What We Do

Preservation Studios is a progressive historic preservation firm that provides a wide array of preservation services, including:

Historic rehabilitation tax credit applications, including: 

  • “Part 1” of the Historic Preservation Certification Application
    (Evaluation of Historic Significance)
  • “Part 2” of the Historic Preservation Certification Application
    (Description of Rehabilitation Work)
  • “Part 3” of the Historic Preservation Certification Application
    (Description of Completed Work)

Historic rehabilitation tax credit syndication services, including: 

  • Transaction structuring
  • Creation of financial proformas, including a funding “sources and  uses” specific to tax credit projects
  • Estimating potential tax credits and other subsidies available for the project
  • Placement of tax credit investment through a syndicator or with a direct investor
  • Identification of potential sources of “bridge” financing to facilitate back-loaded tax credit investment

Nominations for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, for:

  • Individual structures
  • Multiple-property listings
  • Historic districts

Historic building surveys, including: 

  • Reconnaissance-level surveys
  • Intensive-level surveys

Adaptive re-use services, including: 

  • Helping owners and developers reprogram historic properties for  new, more feasible uses
  • Assisting municipalities acquire and secure endangered historic buildings within their communities
  • Project structuring and financial budgeting
  • Grant writing

Project management, including: 

  • Coordination of design and construction professionals for historic projects
  • Liaison to local, state and federal preservation agencies and funding providers
  • Creation and implementation of “RFPs” and “RFQs” for difficult- to-develop historic projects

Education, including: 

  • Historic building and landscape tours
  • Preservation workshops
  • Community outreach
  • Speaking at conferences, seminars and symposia
  • Teaching at local colleges and universities