East Coast Laundromat

Coleen Worrell was barely a glimmer in her parents’ eyes when the movie “Love Story” premiered in 1970. To this day, the energetic 50-year-old from Barbados hasn’t seen the film.

So it was no wonder that when her real estate broker called her in February about a business opportunity – a laundromat for sale at 104 Oxford St., in the Baldwin neighborhood – she didn’t make the connection. That didn’t come until she visited in person with friend and business associate Sonny Franklin to see how the site compared with other business opportunities they were considering, including restaurants, transportation and other laundromat locations.