Development firm Linear City is turning the former National Biscuit Company factory at 673 S. Mateo St. in the Industrial District into residential units. Plans for the 167,745-square-foot building call for 200 live/work condominium lofts on seven floors and more than 3,000 square feet of ground floor retail. The 1925 building includes hardwood floors, brick walls, oversized windows and 11-foot ceilings. Crews have started demolition on the interior of the existing factory and principal Yuval Bar-Zemer said construction should wrap by July 2006. The property, which Linear City purchased last year, will also include a development known as Sky Lofts, a seven-story building with 120 lofts. Construction on the ground-up development is scheduled to begin in November and finish in March 2007, Bar-Zemer said. Santa Monica-based KoningEizenberg is the architect.
 
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