Business & Tech
Henry Bear's Park Toy Store Sells
A local toy store is under new ownership for the first time since its founding in 1976.

After 37 years under Sally Lesser, Henry Bearβs Park has sold to a new owner β Kas Sharma, a senior manager at Natick-based MathWorks, a tech company, according to Boston Business Journal.
Lesser, who founded the toy store, announced her impending retirement in June. Henry Bearβs Park has locations at 685 Mass. Ave. in Arlington Center, Cambridgeβs Porter Square and Brookline.
Sharma has said heβll run the stores with the same staff, same philosophy, and heβll keep all three stores open, according to Boston Business Journal.
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He lives in Brookline with his wife and their toddler.
The store is named after David McPhailβs children book.
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