Waukegan Saturday, 12/15/12 Artist, Eric Marston (Left, back to camera) moves into his new home at the Karcher Artspace Lofts Saturday morning. (Helping him, is Waukegan city spokesman, David Motley.) | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Waukegan Saturday, 12/15/12 Artist, Eric Marston (Right) moves into his new home at the Karcher Artspace Lofts Saturday morning. (Helping him, is Waukegan city spokesman, David Motley.) | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Waukegan Saturday, 12/15/12 Artist, Eric Marston started moving some of his things into his new home at the Karcher Artspace Lofts Saturday morning. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
Waukegan Saturday, 12/15/12 Property manager, Tamela Bangs, of Zion, and Artspace asset manager, Kimberly Moore, of Oakdale, Minnesota, at the Karcher Artspace Lofts in Waukegan Saturday morning. | Brian O'Mahoney~for Sun-Times Media
After five years, the $14.5 million Karcher Artspace Lofts, which has transformed an ugly eyesore into a new downtown Waukegan location, saw its first tenant move in. “I love it. It’s a dream come true,” gushed Eric Marston, 59, an artist and furniture designer, from …
