The restoration of the Trolley Barn Public Market in Quakertown is a remarkable story of adaptive reuse and community revitalization. Originally built in 1897 as the maintenance barn for the Quakertown-Richlandtown Trolley line, the building sat dormant for decades after trolley service ended in 1929. Over the years it had served a variety of purposes – from a silent-film movie house called “The Broad,” to a bowling alley, a laundromat, and eventually an antiques emporium. In 2019, developers Chris LaBonge and Ian Jeffery spearheaded a $4+ million restoration project to bring new life to the structure as a year-round public market. The developers hired Village Centre Properties to acquire and manage a $2,000,000 grant as well as act as the Owner’s Representative to manage the design, bidding and construction. In addition, Village Centre Properties was instrumental in placing the building on the National Register of Historic Buildings. The renovated space, which officially opened around 2020–2021, now covers some 18,000 sq ft and houses over a dozen local vendors, including a brewery, winery, ramen shop and more.