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Steven Ferrell and Justin Hardy, crew members with McBee Construction, are shown working on the corner building on the west side of the Gallatin square last Thursday. Gene Ferrell (not pictured) is also on the work crew.
McBee Farms has raised the framework of an office/maintenance building
According to Steven McBee, McBee Construction purchased the building located on the corner of West Jackson and South Market in Gallatin in 2017 and started giving it an overhaul. Crews replaced the roof that summer. But then farm harvest slowed things down a bit and this year’s rough winter has added to the delays.
Now the construction crew is again on the job working full time. The shell of the brick building was found to be in good shape. After removing a great deal of trash, the interior was redone from scratch.
The first floor will accommodate rental space for two commercial businesses. Tenants have already expressed an interest in renting the space, so finishing the first floor is a priority. Renovation should be complete in about three weeks, if the weather cooperates.
The upstairs of the building will hold eight different residential apartments. Work on the apartments should be finished in another three or four months. The crew will work on one apartment at a time and each apartment will take a couple of weeks to complete.
At one time the building is said to have housed Tony Watson’s barber shop and the basement was the Submarine Tavern. Later it was occupied by Gayla Teel’s Dance Studio, a used clothing store, and a video rental store.
Office building at grain bins going up
McBee Farms has raised the framework of an office/maintenance building at the site of their grain bins located in the Gallatin Industrial Park. The McBee farm shop will be 36,000 square feet and will contain a machine shop, according to owner Steven McBee. The building materials are already on site and work is ongoing as weather permits. McBee Farms purchased the tract of land in the Gallatin Industrial Park in the summer of 2018. The grain bins were completed last year and are for private use.