A developer is proposing a roughly 120-room hotel as the first stage of a large commercial development on former tobacco farms along Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury. Westhaver’s W Development Co. LLC is seeking a wetlands permit to build on part of the 54-acre lot at 1503 Hopmeadow St., just north of the skating center in the northern end of Simsbury. The first phase of work would be restricted to a 15-acre tract north of Saxton Brook and close to Dorset Crossing Drive, according to Philip Doyle of LADA PC, the landscape architectural firm working for W Development. The Inland Wetlands Commission is scheduled to act on the request Oct. 7. Ian Cole, a Middletown wetland scientist working for W Development, described the property to town officials as “one of the few remaining undeveloped parcels on this side of Hopmeadow Street. The land is currently owned by River Bend Development CT of Bloomfield. Town records list the appraised value at $2.2 million.
A growing and significant CT business sees ‘strong need’ for a new 120-room hotel
