FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Housing could be coming to the inside of Fresno's Manchester Center.

City officials say if all goes to plan, the mall's second floor would be converted into apartment units. When it's all completed, it will bring 600 new market-rate apartment units to the city of Fresno.

"When you get folks who are living here, you have that kind of built-in customer base," City Councilmember Nelson Esparza said.

The units are one part of a long-standing effort to revitalize the area.

"What we've seen over the years is a revitalization and a reinvestment of the mall, kind of trying to bring that back to life from a commercial perspective. What we're going to see forthcoming is an additional housing component where they're going to turn the entire second floor into housing,"

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