Salvatore closed a deal this week to buy the former Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate campus at 275 Windsor St. for $3.82 million. The building’s property abuts Dunkin’ Park, home to the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats. Earlier this year Salvatore said he planned to build up to 269 apartments on the RPI property, which housed the New York-based university’s graduate programs in Hartford. Now Salvatore is moving full speed ahead on Parcel B, planning to break ground within 60 days to replace the parking lot with a structure housing 237 apartments and a 522-car parking garage, the $120 million first phase of a complex that could eventually house 1,000 units. At the same time, he intends to start demolishing the 1970s-era buildings at the RPI lot within 30 days. The only structure that will be left standing is a 450-spot parking garage, which would be part of any future development at the site. An initial estimate of the cost of the first phase of redeveloping the property was $67 million.
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