Monk Restoration a "labor of love"

Bradenton Herald - Historic downtown building is finally coming back to life.
BRADENTON - A historic downtown building, abandoned for years on the corner of Ninth Street West and Ninth Avenue, is finally coming back to life.
The Monk building, built in 1925 at 906 Ninth St. W., sits in an area of downtown Bradenton that has undergone redevelopment. It's on the cusp of the Village of the Arts neighborhood, which now touts expanded sidewalks, historic brick pavers and lamp posts. The building, named after the Thomas Monk family, last housed an ABC Liquor store but for years has been a Ninth Street corridor eyesore.
Owner Scott Tibbetts bought the old, run-down building in 1998 for $900,000 and has spent more than $600,000 on renovations.
Tibbetts and architect Tom O'Brien are close to completing a longtime plan that is turning the roughly 10,000-square-foot building into office condominiums. They are planning a grand re-opening of the building in March.
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