A dilapidated, century-old office building a couple blocks south of Bushnell Park may get a new lease on life after the Hartford City Council voted last week to sell it to the Charter Oak Health Center.
The city owns a boarded-up, 2.5-story building at 15 Grand St., abutting a community health center run by the nonprofit. Charter Oak proposed to buy the building for $6,800 and rehab it for administrative offices.
The council signed off on the sale at its April 10 meeting, although there is a due diligence period before Charter Oak finalizes its purchase.
This is one of several blighted property sales the council endorsed last week with an eye toward redevelopment.
The council also signed off on the sale of 14 and 48 Brook St., to C.F. Reid Construction for $10,000. The Hartford-based builder plans to restore the fire-damaged, three-family and two-family apartment buildings on these properties “as owner-occupied homes,” according to a summary Mayor Luke Bronin shared with the council.
Separately, the council agreed to sell a 3,200-square-foot vacant lot at 60 East St., to the House of Restoration Church Inc. for $500. The church owns a neighboring lot with a single-family, colonial-style house.
Bishop Jerimiah Torres, representing the multi-cultural church, said the plan is to combine the two properties and create a six-unit elderly housing building.
The council also agreed to consider the sale of a blighted, six-unit apartment building at 17 Cabot St., and a neighboring half-acre lot to Hartford-based Renzo LLC. The proposed sale price is $30,000. The builder plans to rehab the apartment building and turn the neighboring lot into a parking lot.
The council referred Renzo’s purchase request to a subcommittee for review.
