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LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 5.16 49 says when I visit her in early April, a couple weeks after she moved in. Te Germantown Mill Lofts smell like mothballs and fresh paint, a mix of new construction and remnants of the building's past life. Te foors are diferent depending on where you stand — some are metal or concrete, some are hardwood, some of it sun-bleached, some had been hiding under furniture, each panel with its own scars. Same with the brick walls — some yellow, some blue, some white. Underhill Associates' goal, says project coordinator Elizabeth Rivers, was to preserve the building's history and not touch as much as possible. Te tall ceilings and giant arch windows are urban and grand, like a preservationist's dream. "On sunny days, I say it decorates my living room," Lorimer says. "It puts all these really cool markings on everything." Lorimer has an eye for decorating. Her space is a mix of Mid-Century Modern and Anthropologie, adorned with pieces from Yesternook and online auctions. Two Selig Z chairs by Danish designer Poul Jensen, which sell online for anywhere from $1,000 to $3,000 apiece, balance out her living room. She points out her window to where a cofee shop and workout studio are going in, and to Eiderdown and other restaurants she's excited to be able to walk to. "I didn't even know what a great neighborhood I was moving into a year ago. Now I know this is the up-and-coming place," says Lorimer, who thinks she may be the oldest tenant so far. Monthly rent for a studio or one- bedroom unit ranges from about $600 to $1,500, $1,000 to $2,800 for a two- bedroom loft. Lorimer pays somewhere in the middle for her two-bedroom. "I worked for a year getting my big four- bedroom house ready to sell and I was just over it," she says. "I was like, I want simplicity. I want to write a check and be done. At least for a while." She says she could see herself buying a house in the neighborhood eventually, but that she's hoping Underhill will sell some of the units. A similar loft-apartment concept is planned for the corner of Oak Street and Reutlinger Avenue at the former Bradford Mills, which is now surrounded by razor-wire fencing and covered in grafti and broken windows. Several bars and restaurants have cropped up since construction started Germantown Paristown Schnitzelburg East Breckinridge Street East Broadway Clarks Lane Texas Avenue Goss Avenue Eastern Parkway Kroger S. Shelby Street Barret Avenue East Oak Street Steve Magre Alley Beargrass Creek St. Michaels Cemetery St. Louis Cemetery Louisville Cemetery Monnik Beer Co. The Nachbar Germantown Mill Lofts Eiderdown The Post Lydia House Hammerheads Four Pegs The Cure Lounge Fat Rabbit Kaiju Yesternook Art Sanctuary