{"id":29883,"date":"2017-07-07T12:03:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=29883"},"modified":"2017-07-07T12:03:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T16:03:40","slug":"new-building-proposed-lake-avenue-parcel-currently-houses-moby-ricks-seafood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2017\/07\/new-building-proposed-lake-avenue-parcel-currently-houses-moby-ricks-seafood\/","title":{"rendered":"New Building Proposed On Lake Avenue On Parcel That Currently Houses Moby Rick\u2019s Seafood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By Maureen Werther<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">When local attorney Tom West and his wife, Renee, began looking for investment properties in the city, their first thought was to buy a two-family house. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">But, when their son, Andrew, came to them with an idea for bringing 9 Miles East Farm products and menu offerings into the city proper, their focus turned to a local market that has been a mainstay on Saratoga\u2019s east side since the 1870s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The small parcel of land on the corner of Lake Avenue and Warren Street has been home to one kind of market or another since 1873, when Pepper\u2019s Market and Deli first opened for business. In 2012, the market became home to Moby Rick\u2019s Seafood, a destination for fresh fish and accompanying delicacies straight from the wharfs of Boston and Long Island. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Rick Lofstad Jr., owner of Moby Rick\u2019s, had been looking for ways to reinvigorate his market. Meanwhile, 9 Miles East Farm Pizza owners, Gordon and Mary Sacks, had also been toying with new strategies for expanding their farm-to-table enterprise in Schuylerville.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">When owner Robert Pringle, decided to sell the Lake Avenue property, it set up a \u201cperfect storm\u201d for the Wests, Lofstad and Sacks to transform the property into a combined farm-to-market and net-to-market destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe signed on the property the first day we saw it,\u201d said West, whose law firm, The West Firm PLLC on Broadway, focuses on environmental law, litigation and transactional issues. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis was a spur-of-the-moment enterprise,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><!--more-->The proposal calls for a revitalization of the property, which they are calling Pepper\u2019s Corner. They envision it as a \u201cNantucket-style\u201d venue, with an open and airy feel and vaulted ceilings. One side of the new building will be home to Moby Rick\u2019s and the other will be occupied by 9 Miles East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The proposed building will be less than 2,000 square feet, with roughly half that space allocated to each business and having an open space in between. The seating code allows for a total of 20 seats, with half that number allowed outside. The indoor seating will include some informal stand-up tables as well as sit-down seating. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Wests had significant input into the design and look of the building. They are working with Vilardo Architecture of Ticonderoga on the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The new building will have vaulted ceilings, allowing for natural sunlight indoors and making the building \u201cdark sky\u201d compliant, in other words, there will be no intrusive artificial lighting that could be a potential neighborhood nuisance, according to the plans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The new structure will have a full basement and a re-designed and modernized kitchens. Further improvements include new ventilation hoods, a new ice machine and a relocation of the sidewalk onto the property with tree plantings to soften the look of the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">West also plans the use of \u201crain gardens,\u201d a relatively new buzz term for treating storm water prior to allowing it to soak into the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe are trying to do everything right,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">West is hoping to receive approval from the city in the next few months. In the interim, he and his wife are exploring Timberpeg, a prefabricated post and beam construction company based in New Hampshire, as an option. He said they will be using local contractors for the site work, foundation and construction of the building. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Their goal is to be open for business sometime in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Wests are the only investors involved in the project. Moby Rick\u2019s and 9 Miles East Farm Pizza will be tenants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The project website is www.pepperscorner.com.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maureen Werther When local attorney Tom West and his wife, Renee, began looking for investment properties in the city, their first thought was to buy a two-family house. 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