In May, the development group The Hexagon Group submitted plans to the town that includes demolishing the Gozzo Design & Remodel building at 579 New Park Ave. to make way for a 70-unit mixed-use housing development called The Jayden. The development would include 14 affordable housing units. The Hexagon Group proposal is the second of its kind in the transit-oriented district, following Sami Abunasra’s plans to turn the former Puritan Furniture site into a 150-unit mixed-used housing development. The transit-oriented district was created to promote non-vehicle modes of transportation and what West Hartford’s town planner Todd Dumais has said in the past are the four D’s of this kind of development: “distance, density, diversity and design.” Building in the district also allows for developers to opt for higher density occupancy, lower parking requirements and incentives for including affordable housing.
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