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Long-vacant buildings in Fort Worth's North Side neighborhood could see new life.
The owners of the buildings at 1332 N. Main St. plan to turn them into retail space and apartments. The buildings date to 1912 and used to be the site of Mulholland Printing Company, which relocated to 1200 W. Berry St. Over the decades, they have also been home to apartments, a hotel and a washateria, according to a zoning change application.
Theron Bryant and Jeff Givens of Fort Worth-based Gyant Properties LLC consider the location to be an "entrance" to the historic North Side neighborhood, which is located between the Fort Worth Stockyards and Panther Island. Bryant said they are considering converting the building into 24,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor, with about 16 one-bedroom apartments on the second floor.
Bryant and Givens are seeking state and federal historic status for the buildings, which would keep the building three stories or less, according to their zoning application. The Fort Worth Zoning Commission is scheduled to consider on April 10 a request to rezone the buildings to high intensity mixed-use. Givens said they are currently working on preserving and restoring the interior space.
"We just peeled back the layers to see what we could restore, what was original," he said.
Fort Worth architecture firm 97w is working on the project. The firm has been involved with several other businesses nearby, including Taco Heads and the SideSaddle Saloon.
North Side was one of two Fort Worth neighborhoods chosen for the Main Street America program, a $650,000 pilot funded by the Fort Worth Local Development Corp., which aims to revitalize the underserved areas of the city. Bryant and Givens have been working closely with the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which is leading the program for the area.
"We’ve been working with the Hispanic chamber really since day one, before we even closed on the project," Bryant said.
The Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is hosting a meet and greet with the developers and brokers on the project at 8 a.m. Friday, April 5 at 1332 N. Main St.
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