Step Saver building hits the market!

The former Step Saver building at 213 Spring St. is on the market for $1.3 million. Commercial Connection Real Estate LLC has the listing.

The 15,040-square-foot office and warehouse has been mostly vacant since publication of the weekly Step Saver/Observer newspapers were shut down in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. A screen-printing company later utilized a portion of the building.

Property owner Step Saver, Inc. is a subsidiary of the Republican-American newspaper in Waterbury. The company acquired the business from founder and publisher Anthony L. Urillo in 2000. The Urillo family began printing The Step Saver, a weekly free advertising and classified mailer, in 1963. They established the weekly Observer newspaper in 1975. Both were printed at the Spring Street facility.

The 2.52-acre parcel includes a bocci court installed by Urillo in the 1970s.
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According to town records, there are outstanding personal property and real estate tax bills attached to the site.