After abruptly dropping a similar plan last year, Crown Equities is proposing a massive residential development that would create 237 townhomes and one-family houses. The homes would be along the Farmington River in the heart of Farmington. Named The Enclave at Farmington River, the complex would be built across sections of an 80-acre vacant parcel behind the Riverbend assisted living center. The Minnesota-based developer last spring informally put forward the idea of a nearly 300-unit plan for apartments and houses on the property. Public opposition appeared widespread; weeks later the company scaled that back to 228 houses and townhouses with no apartments. Just before it was to present that plan at a public hearing last July, Crown Equities withdrew altogether — until now. The company’s current plan is for 158 townhomes; 128 would be rentals and 30 would be for sale. In addition, the complex would have 79 one-family homes for sale. The site is just east of a planned 199-unit riverfront apartment project that stalled not long after the town’s zoning board approved it in 2022.
Massive new CT proposal would create 237 riverfront houses, townhomes, some dubbed ‘luxury’
