Fitchburg office building being converted into housing

Fitchburg office building being converted into housing

FITCHBURG — One of downtown’s most important long-vacant buildings is set for a makeover. The former Santander Bank building, at 280 Main St., at the center of Fitchburg’s downtown, also formerly known as the Park Building and as the former Worcester North Savings Institution, is being renovated into housing. Santander closed its Main Street branch in 2019, and the building has been vacant ever since. But long before that, this corner anchor ser…