Entrepreneur Invests $2.5M in Fairfield Preschool

0:00A fairfield entrepreneur just dropped $2.5 million on a vacant office building, eyeing it for a fresh preschool launch. Joshua Cohen, the guy behind junk luggers that he sold a couple years back, teamed up with real estate pro Brett Sherman to make this happen. They're bringing in a guarded school franchise. The kind with spots all over the country. Demand for quality preschool spots in Fairfield is sky high, so Sherman, who already runs one location there, saw the need for another. The building sat empty after the previous owners scrapped plans to turn it into apartments. Built back in 1972, this 18,000 square foot spot got a praise that 2.31 million. Cohen says they'll flip it into kid-friendly space and open doors by the first quarter next year. Smart Pivot from offices to early education shows how local hustlers are filling real community gaps, one building at a time. From your city, powered by AI, this is Hartford News Today, I'm Corey with the story.