For about five years, officials with ConnCORP, a subsidiary of the nonprofit ConnCAT, have planned the $200 million development of a new Dixwell Plaza called the ConnCAT Place on Dixwell to replace the existing faded shopping plaza, Elks Club building and Stetson branch library. After the demolition of those buildings last year, officials launched the start of the first of two phases of construction Tuesday. The first phase of the project, which began Tuesday, will deliver a workforce training center, a child mental health and family clinic, a daycare facility, a grocery store, a food hall for local restaurants, a 65,000-square-foot outdoor plaza and 186-unit apartment tower. The second phase is expected to bring a 350-seat performing arts center, a 60,000 square-foot office building and up to 15 townhomes. The state has contributed $10 million to the project’s costs as well as a $6 million grant for remediation. Elicker said the project was “a long time coming” and supplements the work that has already been done, including a new Q House across the street that broke ground under Elicker’s mayoral predecessor Toni Harp.
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