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.
New Haven partnership buys buildings in downtown Meriden for $1.6M
New Haven partnership buys buildings in downtown Meriden for $1.6M
A building at 81 W. Main St. in Meriden, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. A New Haven-based partnership bought the 100-year-old building for $750,000. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal Advertisement
A building, right, at 81 W. Main St. in Meriden, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. A New Haven-based partnership bought the 100-year-old building for $750,000. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
A property at 107 W. Main St., Meriden, Wed., May 12, 2021. The storefronts are addressed 107-111 W. Main St. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
An inscription on a building at 107 W. Main St. in Meriden reads The Roccapriore Building, Wed., May 12, 2021. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Portland woman named to Connecticut Funeral Directors Association committee
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Amanda Portelance of Portland was recently reelected to a second term as an Alternate Member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association.Connecticut Funeral Directors Association / Contributed photo
PORTLAND - Amanda Portelance of Portland was recently reelected to a second term as an Alternate Member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association. Portelance is a licensed funeral director/embalmer with Spencer Funeral Home in East Hampton.
Her CCO designation indicates that she completed the National Funeral Directors Association’s Certified Crematory Operator program. In addition to her work at the funeral home, Portelance is an Assistant Professor of Funeral Service at Goodwin University in East Hartford.
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Amanda Portelance, CCO
Amanda Portelance, CCO, has been re-elected to a second term as an Alternate Member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA).
Portelance is a licensed funeral director/embalmer with
Spencer Funeral Home in East Hampton. Her CCO designation indicates that she completed the National Funeral Directors Association s Certified Crematory Operator program. In addition to her work at the funeral home, Portelance is an
Assistant Professor of Funeral Service at Goodwin University in East Hartford.
Portelance became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 2015 after receiving her professional schooling from Lincoln College Of New England (now Goodwin University). She joined Spencer Funeral Home in 2015. In addition, she holds a Bachelor s degree in Political Science and a Master s degree in Business Administration from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven.