GALLERY: See how Ann Arbor Zingerman's Deli expansion is shaping up

The plan to remove a fire-damaged house on Kingsley Street and replace it with a substantial addition was approved by the Ann Arbor Historic District Commission in September 2010, according to previous AnnArbor.com reports. Construction has been ongoing and the addition, which is set back between the original deli building and Zingerman's Next Door, opened to the public in the fall.

The construction project was originally expected to wrap up this month, with the new building connected to the original deli building by a glass atrium.

"There will certainly be substantial work done by late January and lots of interesting changes but projects like this always have long punch lists at the end so late February is a safer bet," Zingerman's marketing manager Pete Sickman-Garner said in an email.

Read more about what the expansion will add to Zingerman's Deli.

Coming Saturday: What the local business Urban Ashes has to do with Zingerman's expansion.