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12 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | JUNE 10, 2024 DEAL WATCH Truck driver training school seeking to buy land in Bristol By David Krechevsky davidk@hartfordbusiness.com A longtime commercial driver training school is seeking to acquire land in a Bristol industrial park to create a new training facility. Seymour-based Allstate Commer- cial Driver Training School is seeking to buy and develop lots 10 and 11 in the Southeast Bristol Business Park on Business Park Drive. The two wooded lots, with a combined 3.23 acres, are located behind ESPN's North Campus and adjacent to CMI Specialty Products Inc. They also are just west of the Pond Ridge Condominiums on Redstone Hill Road. The Bristol Planning Commission in mid-May unanimously approved a motion authorizing Mayor Jeff Caggiano to execute a purchase- and-sale agreement with Business Park LLC, which does business as Allstate Commercial Driver Training School. The LLC is owned by Vincent Maiorano and Christopher Maiorano, who own and operate the school. A potential sale price for the two lots was not disclosed. The city's Economic and Commu- nity Development board has also approved selling the two lots. Allstate wants to build a 12,000-square-foot building with 18 parking spaces. The building would house classroom and office space. The development also would include an outdoor "training field," described as "a paved area with cones to simulate driving maneuvers for students." Students work one-on-one with instructors, with three to four instruc- tors training approximately 15 to 25 students daily, the proposal states. Classes would be held seven days a week from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Allstate has operated in Seymour, at 249 Pearl St., since 1975. According to its website, it also has a "satellite training and testing location" in Meriden. The proposal states the Bristol site would be a "new campus." Officials with Allstate could not be reached for comment. Connecticut, like the rest of the country, has faced a significant shortage of truck drivers. That led the state legislature in 2022 to pass a law that requires the Department of Correction to make space and technology available for inmates to prepare for and take a commercial driver's license test. Home Sales Here's a list of recently sold luxury homes in Connecticut. Sale price Address Town Full/half baths Beds Square footage Days on market $1,390,000 74 Westland Rd. Avon 6 5 6,516 15 $1,000,000 15 Bart Dr. Canton 5 4 5,496 5 $905,000 1667 Diamond Lake Rd. Glastonbury 5 4 4,225 20 $845,000 341 W. Pines Dr. Southington 4 5 3,699 16 $800,000 12 Powder Mill Ln. Granby 3 4 3,421 47 $845,000 9 Camden Way. Avon 4 4 3,450 5 $910,000 332 Westmont St. West Hartford 4 5 3,711 3 $815,000 252 Bluff Point Rd. Glastonbury 4 5 5,062 6 $710,000 31 Hopewell Rd. Glastonbury 3 4 2,740 19 $781,000 70 Four Mile Rd. West Hartford 3 4 2,774 4 $769,000 50 Lincoln Ave. West Hartford 2 4 3,393 3 $775,000 16 Newbury Ct. Simsbury 5 3 3,796 5 $665,000 184 Main St. Wethersfield 6 6 3,346 257 $664,000 375 Copper Ridge Rd. Southington 3 3 2,656 12 $685,000 2 Shire Way. Burlington 3 4 2,582 0 $840,000 5 Newbury Ct. Simsbury 4 4 4,219 4 $665,000 5 Chrismis Tree Ln. East Granby 3 4 2,591 127 $730,000 4 Case Cir. Simsbury 3 4 3,267 3 $649,900 75 Quaker Ln. N. West Hartford 4 4 2,470 10 $800,000 175 N. Main St. West Hartford 3 4 2,439 0 $735,000 15 Sunset Hill Rd. Simsbury 3 4 4,136 6 $711,344 259 Oakwood Cir. Plainville 4 3 2,572 0 $625,000 75 Somerset Dr. Avon 4 4 4,242 3 $700,000 42 Crosswood Rd. Farmington 3 3 2,611 5 $730,000 96 Barrington Way. Glastonbury 3 4 3,754 5 $595,000 479 Huckleberry Hill Rd. Avon 4 5 2,820 7 $805,000 19 Nod Brook Dr. Simsbury 4 5 3,850 3 $607,000 9 Adams Ln. West Hartford 3 4 2,014 6 $615,900 44 Candlelight Dr. Glastonbury 4 4 3,354 36 $590,000 7 Long View Dr. Simsbury 4 4 2,518 6 $627,000 236 Carriage Dr. Glastonbury 2 4 2,488 6 $638,000 4 Smokey Ridge Rd. Simsbury 3 4 3,018 4 $710,000 44 Castlewood Rd. West Hartford 2 3 1,760 1 Credit: Data provided by Evan L. Berman of William Raveis Broder Team. Contact him at evan@brodergroup.com.