Former Gardner News Building Sold – Again
Tony Molina’s Molina Realty has sold the former Gardner News Building at 309 Central Street in Gardner to 65 Shawsheen LLC for $2,240,000. Molina had purchased the building just a few years back from former Gardner News owner Alberta Bell for $300,000.
In September 2025, Molina had announced that he had filled all 9 apartments which had been constructed in the building. The new owner, 65 Shawsheen LLC is a company involved in construction, excavation, and site development.
A little over a decade ago, Alberta Bell sold the Gardner News to Ganett who did not purchase the building at the time.
The Gardner News Building was first constructed in 1906, went on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and became part of the West Gardner Square Historic District in 1985
Unique Architecture: Although renovated inside, the familiar outside of the building remains intact. It is a three-story brick structure, roughly trapezoidal in shape due to its lot configuration, and is adorned with sandstone and brick trim. Its main facade faces roughly south toward Central Street, and is roughly divided into three sections. The outer sections have two bays of windows on the third floor, and projecting bay windows on the second floor. The right section has the main building entrance, while that on the left has a three-part window with stone lintel. The center section of the building has three window bays on each level. There are courses of corbelled brickwork above and below the third floor, and the building is crowned by a brick parapet