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The stuccoed building at 443 Alcazar in Southeast Albuquerque was once a 16-unit apartment complex 鈥� now it is little more than a burned-out shell.

Peering through the cracked windows, you can see the evidence of lives lived in squalor. Stained mattresses lean against yellowed walls, collections of canned food wait for a dinner never to be served and a tube of mascara lies abandoned on the floor among the litter.

Black burn scars mar the frames of the second-story windows and several supporting beams have been turned to charcoal by the blaze. In January, the city of Albuquerque recommended the building be torn down entirely after an inspection found it to be 鈥渄angerous to human life.鈥�

Despite the damage, Nathan Kennedy and his brother Daniel Kennedy want to give the blighted building a second chance.

鈥淲e have never done anything this big, so we kind of just took a leap of faith and bought it,鈥� Nathan Kennedy said Tuesday.

The brothers acquired the property, which has been deteriorating for years, three weeks ago from the previous owner, Christopher Ocksrider, who is being sued by the Trumbull Village Neighborhood Association.

That lawsuit, filed in the state 2nd Judicial District last week, alleges that Ocksrider鈥檚 yearslong neglect allowed the building to devolve into a public nuisance.

Overlooking the defunct building he now owns, Kennedy admitted that it would be a difficult project. Previously, the brothers have bought and flipped single-family homes around town, but this complex marks an entirely new challenge.

And the building itself isn鈥檛 the only struggle. Just after closing on the property, someone set fire to it, further damaging the already deteriorating complex.

鈥淚t's been insane,鈥� Kennedy said. 鈥淲e've had four of those big dumpsters filled up and taken out.鈥�

Kennedy hopes to have the building fixed up in six months to a year, though he said renovations may very well take longer.

This kind of investment by local owners is something the International District needs more of, said the district鈥檚 city councilor, Nichole Rogers.

But the city and state also need to take steps, she said, to reestablish a district that has long struggled with poverty, crime, and aging and abandoned infrastructure.

鈥淲e are sick of living like this,鈥� Rogers said.

Rogers hopes to introduce a litter ordinance to keep streets and neighborhoods cleaner in all of Albuquerque, but especially in the International District. Additionally, with millions of taxpayer dollars pouring into development plans at the nearby State Fairgrounds, Rogers hopes that some money can be diverted to help the surrounding area.

鈥淚鈥檝e been saying this and maybe it doesn鈥檛 look like it, but the tide is turning,鈥� Rogers said.

Down the street from the Alcazar property is another stuccoed shell of an apartment complex. Barricaded with plywood and surrounded by fencing, new owner Chuck Sheldon called it a 鈥減hoenix rising.鈥�

Sheldon is the CEO and president of T&C Management, a company that owns and manages units at more than 200 properties in Albuquerque, according to its website. On Tuesday, the company announced the beginning of the building鈥檚 renovations.

Despite new investment in the district, the area still has a long way to go.

Alpana Adair, who lives nearby and ran a short-lived campaign for mayor last year, said that bringing friends and colleagues to her home can be 鈥渆mbarrassing.鈥� She described finding human feces, trash and drug paraphernalia on the streets outside her house regularly and making what feels like endless calls to 311 and the Albuquerque Police Department.

鈥淗ow can we bring attention to this?鈥� Adair said. 鈥淲hat will it take?鈥�

Gillian Barkhurst is a general assignment reporter for the Journal. She can be reached at gbarkhurst@abqjournal.com.