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New apartments and fewer vacant storefronts as Gardner seeks more housing
Summary
Mayor Nicholson highlighted recent downtown conversions — about 16 market-rate apartments in the former Gardner News building — falling storefront vacancies, and broader housing demand driving policy attention.
Gardner’s downtown is seeing new housing and fewer empty storefronts, Mayor Nicholson said, citing a conversion of the former Gardner News building into roughly 16 market-rate apartments and a decline in downtown vacancies from more than 40 to about 10.
Tony Molina of Molina Realty converted the former Gardner News building into one- and two-bedroom apartments that the mayor said will include…
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