By Kylie Gumpert, Special for The Republic | azcentral.com
Michael Levine, 45, loves history, but what he loves even more is sharing it.
Levine is a downtown Phoenix developer; his mission is to save as many historical buildings as possible in the city’s warehouse district.
For more than 20 years, he has returned numerous warehouses to commerce, including those that now house the Bentley Gallery at Bentley Projects and the Duce restaurant, bar and clothing store. In a city where demolishing deteriorating structures has been the norm, Levine became one of the first to start buying old buildings for the sole purpose of preserving and transforming them.
The work is not for the faint of heart.