A co-owner of what was once the Briarwood College campus in Southington says he and his partner plan to put the 32-acre property to use as a school.
Developer Mendel Paris, who recently purchased the property at 2279 Mount Vernon Road for $3.5 million, said he’s in talks with multiple schools about setting up some kind of high school, possibly a technical school, on the grounds. Briarwood, which in its last years was known as Lincoln College of New England, specialized in fields such as dental hygiene, mortuary sciences, nursing and occupational therapy, and its vacant classrooms still contain labs and other spaces that could be used in a trade school setting, according to Paris.
The Southington campus of the former Lincoln College of New England, once known as Briarwood College, has been sold.
According to town property records, an entity known as PGX Holdings, which has a listed address in New Haven, paid $3.5 million for the 32-acre property at 2279 Mount Vernon Road in May.
PGX Holdings is controlled by Medel Paris of New Haven and Moises Grunblatt of Woodbridge, state records show.
The seller was Briarwood Real Estate Limited, which had owned the land since 1989.
Records indicate the property houses seven buildings, mostly built between 1967 and 2008 to serve as classroom space. One building, put up in 2004, is listed as an apartment building.
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