HOLYOKE — Schermerhorn’s Seafood Restaurant & Market, a 114-year-old establishment at 224 Westfield Road, plans to reopen next month with a “modern twist” as a new sit-down, full-serve restaurant, after being closed for nearly two years of renovations.

Michael “Mick” Corduff, set to be executive chef of Schermerhorn’s when it opens and co-owner of the business, said the target to open is July 4 weekend as management wraps up minor renovation and permitting hurdles, while continuing to hire staff.

Before Schermerhorn’s was purchased in October by Corduff’s partner, Westfield developer Frank DeMarinis, the business operated as both a seafood market and restaurant. Corduff said that model will remain, but the business will expand significantly with a new menu as a dine-in restaurant with waiters, as opposed to the previous version.

Corduff explained that previously, restaurant workers would sometimes bring food out on a tray and sometimes customers would pick it up, depending on how busy it was, but that is no more. The new hours, with the business open every day of the week besides Tuesdays, and menu, serving a wide array of seafood, can now be found online.

“We pride ourselves on service and felt that table service was the way to go to step it up a notch,” Corduff said, noting that they have nearly tripled the number of restaurant workers. “Hopefully, it will deliver a hotter, fresher product straight to your table.”

Corduff and DeMarinis also own The Log Cabin, The Delaney House and D. Hotel Suites & Spa. Corduff, with an extensive background in the culinary industry, said he will continue to oversee all of those ventures while the main chef at Schermerhorn’s will be Scott Converse.

“He has worked at The Delaney House now for two years and he is excited to put his own spin on Schermerhorn’s,” Corduff said about Converse.

Schermerhorn’s will have a new bar with full service and, in addition the restaurant and market, a seasonal ice cream stand that Corduff said was renovated and will have customers order indoors, with outside seating. All the renovations and new style make for an exciting prospect, Corduff said.

“The building itself from a design perspective, Frank [DeMarinis] really took it to the next level,” Corduff said. “There’s a lot of unique characteristics that have gone into the building, a lot of thought that has gone into every inch of the place.”

Once it reopens, DeMarinis said, Schermerhorn’s will have one of the largest lobster tanks in western Massachusetts, holding 780 gallons of water and approximately 1,500 lobsters.

“They did have ice cream before and a tank before but not like this,” DeMarinis said. “The building is completely renovated — all new furniture, everything’s new. I think the whole atmosphere inside of this place is amazing, we put in so much detail with the design.”

DeMarinis said Schermerhorn’s was given the green light to open after receiving its certificate of occupancy last week after a building inspection. Renovations hit some bumps with multiple building permit and coding issues dating back to December 2024, and a stop-work order last summer, but Holyoke Building Commissioner Leslie Ward said the problems have been resolved.

Between now and opening, Corduff said, there will be several soft openings to work out the kinks and there will likely be some issues to smooth out, just as with any other restaurant. He expects it to be very busy once reopened but is ready to get cooking.

“There’s something about the Schermerhorn name and the fact that it’s a local seafood place that’s well known and now we’re just bringing it up to the 21st century,” DeMarinis said. “We’re real excited about it.”

For more information, visit schermerhornseafood.com.