A sign is put on display in front of the parking lot of the old Quilters Paradise in Old Town Clovis. The building at 339 Pollasky Avenue has been vacant since 2017 after Quilters Paradise left.

As WW reported earlier this year, the Prosper Portland board unanimously granted Made in Old Town a $7 million loan to buy an office building and its annex to become the project’s headquarters.

“But it’s a 125-year-old building.” That history is a big reason why the owners decided to remodel instead of tearing it down, according to Mickey. “We’re trying to leave as much as we ...