A liquor store in Lehighton is set to move to the Route 443 corridor in early summer.

The Fine Wine & Good Spirits Store at 143 South St. has been approved for the move, said Elizabeth Brassell, director of policy and communications for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.

“Our board approved the move of this store from its current location to Blakeslee Station on Nov. 13,” Brassell said. “We’re hoping to open the new store in early summer.”

The new store will be located in a two-unit, 7,500-square-foot building constructed on roughly one acre west of Advance Auto.

Mason’s Cold Beer Too, located at 101 Blakeslee Blvd Dr. E., occupies 4,500 square feet of the building, while the new Fine Wine and Good Spirits store will occupy the remaining 3,000 square feet.

Todd Mason, who is the husband of Mason’s Cold Beer Too owner Jane Mason, said they are in the process of completing the building.

“We’re just putting the finishing touches on the building,” Todd Mason said. “We’re hoping that opening day will be sometime around Memorial Day for the new (Fine Wine & Good Spirits) store.”

Mason’s Cold Beer Too opened in the summer of 2023 in the building, which was slated to be a beverage center (beer store), with the rest for wine and spirits.

Other Fine Wine & Good Spirits Stores are located at 221 Delaware Ave. in Palmerton, and 200 S. Best Ave. in Walnutport (Walnutport Shopping Center), Kinsley’s Shoprite Plaza in Brodheadsville and 210 Cedar St. in Tamaqua.

The Fine Wine & Good Spirits Store in Palmerton underwent remodeling that was completed in August 2023. The remodeling consisted of a new floor and signs, along with being handicapped accessible.

The Palmerton store was temporarily closed July 8, 2023 by the PLCB so it could be refreshed.

At that time, PLCB spokesman Shawn Kelly said most of its 585 Fine Wine & Good Spirits Stores in the state have or were being refreshed.

While the Palmerton store was closed for renovation, customers were able to shop at the Fine Wine & Good Spirits Stores in Lehighton and Walnutport.