Local pharmacy expanding again

Remodeling downtown Democrat Photo/Lindsay Reed Lowe Construction is currently completing two renovation projects in downtown Cassville. Whitley Pharmacy, on the square, is expanding into the building space to the east. The project, pictured above, will add around 2,000 square feet of space for the pharmacy's gift line. Lowe Construction is also renovating the building in the 800 block of Main Street just off the square. According to Bob Bishop, building owner, the renovation project, which is pictured below, will improve several structural issues and the exterior of the building.

"This will be the largest of the three buildings that we will be in," said Blake Whitley, Whitley Pharmacy owner. "It is amazing how fast you need more room. You can never have enough room."

Whitley and his wife, Debbie, already owned the building that joins the pharmacy on its west side. Two years ago, the couple remodeled the building with the intent to lease the space.

Whitley said there was already one opening between the two buildings. Lowe Construction, owned by Bud Lowe, of Cassville, was hired to construct a second opening and remodel the inside of the building.

Crews have been installing sheetrock in the adjoining building space over the last week. The space will be painted, and the project should be completed by the end of this week, said Whitley.

"It's going to make the front end of the store more roomy and give us more room for our products," said Whitley.

In addition to completing the expansion project at Whitley Pharmacy, Lowe Construction is remodeling the building located north of Commerce Bank's main branch on Main Street. The building is owned by Bob and Carolyn Bishop.

"We had them completely go through the building structurally," said Bishop. "Like a lot of the buildings in the downtown area, this one had structural issues that were a concern. The crews are correcting those issues and putting a new facade on the building."