Creative reuse of non-mainstream properties

[Mustafa Abdulali]

I'm curious if anyone would be willing to share their story about a creative ways to use non-mainstream properties.  For example, taking an old hotel and making it into apartments or an old warehouse and turning into artist lofts (No, I haven't done any of those things).  I'm interested in how you found the property, what got you thinking it could be used for something besides its original design and if it turned it into a money maker.