10 Jun Tampa’s old Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. building to be restored, get a new life
Tampa’s old Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. building to be restored, get a new life TAMPA — The Vicente Nieto and Bros. Cigar Factory turns 100 next year. But if Liana Fuente has her way, the building at 2708 N 18th St. won’t look a day over 70. Her grandfather, Carlos Fuente Sr. of the famous Fuente cigar family, purchased the Ybor City factory in 1956 and then expanded its size by around two-thirds so that his father and company founder and namesake, Arturo Fuente, could live on the second floor while employees rolled stogies on the first. Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. later sold it...