VERNON, CT — The next steps for a South Windsor-based businessman who owns several properties on Route 83 in Vernon are set to begin with the long-anticipated demolition of a former liquor store next to a former Southwest cuisine restaurant and finding new life for a former tuxedo store he recently purchased.
Jagdev Toor recently bought the former Samuel Ltd./Tux King formalwear property for $1.1 million. It is located at 295 Talcottville Road, the local address for that stretch of Route 83. The building can accommodate as much as 15,000 square feet of commercial activity with 80 parking spaces, according to the listing on Loopnet. It has sat vacant for several years.
It is the easternmost property owned by Toor along the 200 block of Route 83. His holdings also include, heading west, the current cannabis shop, the former Pancho Loco restaurant property, the former Lazy Liquor store and the strip plaza occupied by Pro Health Physicians (at 206 Talcottville Road).
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The Pancho property at 218 Talcottville Road was demolished about a year ago, shortly after the restaurant closed, and the plan was to raze the liquor store and a small residential unit behind it right after and build a plaza measuring 20,500 square feet in their places.
Trouble was, the project became mired in a paperwork nightmare that took until this month to resolve. For about the past six years, town officials thought the entire parcel sat in a strictly commercial zone, but, it turns out, that was a mistake created on the town land records when they were converted over to the current electronic system. A bit of research after a protest by an abutting property owner uncovered two separate zones that put the front two-thirds in a commercial zone and the back end of the property in a special residential zone, Vernon Economic Development Director Shaun Gately said.
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The courts decided the most practical thing to do was to re-visit the regulatory process, since it was advertised erroneously, he added. According to town records, the appeal period for the project expired Wednesday.
Toor Told Patch that some materials abatement work is under way at the liquor store and the demolition will follow soon after.
As for the old Tux King, Toor said he will offer it as a short-term lease of about six months to begin with, but eventually wants to tear it down and replace it with a commercial building measuring about 20,000 square feet.
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It sits on 2.75 acres, Toor said.
“A restaurant would be nice there,” Toor said. “We always need restaurants.” Toor was quick to add that is just one concept for a building that could house a number of businesses.
Toor said he wants to finish the Pancho-Lazy Liquor property before turning to the tuxedo shop.
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