New $100M state grant program aiming to jump-start economic development gets strong response

The town of Windsor recently signed off on a $2.5 million state grant request, seeking support for a private redevelopment of a downtown strip mall into 100 apartments and ground-floor retail. It is one of 52 applications submitted to the state’s new Connecticut Communities Challenge Grant program ahead of the Jan. 14 deadline. Announced in […]

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Next phase of Ponemah Mill redevelopment approved in Norwich

The commission voted unanimously to approve the $40 million plan by New Jersey developer OneKey Inc. to create 146 apartments and a 3,879-square-foot restaurant or café following an online public hearing on the project Thursday. The vacant complex at 555 and 575 Norwich Ave. and Route 97 formerly housed Central Sports and Amazing Furniture. OneKey […]

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Infrastructure programs on hold until Congress passes budget to fund them

Nearly three months after President Joe Biden signed a roughly $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law, federal transportation officials say much of their work is on hold – stuck in limbo as a result of an unresolved congressional fight over federal spending. Some states, meanwhile, are putting off projects until Congress approves $9 billion in […]

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Apartment developers, homebuilders feel global supply chain pains, but ‘good’ projects still move forward

COVID-related production slowdowns and snarls in the global supply chain have delayed building projects, added costs and increased risk. There is disagreement among some Connecticut residential developers — both apartment and single-family homebuilders — as to the impact on project volume. Santini said developers who have launched projects are finishing them. But he expects some […]

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Contractors Strategize How Best to Fill Job Openings

In its latest construction hiring survey, the AGC found that 74 percent of more than 1,000 member firms plan to add to their payroll in 2022. And three quarters of the civil contractors and engineers who responded to a recent quarterly survey by a Dodge Construction Network partnership are upbeat about their workload this year […]

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‘There’s no perfect option’: Norwalk presented with two designs for new high school

Architects from Kaestle Boos Associates presented two concept designs on Wednesday to members of the Norwalk BOE Facilities committee and the Common Council’s Land Use and Building Management committee, breaking down the cost, time and challenges presented by each scenario. The first design, Option A, would use a phased approach. The estimated cost for Option […]

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Danbury approves Summit’s ‘dynamic and vibrant’ redevelopment plan that includes new westside schools

A novel plan for a $99 million high school and middle school in a sprawling westside office complex was unanimously approved by the Zoning Commission, clearing the way for City Hall to finalize a reimbursement commitment with the state. The career academy, which would be the first condominium-style public school in Connecticut, is expected to […]

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Bank Street modular apartments developer was once named one of New York’s ‘10 worst landlords’

It turns out, according to numerous national news stories published in 2018, including in The Washington Post and Newsweek, Rubler is friends with Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who once intervened to keep some negative stories about Rubler’s company out of Kushner’s newspaper, The New York Observer. One of them was about Rubler being named […]

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Manchester nixes partnership with Parkade developers on mixed-use project

More than two years after picking the developer to revitalize a section of Broad Street, Manchester officials announced this week they have ceased its partnership with Manchester Parkade 1. The massive project on the former parkade site was expected to break ground on initial construction this spring, but town officials will now go back to […]

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