[3] The new owner sold part of the property (at 5 Plac Wolności), and raised funds for the construction of a new, stately townhouse corner.

Its designer, Bydgoszcz builder Józef Święcicki,[4] gave to the new tenement the characteristics of an urban and commercial building.

[4] The corner location of the building enabled its symmetrical shape, the symmetry axis being underlined by a tower covered ending in a bulbous dome.

[5] At this time, the property included Carl Brasch's photograph workshop, as well as 2 restaurants, "Kaiser-Cafe" and "Falstaff 2", and various other shops.

[3] Upon basis of receipts issued in 1939 by the Germans, it is established that Stanislaw Hass, a master confectioner born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki in 1899, was running a café "Cristal" at Nr.1.

In 1972, interior renovations have been carried out, dividing flats, setting up independent kitchens and bathrooms, and removing the central heating system.

[7] The building has got rich architectural details designed in the Eclectism style with a predominance of Neo-baroque forms[8] Its footprint is rectangular, with an inner courtyard as a well and two wings running along Gdańska Street and Plac Wolności.