The 128-year-old Hobbs Building in downtown Aurora, empty for more than 40 years, resumes an overhaul that will be converted to first-floor retail and restaurant and 31 residential apartments on floors two through four. Above is an artist’s rendering of the Romanesque Revival building that features an onion dome. Below, the inside endures a smashing start of items to be removed in a construction commencement ceremony. Harish Ananthapadmanabhan, Jay Punukollu, and Kelsey Cozens of JH Real Estate, and Rene del Fabro of Bush Construction, participated in the ceremony.Submitted photoMayor Richard Irvin of Aurora studies a rendering of the Hobbs Building which resumed reconstruction Saturday. Aurora city government photo
