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Visions For Vacancies: Readers Offer Suggestions For East Granby Site

A large building off Route 20 was featured last week, and nearly four dozen readers offered their ideas to potential usage.

A large building off Route 20 in East Granby was featured last week, and nearly four dozen readers offered their ideas to potential usage.
A large building off Route 20 in East Granby was featured last week, and nearly four dozen readers offered their ideas to potential usage. (Tim Jensen/Patch)

EAST GRANBY, CT — Last week's Visions For Vacancies feature, highlighting a vacant commercial parcel in East Granby, resulted in more than 40 suggestions from readers as to what they believe would be a good use for the property.

The listing was for a large building at 2 Gateway Boulevard, off Route 20. Two spaces are available for lease, measuring 27,486 and 4,000 square feet, respectively.

Some readers suggested national chains, including:

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  • Aldi
  • Buc-ees
  • Trader Joe's
  • Wegman's

Others were less specific, offering ideas such as:

  • Art gallery
  • Autism clinic
  • Bar and dance area
  • Casino
  • DMV office
  • Grocery store
  • High end restaurant
  • Holistic healing center
  • Hotel
  • Indoor shooting range
  • Indoor trampoline place
  • Live music venue or event hall
  • Live-work studio dwellings for artists
  • Medical office complex
  • Medical research
  • Motorcycle dealer
  • Multigenerational community center
  • Police athletic league
  • Security operations center
  • Solar energy
  • Sports activity complex
  • Tax advisory and auditing
  • Technical regional high school
  • Teen center
  • Toddler indoor play center
  • Total Runner Athletics

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