WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The long-rumored sale of the former Agway building on Main Street was finalized on Friday.

 

The president of Westminster-based Aubuchon Hardware Inc., confirmed Tuesday morning that it has purchased the parcel through a third party.

 

But Greg Moran said he did not know when Aubuchon would be able to relocate its Williamstown store from its current location in Main Street’s Colonial Plaza.

 

"We don't have a timetable," Moran said in a brief telephone interview. "Anything I could say at this point would be very preliminary."

 

WNTA Inc. purchased the former Agway site for $407,700 from Northern Pines Realty Trust. The property at 600 Main St., actually several separate parcels of land, totals about 2 acres and includes a 10,322 squar- foot steel building.

 

Realtor Paul Harsch of Williamstown, who handled the transaction for Northern Pines, said Friday's transaction completes most of the turnover at the site, which also includes a 2,284-square-foot commercial building listed at $210,000.

 

"This only leaves 610 Main St., the yellow building," Harsch said. "I'd think [Friday's] transfer would impress someone enough to want to be next to a draw like Aubuchon."

 

The Agway closed in 2009 after 45 years in business, lasting a decade longer than the farm franchise chain that gave it its name. It had operated out of what had been Gardner Chevrolet dealership since 1992.

A secondhand shop benefiting Minerva Arts Center Inc. had been located in the building the last several years but moved to North Adams earlier this summer in anticipation of the sale.

 

Aubuchon has been in the Colonial Shopping Center since at least the 1980s.