Downtown artist space ready to upgrade, applies for development loan

New ownership hopes to revamp The Medicine Factory building Downtown, giving it needed renovations and fixing a leaky roof.

Medicine Factory LLC, owned by Philip and Joseph Lewis, has applied for a $150,000 development loan from the Center City Development Corp. (CCDC) in order to add more artist loft space and event space to the building at 85 W. Virginia Ave.

“There are currently a handful of artists utilizing space in the warehouse, and the Lewis’ want to continue that same use of the space…