For the third time in a year, planners have shut down a major development proposed for the open terrain off Interstate 84 at Exit 9 — this time a rezoning request to allow 300 apartments. Bloom was referring to request by New Jersey developer Sterling Properties to rezone 70 of the 100 acres in question on Hawleyville Road from light industrial to residential, to allow a 14-building complex of one- and two-bedroom apartments with rents ranging from $2,300 to $2,900. The two other developments planned for Hawleyville Road were both run out of town after residents organized opposition. First, Newtowners successfully opposed a Manhattan investor who wanted to build an 8-acre trucking warehouse on the 100 acres. Next, residents successfully objected to a New York developer’s plans for 200 apartments on a next door property. At a June 1 public hearing where Newtown planners voted 4-to-1 to reject the rezoning request for 300 apartments, resident Mark D’Amico said a residential development of that size would cost the town more than it would contribute, starting with an estimated 127 school-aged children that could come with the project.
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