July 2, 2019
My old school: Wooster Sq. sale brings pennies from Heaven
By Natalie Missakian » Hartford Business »
If you’re a commercial real-estate broker, closing on a hard-won deal is always something to celebrate. But selling the former convent, grade school and nursery school owned by St. Michael’s Church in Wooster Square was especially meaningful for Lou Proto, principal of North Haven’s Proto Group.
“I went to nursery school there,” says Proto, who recalls playing on the rooftop playground as a young boy.
Greene Street entrance to the former St. Michael’s Convent.
St. Michael’s sold off the trio of properties at 234, 240 and 250 Greene St. for $1.2 million in April to GR Realty Associates LLC, a Branford holding company that plans to convert the buildings into high-end apartments.
The successful deal was a welcome Easter blessing for the struggling parish, but it wasn’t an easy sale: Two earlier attempts to sell the properties collapsed amid public zoning tangles and neighborhood opposition to previous developers’ plans…
