Need help with iPhoto Aperture Lightroom migration

Would really appreciate some advice on this last stage of the move from iPhoto to Lightroom, as Im sure getting my files into the right place is crucial.
Here is where I'm at right now:
I had an old iphoto (v8.3 or something) library with about 30,000 images on a macbook pro (late 2008) which I moved over to my newer iMac, to merge with an existing library of about 8,000 photos which I was managing with Aperture.
Per some advice I got on how to consolidate iPhoto libraries, I opened the old iPhoto library on my newer iMac running the latest iPhoto version, and then I honestly can't remember exactly what I did after that... but I got both libraries into one, and now I have all my photos merged and sorted into folders and projects, and all looks great. Except for one thing: its still showing up as an iphoto library in finder. There is no Aperture library file or folder anywhere. I guess I needed to "import" at some point, rather than simply opening the library?
My original plan was to get everything into an Aperture library before moving to Lightroom. Maybe it doesn't matter. My main concern before I make the move to Lightroom is keeping my newly organized folder hierarchy (with all projects and albums in tact). And I understand I need to change from managed to referenced library for this. So is it just as simple as "relocating the originals"?

Sorry, maybe I can rephrase my question:
My photos are already sorted into this structure, in Aperture, as a managed library:
PHOTOGRAPHY (main folder)
- PROCESSED
        GROUP A
        GROUP B
        GROUP C
        PROJECTS
             PROJECT 1
             PROJECT 2
             PROJECT 3
- WORK IN PROGRESS
        GROUP D
        GROUP E
        GROUP F
How can I make this into a referenced library?
I understand I need to select all my photos and then choose the "relocate originals" option.
What comes next?

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