Vested Interest is an ongoing project led by Jacob Titus and Dominick Simeri. Despite being an old factory, we bring an ecological imagination to this work, better said by our friend Jason as “Fields Not Factories,” which is to say that in life, patience matters. Seasons come and go, and new life takes many different forms. So we’re building at a human speed.
This page is a loose record of that process: what’s underway, what’s next, and what we’re thinking about. If you’re curious about what’s ahead, or want to be part of it, we’d love to talk.
Spring afternoon at Tutt Street studio, March 2025
The Birdsell Project opening in the courtyard, August 2017
What’s underway
New Artist Studios
Three new upstairs studios, two around 500 sq. ft. and one around 800 with finished walls, solid doors, and natural light.
Tutt Loft Cleanup
This large open space got new windows last year after sitting empty and closed up since the 1950s. Now we’re emptying decades of storage and starting to clean it up into a blank slate.
Tutt Street Roof
A roughly 5,000-square-foot section of our oldest building along Tutt Street is getting a brand-new roof.
Signage & Updates
Restoring the original Sample Street sign frame, adding a Tutt Street sign, rehabbing original windows, and making building-wide updates: new lights, fresh paint, and ongoing maintenance.
What’s next
The Main Office
1,700-plus-square-foot private office suite with a dedicated address on Tutt Street. Big windows, climate controlled, and ready to shape with the right tenant looking for a quiet, creative space.
“The Venue”
A former warehouse in the center of the building. We’re adding a new entryway and garage door to make it ready for production, events, warehouse, or something unexpected. Open to ideas.
Open to ideas.
Studios, shops, workshops, storage, offices, and other uses that make sense here.
In 2017, The Birdsell Project turned the then-empty complex into a gallery. This short film by Chuck Fry captures that first summer.