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 Commercial Driver Training School is seeking to buy and develop lots 10 and 11 on Business Park Drive in the Southeast Bristol Business Park. The two wooded lots, which combined total […]
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 Commercial Driver Training School is seeking to buy and develop lots 10 and 11 on Business Park Drive in the Southeast Bristol Business Park.Â
The two wooded lots, which combined total 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.
On Monday, the Bristol Planning Commission unanimously approved a motion authorizing Mayor Jeffrey 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 Community Development board has also approved selling the two lots.
While the commission approved the motion, the City Council has also referred the matter to its Real Estate Committee to schedule a public hearing on the proposal.
According to a proposal and site-plan documents submitted to the Planning Commission, Allstate wants to build a 12,000-square-foot building with 18 parking spaces. The building would house classroom and office space.Â
The development also would include an outdoor “training field,” described as “a paved area with cones to simulate driving maneuvers for students.”Â
Students work one-on-one with instructors, with three to four instructors training approximately 15-25 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 at 249 Pearl St. in Seymour 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.
