This adaptive reuse project transforms a vacant 14,500 S.F. warehouse in coastal New Jersey into a community arts center. Located in Long Branch, one block from the Atlantic Ocean, within a FEMA flood zone and urban redevelopment area, the project challenges traditional post-Hurricane Sandy redevelopment by viewing demolition as a productive rather than destructive process. It aims to stimulate growth in an area between an abandoned downtown and an active waterfront. The design involves phased demolition, disassembly, salvage, and minimal repairs, reconfiguring existing buildings and incorporating new structures. Salvaged materials, including 68,166 bricks and 243 timber beams, are repurposed to create a flexible space that reimagines architecture’s role in urban growth.