Housing: Silos for Singles

Next to being in each other's company, nothing appeals to young singles like doing something really different. Three Louisville real estate developers have announced a project that offers both attractions. In a neighborhood on the fringe of the downtown area, they will convert 24 huge, interconnected silos and a grain elevator into apartments for single people between the ages of 20 and 30.

The three businessmen bought a big milling plant from the Pillsbury Co. for $550,000, and the deserted 98-ft.-high silos, which once stored a million bushels of wheat, were part...

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