MUCH LIKE the well-known Citizens Bank building it owns in Manchester, Red Oak Apartment Homes hopes to transform another commercial building nearby into apartments.
The company purchased 73 Hanover St. for $1.5 million at the end of last year with the intention to convert the upper four floors into 43 market-rate apartments, according to owner Ron Dupont. The 1871 building once housed the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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