The big timber barns in the Midwest are disappearing fast

Every week I spot another barn I want to buy and save/convert to useful space....Most of them are on land already sold to developers who will grade the farmland and raze the barn for more houses....If I had money when I was single, I would have bought a barn and converted it into a loft with plenty of work space and parking on the ground level...but the opportunity and convenience have escaped me