Restored cigar factory 'a gift to Tampa'

TAMPA (FOX 13) Robert Holsopple has remodeled a lot of buildings, but none quite like this one. The old cigar factory at 22nd Street and 3rd Avenue in Ybor City is the largest project he has ever tackled. It's also one of the most extensive restorations of a historic building ever in Tampa.
"With all the work we've done, we want it to look like we haven't done anything," explained Holsopple, a 66-year-old building contractor whose crew of craftsmen includes his two sons, Robbie and Brian.
Their goal is to make the building look like it did when it opened more than 100 years ago. They were hired by the Arturo Fuente Cigar Company to restore the old factory for its corporate headquarters.
"My direction from Carlito (Fuente) was to take it back like it was," Holsopple continued. More