White River Junction
Davidson is purchasing the properties from owners Phyllis and William Shambo, who retired and closed their longtime municipal equipment supply store in 2017.
As “the gateway to Vermont across from Hartford Town Hall, these buildings present the community’s next redevelopment opportunity,” Davidson said in a news release. Davidson has been active in redeveloping historic White River Junction and Lebanon properties into resident and commercial properties.
Davidson said he is already in discussions with potential tenants and the two buildings “present an array of opportunities … our minds are open to possibilities for the Pine Street area and the Kibby Buildings in particular.”
Tim Sidore, general manager of Davidson’s property management company Ledgeworks, said via email that interest in the Kibby buildings has been expressed by restaurants and a performing arts organization, although the company is weighing other possibilities.
“Much like the Freight House and the former Lebanon Junior High School, the Kibby buildings are community treasures, ripe for their next iterations,” Sidore said.
Davidson’s area redevelopment projects include the conversions of the former Lebanon Junior High School and College Cleaners building in White River Junction into apartment complexes, the former Polka Dot diner (which is soon to open as Phnom Penh Sandwich Station) and Lucky’s Coffee Garage (formerly Roy’s Gulf Station) in Lebanon.
