New Retail Space at Prospect and Boulevard

Just about every day I drove by Larry’s Service Station at the corner of Prospect and Boulevard, on the West Hartford border. Then late last week the trucks were gone and there was a chain link fence surrounding the property.

Where’d Larry go? Apparently to Farmington Avenue in Hartford.

And yesterday the demolition commenced on Larry’s old locale. Steel beams swung around by a crane, dropped onto a pile of rubble below. Larry’s old home was razed.

So, what’s going to take its place? According to the Courant, a small retail shopping complex will be gracing the corner. Three stores will occupy the 5,256 square foot site. The town oversaw the site plan, which included landscaping, in April. Tenatively, one of the stores will be a coffee shop.

Hopefully it will add some positive development to the area, without negatively impacting traffic too much. Stay tuned for future updates…