Farr's Building In Manchester Up For Sale

MANCHESTER, CT — A landmark retail building in Manchester is on the market just a short time after its longtime owners retired.

The Farr's Sporting Goods building at 2 Main Street can be bought for $850,000, according to the commercial real estate Web Portal Crexi.

The listing agency is Colliers. The listing appeared two weeks ago.

The property consists of a single-story 8,070 retail building on 0.56 acres, according to the listing. There are currently 2,200 square feet of a "rental unit" on a month-to-month lease, according to the listing.

In August, members of the Farr family announced they were set to retire.

A popular local saying was always, "Farr's has to have it." Farr's roots roots go back to 1955, when Jim Farr opened Manchester Surplus, a general merchandise store store squeezed in between a TV repair shop and package store.

In 1971, amid a renewal project to spruce up the north part of town, Farr expanded his business and opened Farr's Sporting Goods at 2 Main St. in the north end.

The family business quickly embedded itself as part of the community while offering a wide variety of products and services like:

• Skateboards & Bicycles
• Fishing & Live Bait
• Disc Golf & Yard Games
• Darts
• Camping
• Bicycle repair
• Ice Skate Sharpening
• Propane and CO2 Refills
• Key Cutting
• Recreational Sports Equipment

In the warmer months, hard-core campers knew that Farr's would likely have hard-to-find accessories needed in a pinch. In the winter, when the big box stores had no sleds, it was usually off to Farr's to get one.

See the full listing here.