nacey said, gives the firm room to grow.
"We'll hire at least one more person and maybe two in the next couple of months," he said.
"Back then, this was going to be a hot area," he said of the area east of south Frederica. "But it's not so much now. We want better visibility.
Worth said the business has outgrown its two-story building.
"We have 14 people now," he said. "We want to be all on one floor.
Axiom will move into the rear of the first floor temporarily.
It will eventually move to the second floor.
The Quisenberrys added a front porch and a digital sign to the property.
They're planning to add a 10,000-square-foot area to the back with elevators.
"We might make a residence back there,"
There's an 8,700-square-foot building at the back of the property.
"We're working with a possible tenant for that,"
There's a board room, which can be rented, on the second floor of the front building with a view of
Rent-by-the-hour office
The second floor also has a small office and conference room that can be rented by the hour for people who work from home and need a place to meet clients and by out-of-town people who come to
About half of the building is still available, the Quisenberrys said.
The 1950s-era ceiling tiles are gone now, exposing concrete beams.
Through the years, JDQ designed sections of
It also designed bypasses at
The next year,
In 1946, Quisenberry said, the firm moved to
Three years later,
It moved to
During its peak, Quisenberry said, the company employed more than 100 people in several states.
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