Former Chamber of Commerce Building Sold, Half Full With Tenants

Fred Allyn III is the acting owner of the old Chamber of Commerce building at 39 Kings Highway. The sale closed on Friday and the building is already more than 50 percent filled with tenants, according to his father, Fred Allyn, Jr.

Allyn said so far the tenants are mainly commercial offices but there is space for other types of business if there is an interest. And, the space below used to be a bank with a drive thru window and they’re looking for a bank to fill that spot.

Allyn Associates, Realtors a real estate firm in Norwich, also owns a building at 2 Chapman Lane and one or some of the firms in that building are moving to 39 Kings Highway, said Allyn.

“We’ll fill the building up and we will re-fill 2 Chapman lane for the spaces that are vacant,” said the former mayor of Ledyard.

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A Patch User who goes by Larry Lynch suggested, “A good book store and an independent Coffee shop would be perfect for that location.”

Nancy thought it would be good if of Gales Ferry expanded and moved there.

Patch User Kimlyn Marshall and Mimi Peck-Llewellyn thought an Arby’s would be good there and Donna Kenyon suggested a supermarket.

Mike Cherry, the chair of the Planning Commission, pointed out that no zoning changes would be required if a restaurant were interested in the location.

Allyn said there’s a little bit of work to be done to the building and tenants will be phased in August and thereafter.