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May 6, 2020 Deal Watch Today

Shuttered Bloomfield nursing home eyed for 46-unit apartment conversion

By Joe Cooper

Bloomfield officials have approved a developer’s proposal to convert the former 120-bed Alexandria Manor nursing home on Tunxis Avenue into a 46-unit apartment complex.

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The owner of the former Alexandria Manor nursing home site in Bloomfield is looking to convert the property into a 46-unit apartment community.

The town’s Planning and Zoning Commission last week approved a zone change, and master and site plans submitted by Pacifica Connect LLC to redevelop the existing nursing home building at 55 Tunxis Ave., which has been vacant since 2016, into a multi-family housing community. Pacifica, based in San Diego, Calif., received several other town approvals in recent months.
 
Town Planner Jose Giner on Tuesday said the developer does not need any other board approvals to move forward with the project.

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A sketch of the proposed apartment complex at 55 Tunxis Ave. in Bloomfield.

According to plans, the roughly 48,000-square-foot residential community will offer 46, one- and two-bedroom units and 71 parking spaces. Living units will range between 600 square feet and 1,012 square feet. It’s not yet clear how much rent might cost for those dwellings.
 
Pacifica, which acquired the building in a foreclosure sale for an undisclosed sum in May 2018, could not be reached for comment on how much the development would cost, or when it plans to break ground at the site.
 
The building debuted as a nursing home in 1966 before the operator of Alexandria Manor, Cheshire-based Affinity Healthcare Management, filed for bankruptcy in 2016 and closed the facility and others shortly after.

The front portion of the building is one-story and the rear, added on in 1999, is two stories.
 
The 10-acre property is flanked by single-family residences to the north and west, and sits across the street from Geissler's Supermarket at 40 Tunxis Ave. 

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