Opportunity to redevelop Union Hardware Company on over 11 acres in Torrington, established in 1854 for the production of ice skates. Production later expanded to include roller skates, fishing rods, nail clippers, golf club shafts, handcuffs, and more. Chicago-based sporting goods conglomerate Brunswick Sports Products Co. purchased in 1960 and sporting goods became the primary products. In 1996, the company was acquired by FM Precision Golf Manufacturing Corporation and later by Royal Precision, Inc, and True Temper Sports, Inc., which closed the factory in 2006. This property is listed in Preservation Connecticut’s Mills: Making Places of Connecticut industrial survey, which identifies the complex as a candidate for listing on the State Register of Historic Places. If listed, it would be Eligible for State historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits. Building area is 225,000 sq. ft.
Contact: Dom Giglio, Giglio Commercial Real Estate, dgiglio@gigliocre.com, 203-755-0030
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