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What Should Go Here at 151 Andover St.?

So what would you like to see here? Another car dealership or something else on Route 114?

Judging by the majority of comments from our readers on this topic, you'd like to see something else hit Route 114 at the former Borders Books & Music .

Brian Kelly of Kelly Automotive Group is contemplating turning the building into a two-floor FIAT dealership -- relocating the Danvers dealership just up the road onto that site -- but he hasn't filed any plans with the city yet to that end.

City officials said they were aware of a letter that was sent out to neighbors on Loris Road recently and that Kelly was still in the process of exploring whether the building could be converted into a two-floor dealership, particularly if the second floor could bear the vehicles' weight.

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The Peabody Borders closed its doors last year amid bankruptcy filings by the parent company Borders Group Inc.

So what would you like to see there at 151 Andover St. across from the ? What's missing along Route 114 right now?

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