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Old signs sit inside an orange marmalade factory built in the early 1900s in what is now downtown Anaheim. Plans for the site are part of a long push to create a vibrant center for Orange County’s largest city. (Christina House / For The Times)

Oct. 16, 2014 5 AM PT

The developer behind a string of hip Costa Mesa retail centers is transforming a 1900s marmalade factory in downtown Anaheim into a brewery and crafts space. It’s the latest development in an effort to create a vibrant downtown for the county’s largest city.

Shaheen Sadeghi, right, the developer behind the Make watering hole, visits the site with Jack Skelley, Anaheim’s public relations consultant. (Christina House / For The Times)

“We have reached a tipping point” in downtown’s resurgence, said John Woodhead IV, community development director for Anaheim, inside the onetime marmalade factory that will soon house a brewery, a whiskey distillery and a winery. (Christina House / For The Times)

A pedestrian passes a 1900s marmalade factory across the street from the Packing House food marketplace in downtown Anaheim. (Christina House / For The Times)

The Packing House, a marketplace and food hall in a former Sunkist citrus packing plant in downtown Anaheim, has become a popular destination since it opened in May. (Christina House / For The Times)