Chris Cooke, project architect, provided updated site plans for 106 Fairmount Ave., located on the corner of Fairmount and West Eighth Street in Jamestown. The building is probably best known as the former home to Joyce’s Keg Room and the bands that played there, though it has largely sat vacant over the years.

“It’s in great shape,” Cooke said of the building, which he estimates was first constructed in the 1870s or 1880s. “They’ve started some demolition to clean it up a little bit. Everything we’ve found and uncovered is great. … It’s in fantastic shape — definitely not a candidate for demolition.”

Plans call for office and retail space on the first floor, office space and the second floor and three short-term rentals on the third floor. He said the rentals will vary in size, with one studio space for one bedroom, another big enough for two bedrooms and the third for three bedrooms.

“You’re coming into town, you want to spend the night someplace and not hotel,” Cooke said. “You want a little local flavor, you can stay here. It’s across from the skate park — kind of an anchor on this corner if you know where it’s at.”

Architect Chris Cooke provided updated site plans for the Prendergast Landing project in Jamestown. The city Planning Commission approved the plans during a meeting Tuesday.

New windows will be installed on the third floor, which Cooke said will provide for great views. “The idea is when you’re up at this height with a great view out to the water, to the activities in the park,” he said. “You want to enhance that by giving you more opportunities to see that activity, so we’re going to open up those walls a little bit.”

The building will be ADA compliant as well as handicapped accessible with the addition of an elevator.

Rahsaan Graham, through Jade Empire LLC, bought the 106 Fairmount Ave. property from The Resource Center in 2021 for $27,500. Prior to that sale, the property changed handed several times.

During his presentation to the city Planning Commission, Cooke noted that parking will be “tight” for the 12,000-square-foot mixed-use property. “We’ve done, I think, a good job of including some parking in the rear of the building,” he said.

Planning Commission members unanimously approved the site plans. Cooke said a completion date of spring 2024 is being targeted.

Graham resides in New York City but is from the Jamestown area and frequents the area, Cooke said.

“I think it’s great anytime you can repurpose a building,” Tom Nelson, a member of the Planning Commission, said.

Added Jeff Nelson, “It sounds like a very good plan.”

Mike Coon, who attended Tuesday’s meeting, said his grandfather and uncle — John Fish Sr. and John Fish Jr., respectively — owned the property decades ago under the name Fish Cafe. He said the business was popular with nearby factory workers.

Coon said he’s glad the property is being put to new use.