A month after watching the company founded by his father 55 years ago abruptly shut down, Jeff Francisco is resurrecting the Lakeside Appliance chain under the name Appliance Solutions. Francisco, who is president of Kitchen Crafters & Bath, will reopen three of the stores Lakeside had operated. The stores—on Buford Road, Lakeside Avenue and West Broad Street—will reopen next month, he said.

A Lakeside Appliance spokesman said the company that opened its first store in 1954 is shutting down because it lost its inventory financing and could not continue