State taxpayers are poised to have a stake in the project. The State Bond Commission approved an $8.6 million loan for the development. CRDA would administer the loan. Matthew Edvardsen, director of acquisitions and asset management at Spinnaker, said the partnership’s $26 million proposal is still in the early stages, but he is encouraged by […]
A special permit application for construction of a 28,000-square-foot medical center was unanimously approved Monday night by the Planning and Zoning Commission. “I feel this project has enormous potential. We greatly support it,” he said. The medical office building is expected to open in spring 2020 https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Winsted-zoning-board-approves-plan-to-build-13426464.php
The Town Council has approved the contract for repairs to the Kensington Dam. The contract was awarded to the low bidder, D’Amato Construction Co. Inc., of Bristol, at last week’s meeting. D’Amato’s total cost is not to exceed $1.7 million, even if change orders are necessary. http://www.newbritainherald.com/NBH-Berlin+News/339582/contract-for-repairs-to-kensington-dam-is-approved
Under the state’s Competitive Housing Assistance for Multifamily Properties, or CHAMP, the Glendower Group Inc., a subsidiary of the New Haven Housing Authority, got $3.8 million toward construction of four buildings on a vacant site for 45 residential units: 36 affordable and nine market-rate. Separately, the City Plan Commission this week approved conversion of three […]
“The question is are we going to make the same mistake we made 50 years ago?” Larson said. “Or are we going to focus on the kind of economic change and vitality that will save the levees, recapture the riverfront, and reunite north Hartford, and create economic development?” He said tunneling through Hartford would allow […]
The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection is reviewing dozens of bids from hydropower, solar and wind facilities and two nuclear plants — Millstone and Seabrook Station in Seabrook, N.H. — in the zero-carbon auction. DEEP paved the way for nuclear power to compete in the auction this summer, after repeated pushes from lawmakers and […]
Dillon said he wants to restore commercial service at Groton-New London, with service to Washington, D.C., being a goal that makes sense for the airport to pursue. Though the restoration of commercial service has been an elusive goal so far, he said he has a good sense that there is commitment from local businesses to […]
The former owner of a Southington business that installs fire-protection systems will spend 16 months in prison for his role in a construction kickback scheme, federal authorities say. Michael Uszakiewicz, 52, of Prospect, was sentenced Friday in Hartford federal court on his conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for paying as much as $500,000 […]
A development agreement between West Haven and The Haven Group reached more than three years ago by the O’Brien administration included the sale of the waterfront park. But the city had to resolve several issues related to the property’s title before the sale could take place. But city officials were unable to say when construction […]
Windham voters at referendum Tuesday approved plans to build a $14.6 million community and senior center at a Main Street plot formerly housing the old Jillson Square theaters. Construction will begin in summer 2019 with an expected completion in mid 2020, said Tom Arcari, principal of QA+M. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20181108/NEWS01/181109919
Voters on Tuesday backed town leaders’ push to overhaul a third of Montville’s roadscape through a 10-year project requiring bonds totaling $10 million. Public Works Director Donald Bourdeau has been working on a list of dilapidated roads and will conduct more surveys and engineering work in advance of repairs next year. https://www.theday.com/local-news/20181106/montville-voters-support-10m-road-repair-project
Voters overwhelmingly ratified two amendments to the state Constitution Tuesday, including a new legal “lockbox” to safeguard funds earmarked for Connecticut’s transportation program. Voters also ratified a second amendment that would prohibit the legislature from selling, conveying, or swapping state land or buildings without first holding a public hearing. While the state budget’s Special Transportation Fund […]
“Labor and business, Republicans and Democrats, we’re all in this together as a state,’’ Lamont said Wednesday at a press conference at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford, where he was joined by his running mate Susan Bysiewicz as well as supporters and campaign staffers after a long night of vote counting. “I need everybody rowing […]
A $102 million referendum to upgrade the Danbury area’s wastewater treatment plant has flown largely under the radar in the run up to Tuesday’s election, unlike a similar $48 million ballot question in Ridgefield. In Ridgefield, officials expect state grants cover about $11.5 million of the project. Increased sewer rates for customers and $8 million […]
A 220-unit retirement community in Cromwell is slated to add another 54 units under a proposed $48 million expansion. If approved, construction would begin in Feb. 2019 with an 18-month construction period ending Nov. 2020. The expansion comes at a time of significant growth of senior-living facilities in the state to meet the needs of […]
An $18.4 million apartment project in downtown Hartford between the XL Center and Union Station is now getting underway after being on the drawing board for nearly two years. CDRA’s taxpayer-backed loan rose from $4 million to $6.6 million. In addition to CRDA, the financing package includes a $5.4 million mortgage from United Bank, $5.3 […]
Danbury-based FuelCell Energy Inc. announced Thursday it signed long-term power purchase agreements with local utilities to cover a 7.4-megawatt project in Hartford. The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) will grant final authorization of the agreements. The project aims to improve the public electricity grid serving commercial and industrial portions of the city, the company […]
