Historic Glastonbury Building on the Market

The Town of Glastonbury is selling a historic piece of real estate with the hopes that the property will be attractive to someone with ideas for adaptive reuse of the building that formerly housed the Board of Education offices.

Here is how the town has described the property:

“Beautiful property located in the J.B. Williams Historic District. This versatile property offers excellent opportunity for adaptive reuse and expansion for residential or commercial use.

The Town of Glastonbury holds current ownership and will help support zone change and/or actions required for buyer’s intended use.

With a lot size of roughly 1.5 acres, this facility was home to the Glastonbury Board of Education for many years and is now vacant and available for immediate sale and occupancy. The Town of Glastonbury is offering a 3% commission to any brokers who are interested in working with the Town on the sale of this property.”

Here are the specifics:

• Sale Price: $695,000
• Lot Size: ~1.5 acres
• Year Built: 1910
• Building Size: ~10,296 sq. ft.: 1st floor: 3,432 sq. ft., 2nd floor: 3,432 sq. ft., Basement: 3,432 sq. ft.
• Parking: Approx. 41 spaces Utilities: Public Water & Sewer Zoning: Reserved Land*

Interested parties are encouraged to review and potentially use the Adaptive Redevelopment Zone (ARZ) Regulation to facilitate the reuse and redevelopment of this property. This regulation was enacted specifically for historic properties like 232 Williams and provides the flexibility often necessary to succesfully rejuvenate such a site. (Click here to view the ARZ regulations.)

Appointments available upon request and made by made by contacting Glastonbury Town Manager, Richard J. Johnson, at 860-652-7500 or richard.johnson@glastonbury-ct.gov.

Photo credit: Town of Glastonbury.