New Developer Takes Over Redevelopment Of Crucial Corner Of Hartford’s Main And Park Streets

CIL, formerly the Corporation for Independent Living, envisioned the development being constructed in sections, with the first phase possibly not completed until 2022. The nonprofit also wanted to put together the pieces of a financing package before firmly committing to any one of them, but the city wanted to show more solid progress. Bronin said […]

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Construction progressing on Amazon fulfillment center off Route 5 in North Haven

The $250 million warehouse and fulfillment center is expected to open in mid-May next year on the site of the former Pratt & Whitney manufacturing plant. The town is also working with the state Department of Transportation, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on plans to […]

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Stamford reps reject no-bid bridge repair pact

The importance of the bridge was evident from the attendance of others at the six-hour meeting — Mayor David Martin and members of his cabinet; neighborhood activists; a city attorney; the traffic chief, city engineer and planner; preservationists; and members of the Mill River Collaborative and Downtown Special Services District. At issue is whether the […]

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Housing project plan in Newington faces opposition

The Town Plan and Zoning Commission heard from over a dozen people Aug. 8 about an application from Massachusetts-based affordable housing developer Dakota Partners for a 108-unit apartment complex at 550 Cedar St. “We believe affordable housing is a very important component of any economy,” Dakota Partners Principal Roberto Arista said. “It provides housing for […]

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New mixed-use developments in Middletown aim to encourage people to ‘eat, live, play’ near home

Over the last six weeks or so, scores of people driving by Route 66/Washington Street near the Staples plaza have watched the felling of trees and construction crews clearing a 15-acre formerly forested plot that borders Carabetta Apartments on Plaza Drive. Developer Robert Kempenaar II of Rhode Island plans to build retail or office space […]

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Ansonia trolley tracks from the past head into future

About a hundred feet of cement-encased trolley tracks have been unearthed by J. Iapaluccio Construction company workers during the ongoing $5.2 million rebuild of Wakelee Avenue, which runs from Seymour to Derby passing Nolan Field on the city’s west side. Sheila O’Malley, the city’s economic development director, said the city is considering putting the remaining […]

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Stop-work orders issued at Groton water treatment plan

Paul Oates, a spokesman for the Connecticut Department of Labor, confirmed that the department on Thursday issued stop-work orders to the Massachusetts-based Callahan & Montalto Site Construction and to the Texas-based Malden Steel. These two companies have been among the subcontractors working on the $54 million renovation of the water treatment plant, located off Poquonnock […]

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State’s labor challenges are many

Connecticut employers will need to fill an estimated 56,000 jobs annually through 2024, and several industries — health care, manufacturing and construction — are facing significant labor shortages, or the need to fill tens of thousands of jobs in the coming years, according to estimates from the state’s economists. While Connecticut is a wealthy state, […]

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What’s new, CCSU? New facilities and more to come

As the fall semester is about to begin, university officials continue to beam over the Campus of the Future project, the latest installment of which is on track to open in January. The $62 million Willard-DiLoreto construction task being funded through state bonds will be up-and-running after the 2018 winter break and feature 21 departments, […]

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Bethel police station to be completed by end of month

About 99 percent of the exterior of the $14.4 million building is complete, while electricians, painters and cleaning crews are tackling the inside, Jon Menti, chair of the building committee, said at a recent selectmen meeting. But the station is not expected to be fully complete until Aug. 31 — later than officials had originally […]

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Following setback, $200M Windsor Locks project begins local approval process

A Long Island developer whose ambitious $200 million proposed sports complex in Windsor Locks was sidelined last month amid concerns about his past legal history is scheduled to appear before the town’s planning and zoning commission Monday night in the hopes of winning approval of his conceptual plan. Borgia said he’s also discussed his New […]

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$200M+ Avon Village Center project advances

A Rhode Island developer says construction could begin as early as Oct. 1 in Avon’s center on the initial phase of a long-awaited residential, office and retail complex that when fully complete will represent an investment “north of $200 million.” Carpionato Group, of Johnston, R.I., received unanimous approval July 31 from Avon’s planning and zoning […]

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There Will Soon Be A 400-Foot Drill Making Its Way Underground From Hartford To West Hartford

After nearly two years of digging and blasting through bedrock with dynamite, the Metropolitan District boasted a significant construction milestone in the $2 billion Clean Water Project this week — the lowering and construction of a 400-foot-long machine that will dig a 4-mile long tunnel from Hartford to West Hartford. With the boring so far […]

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Council continues to discuss fuel cell park proposal at old Stanley campus

The Common Council’s Committee on Administration, Finance and Law met Wednesday night to discuss a tax agreement with EIP Investment, LLC, for the company’s upcoming project at the old Stanley Works campus. In short, the project will convert parts of the Stanley Works campus into a 20-megawatt fuel cell park utilizing clean energy and a […]

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Klee decries slow progress on $229M waste-system overhaul

State officials estimate the modernized plant could help increase Connecticut’s recycling and diversion rate from 35 percent to 63 percent. State officials had hoped developer Sacyr Rooney Recovery Team and the plant’s quasi-public owner, the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA), would reach a formal deal on the estimated $229 million redevelopment by Aug. 29, […]

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