The former American Tobacco cigarette
factory in Durham has become a poster child for mixed-use urban
redevelopment. Its eye-catching collection of restaurants, bars,
offices, and shops, along with several other new projects in the area
that followed its lead, has brought about a stunning rebirth of Durham’s
core. The number of people who call downtown Durham home has risen from
just 200 in the mid-1990s to more than 1,500 today. Many live in
retrofitted lofts that take advantage of the quirky industrial
architecture of several old tobacco warehouses.
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