Holmgrains bought the Narrows Inn; major renovations are underway

Petersburg's Assembly unanimously approved a lease for Nordic Real Estate LLC to use a narrow strip of borough land adjacent to the Narrows Inn, clearing the way for further rehabilitation of the nearly 60-year-old apartment complex.

Nordic Real Estate LLC, owned by Sarah and Randy Holmgrain, purchased the 27-unit building in January 2025 and has begun an ambitious renovation project that they hope will help improve Petersburg's housing stock.

Originally built as the King Salmon Motel in the late 1960s - Sarah remembers staying there as a child in the 1980s when her family first moved to town...