Once targeted for demolition, East Side building is revived as apartments


An East Side building once targeted for demolition has been revived as a residential complex in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.

In August, the former Jankowski Cigar Factory building at 595 Fillmore Ave. reopened as the Cigar Factory Apartments, the $2.4 million centerpiece of a redevelopment effort by the Broadway-Fillmore Neighborhood Housing Services.

The Cigar Factory Apartments includes Zia's Coffee Shop and 11 affordable-housing apartments.

Stephan Karnath, Broadway-Fillmore Neighborhood…

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