BUILDING SALEM: Former Liberty Plaza downtown reimagined as “The Forge”

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Name: The Forge (formerly Liberty Plaza)

Project type: Renovation, retail and commercial

Location: 285 Liberty St. N.E. (Downtown Salem)

The need: The project will transform a major downtown building that’s sat mostly vacant since Covid into…