A local development company has bought a long-vacant nursing home in Wethersfield with preliminary plans to rezone the site and build multifamily housing, according to town officials.
Joseph Calafiore, principal of Hartford-based 341 Jordan Lane Development LLC, bought property at Jordan Lane and Folly Brook Boulevard on June 10 for $825,000 from Crosstone Realty Associates and a number of other owners.
The former nursing home has been vacant for close to a decade, Town Planner Denise Bradley said. The property has a total appraised value of $2.5 million, and town property records list the building condition as “very poor.”
Calafiore could not be reached for comment, but Bradley said the new owner has presented conceptual development plans to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
She believes the plans for demolition and redevelopment of the “underutilized property” will be viewed favorably by land use boards.
“It’s likely that this would be successful, and viewed in a positive light,” since the Town Council, Economic Development Commission and Planning and Zoning have been in discussions on long-term plans for the parcel for quite a while, Bradley said.
“We’re definitely happy to see movement on the property, and I’m very hopeful this is going to move forward.”
Calafiore has not presented engineering plans yet, nor has he formally applied for the zone change. He would also have to submit a master site plan along with his proposal, Bradley said.
The plans call for multifamily units, but the number of units proposed is not known. The early plans so far do not call for a mixed-use development.
