Gordon Woodworth (2021)
Matt and Nancy Fuller, with Algonquin, bought 18 Exchange St., home to Normandin Marketing and Rude Betty.
George Normandin has sold his building at 18 Exchange St. in downtown Glens Falls, home to Normandin’s marketing firm and the Rude Betty store. The purchasers are Matt and Nancy Fuller, who bought it for $568,000.
They own Fountain Square Outfitters in the Barton Mines building on the roundabout. They emphasized that FSO was not moving to 18 Exchange St.
“We would be foolish to give up that space,” on Centennial Circle, Matt said. “It’s the best location in Glens Falls.”
Rude Betty gift shop occupies the first-floor retail space in the Exchange Street building, with a lease running through March 2022, Matt said.
The store will move to the former Tyrer Gallery space at 170 Glen St. in April, Rude Betty owner Jeff Strief told FoothillsBusinessDaily.com. The Fullers plan to seek a new tenant, they said.
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The Fullers said they have been looking to buy downtown for more than two years, but never found the right fit.
When Nancy stumbled upon the listing for George and Kate Normandin’s historic building just hours after it was posted online, they knew they had found their new home. The Fullers plan to move into the upstairs space in the 2.5-floor building.
“It checks all the boxes,” Matt Fuller said. Nancy added, “It’s a good fit.”
The Fullers will now do some minor renovations and upgrades on the upstairs space of the 3,234-square-foot building and hope to move in sometime in the spring with their golden retriever Algonquin. They will upgrade the HVAC system and put a shower in the second-floor bathroom. Otherwise, they said they are looking forward to making the space their own.
Nancy said after the closing Friday, they celebrated at Mean Max and Farmacy [Restobar]. Saturday, the Fullers had dinner at Craft on 9.
“We’re looking forward to living downtown,” Nancy said. “And we love being a part of downtown Glens Falls.”
Matt Fuller, who grew up in Fort Edward, is an attorney with Meyer Fuller & Stockwell in Lake George. Nancy, a Warrensburg native, is a speech pathologist in the Shenendehowa School District.
Normandin said he had cash offers for more than $600,000, “but Matt and Nancy were the right fit and we didn’t entertain anything after we gave our word and commitment to them. It was important to us that it went to the right people, and the Fullers are the right people.”
Business is solid, but for now he and his small staff are working remotely.
City records indicate the building was constructed around 1880.
The Normandins bought it from Glens Falls National Bank in 2014 for $260,000. Taxes are $8,126 annually.
Scott Warden of Howard Hanna Real Estate represented the Normandins. Andrew Petrie of Coldwell Banker Prime Properties, who also works at Fountain Square Outfitters, represented the Fullers.