Currently the McGovern Subaru dealership resides on Powder Mill Road in South Acton. Most of the service bays are across the street and every available space of pavement on the sales side is covered with new and used autos.
Across town, in the Nagog Mall in North Acton, is the new location for their Subaru dealership. Last fall, several buildings on the east side of the Mall were demolished. Trenches were dug for drainage pipes and foundation footings, foundation walls were installed, and the site was graded. A concrete block tower was built to house the interior stairway. Some areas away from the construction were paved and are now used to park new Chrysler vehicles from the other local McGovern dealership.
The week of March 3, huge concrete panels arrived by long flatbed trailers. As many as a dozen trailers filled the surrounding streets. A crane lifted the panels off the trucks one at a time and placed them onto the concrete foundation. Some of the panels have openings for future windows. In a matter of days, the entire structure of the new building could be imagined.
Jeff Brown is the Acton Exchange business beat reporter.