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ZBA approves conversion of former Prospect Street school at 75 East Broadway into 23 apartments with conditions

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The Gardner Zoning Board of Appeals on July 15 approved a special permit allowing Molina Landmark LLC to convert the former Prospect Street school at 75 East Broadway into 23 rental apartments, subject to conditions on fencing, lighting, visitor parking and emergency egress lighting.

The Gardner City Zoning Board of Appeals voted July 15 to approve a special permit allowing Molina Landmark LLC to convert the vacant Prospect Street school at 75 East Broadway into a 23‑unit rental apartment building, subject to several conditions the board said are intended to protect neighbors and public safety.

Applicant representatives described a reuse plan that preserves the building’s exterior, provides a mix of unit sizes and reuses existing paved areas for resident parking. The proposal calls for 23 units (including two basement efficiencies the applicant will show on an updated drawing), a sprinkling system, replacement of windows to meet current energy code, accessibility improvements to the main floor and resurfacing and restriping of the…

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