WEBVTT MORGAN: FROM AN UNASSUMING SIGN OUTSIDE THE OLD HILLTOP THEATER TO BRIGHT BULBS AND ORNATE MOLDING INSIDE. >> SO THE FIRST DECISION THAT WE HAD TO MAKE WAS WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO KEEP THE BAR. MORGAN: JAY GULICK AND HIS TEAM TRIED TO MODERNIZE A BUILDING, BUILT IN 1905, WHILE PRESERVING AND PROTECTING ITS PAST. >> IT’S SCARY, YOU KNOW, TO DO SOMETHING THAT’S COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BOX IN TERMS OF BEING THE KIND OF OFFICE THAT WE HAD BEFORE AND GOING TO THIS. >> REALLY COMPARTMENTALIZED AND CHOPPY, WHICH NOW THIS IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF THAT. MORGAN: THE SPACE WAS ONCE HOME TO A MOVIE THEATER, THEN THE RESTAURANT RED HERRING WHICH OPENED IN 2017. BUT AFTER ITS CLOSING LAST YEAR, KENTUCKY SELECT PROPERTIES PURCHASED THE BUILDING. >> WHERE WE WERE BEFORE WAS WH YOU’D EXPECT A TYPICAL OFFICE BUILDING TO BE. MORGAN: AND WHERE THEY ARE NOW IS ANYTHING BUT. THE OWNERS CALL IT AN OPEN OFFICE CONCEPT MEANT TO ENCOURAGE REALTORS TO WORK HOW AND WHERE THEY LIKE. YOU’LL FIND LAPTOPS LINING A BAR AND A KITCHEN TURNED BREAK ROOM. ALL OF IT, THEY SAY, IS A SMART INVESTMENT THAT THEY HOPE WILL BENEFIT THEM AND THE COMMUNITY THEY NOW CALL HOME. >> WE LOVE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE. WE LOVE NEIGHBORHOODS. LOUISVILLE, ONE OF THE REASON IT’S SO GRATIFYING TO SELL REAL ESTATE IN LOUISVILLE IS BECAUSE THE ARCHITECTURE IS SO SPECIAL, AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD REFLECTS THAT. MORGAN: MORGAN LENTES, W