Former CCC Feed plant in Manchester cuts asking price nearly in half after six months on market
MANCHESTER - A prominent industrial complex off Apel Place has had its asking price cut nearly in half after six months on the market .
Century 21 AllPoints Realty listed for sale in February the 6.79-acre property at 46 Apel Place, one of a pair of neighboring properties previously owned by the Central Connecticut Cooperative Farmers Association before its closure a decade ago. The original list price of $1.5 million was reduced to roughly $800,000 recently.
The property includes five buildings: two industrial buildings dating back to 1930 located along the former railroad, a warehouse built in 1975, and two warehouses from 1988, as well as various accessory structures. Some can be easily seen past trees and other buildings from Oakland, North Main, and Woodbridge streets
The Apel Place site was used for a feed production plant as far back as the 19th century, according to Century 21. Its companion, the old Apel's Opera House at 35 Oakland St. , has seen a large swath of uses since the four-story mill building was constructed around 1888, and could be converted into apartments under a plan approved last year .
Denise Reale, an agent with Century 21, said Thursday that the price reduction reflects where the market is at for 46 Apel Place in particular, as its previous use is "functionally obsolete.
"A lot of the buildings are not what people would want in today's time, so a lot of the buildings will need to be demolished," Reale said. "The new price reflects some of that updating."
As for a future use, Reale said the property would still be ideal for a industrial manufacturing use with some reworking of the site, or as a potential residential redevelopment along the lines of the apartments planned for 35 Oakland St.
Originally headquartered in East Hartford, the Central Connecticut Cooperative Farmers Association was founded in 1938 as a farmer-owned pelletized animal food manufacturer. The co-op moved to Apel Place in 1952 and produced feed there for decades.
The CCC announced in 2016 that it would shut down, closing the Apel Place mill and the store it had established at 35 Oakland St. MSL Group bought the properties out of foreclosure in 2017 and opened Manchester Barbecue Pellets inside the former feed plant in 2022, but seemingly stopped selling its wood pellets in 2024.
Amos Financial LLC, the current owner of 46 Apel Place, acquired the property in February 2026 out of foreclosure on a 2021 mortgage held by a company connected to MSL Group.
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