It’s been more than a decade since plans for an ambitious $71-million South Windsor movie studio project were first publicly aired. Instead, a different type of industry has sprouted in town: distribution centers. In fact, since 2017, about 1.5 million square feet of distribution space has been erected in South Windsor by a single developer — Indiana-based Scannell Properties. Scannell Properties has built at least 10 distribution centers in Connecticut in recent years, but has found South Windsor particularly attractive because of its availability of open land, quick and easy access to I-91 and I-84, and pro-business environment, said Daniel Madrigal, senior development manager of the Indianapolis-based company. One of the strategies the town has used to woo new development is using tax abatements. In fact, it’s given out three in the last year, including one to Scannell’s Home Depot project, which received a seven-year property tax break worth roughly $2.7 million.
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