A steady rain this evening. Showers continuing overnight. Low 38F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch..
A steady rain this evening. Showers continuing overnight. Low 38F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
Updated: November 17, 2023 @ 6:10 pm
Local businesses owners held a ribbon cutting for the new development at the old Fairmont City Center building on Friday.
Formerly vacant for 15 years, the Fairmont City Center now houses three tenants, with more on the way.
Three new tenants have moved into the Fairmont City Center building.
Mountain State Physical Therapy is one of three new tenants in the Fairmont City Center building.
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WV News) — Friday afternoon, Marion County officials gathered at the old Fairmont City Center building for a ribbon cutting celebrating three businesses and organizations that have moved in to the space just 18 months after renovations began.
In March 2022, development company The Orange Goat purchased the building — located at 200 Fairmont Ave. — after it had been vacant for roughly 15 years.
Orange Goat co-owner Adam Rohaly said that in the time since, he and his team have been hard at work remodeling the site and getting it ready for new tenants, which have come in the form of Main Street Yoga, Mountain State Physical Therapy and City on a Hill Christian Academy.
The three businesses, along with Rohaly, held a ribbon cutting at the building Friday afternoon to celebrate the redevelopment, and Rohaly said he's very happy to see all of his team's work pay off.
"I love old buildings in this city, and downtown revitalization has always had a place in my heart," Rohaly said. "This building had so much potential, with the size and condition of the structural integrity of the building and the opportunities that it presented. ...
"Today, I'm very proud and excited, and this wouldn't have happened without those three tenants. Today is, for us, a stabilization period. We can stop and take a breath. We're not finished. We have one more tenant coming, hopefully this winter, and we have a lot of work left to do."
Rohaly said that even with a new tenant coming in, there is other work that can be done as well, and his team will begin working on new developments at the building soon.
"There is some space in the lobby that can be a shared or open office concept, with a conference room they can sign up for," Rohaly said. "There's a lot of space in the basement, and that could maybe be conditioned or document storage or something more. We'd like to put as much into it as we can."
Fairmont News Editor John Mark Shaver can be reached at 304-844-8485 or jshaver@theet.com.
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