FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – The Hotel Fresno mixed-housing project has been in the works for the past five years and now, the hotel originally built in 1912 finally has new residents.
Previously vacant for over 40 years, the Hotel Fresno’s transformation into a housing project began five years ago with Council Member Miguel Arias.
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“After five years of renovation and construction we finally have families living in Hotel Fresno,” Arias said, “we have a dozen families living in studios that have already moved in, and we’re getting new people every single day.”
Arias says the hotel is in the final stages of completion. The first floor’s open area and foyer are still being worked but all of the residential units are finished according to Arias.
The success of the Hotel Fresno’s reappropriation is just the beginning Arias says.
His most recent endeavor has been the development of the Helm Building downtown into another mixed-housing project.