The building at 612 East Babcock that housed Gallatin Printing for four decades changed hands last week for $2.8 million. The new owner, a limited liability company registered to a Bozeman address, filed permits for a “brand activation campus” with collaborative maker zones, a content capture studio, and what the listing calls a “heritage press gallery” preserving the original Heidelberg offset press as a conversation piece.

Gallatin Printing owner Dale Haskins, 72, said he received three offers in the first week. “The Heidelberg weighs four thousand pounds,” Haskins said. “They didn’t want the press. They wanted the story of the press. I told them the story is I fixed it with a pipe wrench and swear words for thirty years. They said that’s exactly the authentic narrative they’re looking for.”

The listing brochure describes the 6,200-square-foot space as “a rare opportunity to occupy a genuine Bozeman creative landmark” and projects triple-net rent of $38 per square foot for the subdivided suites. The building sold in 1984 for $185,000. Haskins paid it off in 2003.

Permits show the Heidelberg will remain bolted to its concrete pad in the center of the open floor plan, surrounded by glass-walled phone booths rentable by the hour. The ink mixing station becomes a “color theory lab.” The paper storage mezzanine becomes a “vertical community lounge.” The loading dock where Haskins unloaded pallets of NCR forms for the county becomes a “curated arrival experience.”

Haskins said he will retire to his cabin near Norris. The buyer’s representative, reached at 406-555-0147, said the activation campus expects to open by winter with founding memberships starting at $1,200 monthly. The press will not operate. It will be lit from below.