In 2012 the building sold to new owners, who plan to convert the upper 17 floors into apartments and renovate the lower levels.
The whole building was re-built and renovated after the fire and re-opened in 1912.
The plant remained operational until the 1990s, after which the building stood empty until the museum acquired and extensively renovated the structure.
They maintain that if it were not for their improvements, the city would not have buildings worth renovating.
The restaurant was eventually closed and the building sold and fully renovated into two Asian restaurants.
A listed building originating from 1877 that was sympathetically renovated and opened in 2004 for cultural events of all sorts.
During this period, the school laboratories and computer sections were improved and buildings renovated.
New buildings, "compatible with the surroundings", were built and older buildings renovated.
Three new structures will be built and a fourth building renovated as part of the project, which is to be completed by June 2003.
The museum is housed in a cavernous, brightly renovated building that used to be the city's main fruit and vegetable market.