One of the mainstay buildings in the world of downtown Albuquerque retail is being listed for sale for $2.4 million.
Popularly known as the Gizmo Building, the five-story structure at 410 Central Avenue was built in 1915 as the Melini Building before being extensively updated and expanded in 1949.
For more than four decades it was the home to a J.C. Penny outlet. As the Gizmo Store, beginning in the 1970s, it offered a wide variety of Army and Navy work boots, uniforms, and other goods.
Measuring around 53,000 square feet, the building, now officially called the 4 Ten on Central, features two passenger elevators and one freight elevator. An attempt, some 15 years ago, to reconvert the building into lofts and restaurant space never became reality.
Listed by Colliers International realtors, the building is the tallest structure on a block populated with restaurant, nightclub, and convenience store offerings.
By Garry Boulard
