Connecticut Distributors breaks ground on Stratford addition

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Connecticut Distributors Inc., which dates to post-Prohibition Bridgeport and has been in Stratford for 46 years, recently broke ground on a 50,000-square-foot addition to its 333 Lordship Blvd. home.

The expansion is expected to accommodate 17 new hires. The groundbreaking witnessed company President Brian Albenze and Stratford Mayor John Harkins joining state, company and construction officials to toss dirt for the occasion.

The company bills itself as “one of the top liquor distributors in Connecticut.”

The Stratford facility dates to 1968. In 2007, Connecticut Distributors merged with Gallo Wine”™s Wine Merchants Division for Connecticut. The move made Connecticut Distributors the second-largest spirits distributor in the state, it said.

The contractors are Trumbull-based Greg”™s Carpentry LLC and Newtown-based Claris Construction Inc.