Fakes Building

406-408 Houston - 1929

The architect for this building is unknown and the General Contractor is believed to be Butcher & Sweeney, but the building has been incorporated into the Sanger Lofts Project. Currently the building has retail on the ground floor and loft apartments on the upper two floors. Originally, this building was built for the J.C. Penney Co., it was later occupied by Fakes Furniture, but now is a part of Sundance Square. The Tenants are Coffee Haus, Retro Cowboy, and Milan Gallery, The Coffee Haus has recently doubled the size of their shop.  Halbach-Dietz Architects and Millican & Co., Interior Designers  prepared the drawings and designed the space.  Next door, is a two story stucco structure that was remodeled in the 1950's, but may have been built before 1900.   Sammy's Pizza & New York Style Deli and Zippy's American Grill occupy the ground floor of the adjacent building.

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