Dec 27, 2024
The former O.K. Stuckey Building, which also housed First United Methodist Church of Hollidaysburg, is set to reopen in a new mixed-use capacity, with a yoga studio on the first floor and food-based tenants slated to occupy the second and third floors. Mirror photo by Matt Churella
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A downtown Hollidaysburg landmark will soon be coming back to life.
The first tenant in the former First United Methodist Church, also known as the O.K. Stuckey & Son building at 400 Allegheny St., is set to open in January.
Arya Yoga Studio will open the weekend of Jan. 17-19, owner Anita Kozeska said.
J.J. Keller Family Partnership, composed of Joseph Keller, his wife Joan, and son Jared Keller, bought the building in September 2021 from Hollidaysburg Downtown Development LLC.
The Altoona Blair County Development Corp. received a $500,000 Keystone Communities Program Grant to help turn the building, which has been out of use since the early 1980s, into a mixed-use commercial facility.
“The redevelopment of the former green church is a big step in maintaining the vibrance of our mountain main streets. This was the first project that was able to benefit from the Borough of Hollidaysburg being included in the newly formed Enterprise Zone,” said Tom Seasoltz, ABCD Corp. vice president of finance/CFO.
“Through ABCD, the ownership group was able to access different tax credit programs, Keystone Communities funding and direct Enterprise Zone loan funds. We hope the site will now serve as a ‘community hub’ for Hollidaysburg, providing another exciting spot to visit in Blair County,” Seasoltz said. “This project took a ton of effort to bring a vacant church building back to life. Many, many thanks to the Keller family for their continued investment in downtown Hollidaysburg.”
Arya Yoga Studio will occupy the entire first floor of the building.
“The middle floor will open second and we hope to have that floor ready for occupancy by the end of February. The top floor will open last and we hope to have that floor ready for occupancy by the end of March,” said Jared Keller.
Other tenants have committed to moving into the building.
“We have a handful of food-based tenants that will occupy the middle and top floors. Shelving/dry storage for shelf stable food products and freezer and refrigeration space will primarily be on the middle floor for a year round farmers market but some will be on the top floor as well,” Keller said.
When all is said and done, Keller said there will be seven or eight full-time tenants across the three floors, along with at least a few dozen year-round farmers market vendors that occupy shelf/freezer/refrigeration space.
“We could potentially have 60+ farmers market vendors, but we’re taking a conservative estimate at this time,” Keller said.
Mirror Staff Writer Walt Frank is at 814-946-7467.
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