At least from the outside these are pretty cool buildings if you give them a pressure wash and maybe add a couple more windows.
That's one of the practical things wrong with this style of architecture: it looks bad with even a little bit of staining on the walls, and it stains very quickly because it lacks an overhanging roof that protects the walls.
Looking at the pictures I can’t tell what’s exactly wrong with those buildings.
The fronts looked to me like they were unfinished or had been really, really badly renovated. Those back photos look much better.