SL 1055 Crossroads LLC recently filed an application with the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission to build the facility on a roughly 4-acre lot on Parker Street. The developer describes the property on its website as being in close proximity to Interstate 84 and next to several industrial buildings. The move continues a trend of […]
Current and former officials in both municipalities said they received orders from the Connecticut Office of School Construction Grants and Review, which was led by former legislator Konstantinos Diamantis, to reject the winning bids for demolition services and hazardous materials cleanup for three different schools. Documents have also emerged that show a disgruntled contractor warned […]
Developers of the former Showcase Cinema property in East Hartford discussed their plans to build as many as 420 upscale apartments at the Silver Lane site during a recent special meeting of the Town Council, saying they also plan to seek a nearly three-decade tax abatement on the project. New Britain developer Jasko Development and […]
The capital city is a few years into a $149 million super-renovation of Bulkeley, one of several high schools inside the city’s borders. If you’ve been following news of the statewide flap over school construction, you can guess what consulting firm joined the project last April. Yes, it was Construction Advocacy Professionals LLC, the Plainfield […]
What Lamont specifically proposed to legislators was budget policy language that would strip the board’s enforcement powers. The watchdog group, which has lacked a full contingent of support staff throughout its 14-year history — and wouldn’t receive funds to hire any under the governor’s proposal — already relies heavily on free work by its volunteer […]
Large public infrastructure projects are creating thousands of jobs, but they also are increasing the demand for limited materials. As a result, over the course of two years, material costs skyrocketed and lead times increased, forcing contractors to pay significantly more out of pocket to procure materials. According to one recent study, since the pandemic […]
Foxwoods also revealed it is planning to open a new high-stakes bingo hall, convert the casino’s existing bingo hall into a 75,000-square-foot convention center and renovate the casino’s main entrance. Plans call for the Great Wolf Lodge at Mashantucket to open adjacent to the casino in 2024. Great Wolf Resorts is investing most of the […]
“Nora [Dannehy] got together with Stan Twardy — two former U.S. attorneys,’’ Lamont said. “We came forward immediately. We said, ‘Leave no stone unturned.’ Zero tolerance for this type of stuff. Follow where it may. That’s what Stan Twardy’s report showed.” Twardy was hired by the state and conducted the investigation into the hiring of […]
From at least April 2020 through February 2021, the president of Stamford Wrecking Company and his lawyer repeatedly pressed complaints that OPM was not following the legally required bidding process for demolition and hazard abatement work and was instead driving work to a small group of contractors on an OPM-approved emergency bid list. Lamont said […]
Officials are exploring ideas for the North Stonington Road Bridge in Old Mystic, which has been out for more than a decade. The bridge was found to be in poor condition following a 500-year storm in March 2010, Groton Town Manager John Burt said. A safety check after the storm and subsequent inspection revealed several […]
The old Sacred Heart Church convent and rectory are gone, demolished as part of St. Martin de Porres Academy’s plan to give its students a safer area to play basketball and more room for people to park. The plan to raze the convent and rectory, while maintaining the 127-year-old school and the 171-year-old church, which […]
The Norwalk-based developer, Spinnaker Real Estate Partners, announced the plan to finally get started building Thursday evening at a virtual outreach meeting for small contractors. The project, called “Square 10,” encompasses the blocks bounded by George, State, MLK, and Orange, where the New Haven Coliseum once stood. Spinnaker is beginning its bid process for local […]
A Bridgeport developer’s goal of building a $15.5 million indoor/outdoor sports complex on Olson Drive moved forward Tuesday. John Guedes, president & CEO of the Primrose Companies, said Wednesday he is working to seal the deal. The Cassetti administration is working with the Ansonia Housing Authority to acquire the land for $510,000. The Cassetti administration […]
Virtual net metering is a way to credit that power to structures that are not connected directly to the system itself. Coventry has to use VNM because the new panels it wants to install would credit power to a number of school buildings to pick up the slack in the solar systems they already have. […]
When the town of Tolland realized it had to build a new, $46 million elementary school three years ago, Kostas Diamantis, then a politically-influential, top state official, took control of the project. Diamantis told the town who they were to hire as general contractor and the consultant the town was to hire as its owner’s […]
A row of homes and businesses on Benedict Place and Benedict Court in central Greenwich would be demolished to make way for 110 residential units if a local developer gains permissions from the town. The latest application follows a surge of other proposals for central Greenwich that seek to encompass the state’s affordable housing law […]
Funding is in place for some $20 million worth of improvements citywide. The Board of Aldermen, at its meeting Monday, approved some $20 million worth of bonds to cover improvements of sanitary sewers and wastewater facilities ($3 million) and various public and school upgrades ($16.2 million). Blake said the $3 million sewer improvement section will […]
Kelly and Formica wrote to Connecticut State Auditors and Democratic legislative leaders with the request in light of federal authorities requesting documents associated with the projects overseen by Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, former head of the state’s Office of School Construction Grants and Review. While it is unclear what federal authorities are specifically investigating, they requested […]
Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget proposal, released Wednesday, instead calls for allocating $218,770 to the Auditors of Public Accounts, a legislative agency whose mission is to “audit state agencies,” to fund three additional auditors. But the proposal does not adjust funding for the Contracting Standards Board, leaving just enough money to fund the agency’s two existing […]
Massachusetts-based National Development met with the East Hartford Town Council Tuesday night to give a detailed look at its proposed four-building manufacturing, research and development and logistics hub near Rentschler Field, a project that could create about 2,000 permanent jobs and generate an estimated $4 million in new annual tax revenue, the developers said. According […]
Old Colony Beach Association President Douglas Whalen on Wednesday said the four beach communities that have been involved in devising a shared sewer system are looking for between $6 million and $10 million to bridge the gap between what residents agreed to pay and the ever-rising cost of construction. Whalen said the sewer system will […]
Developer Michael Licamele, who is a principal of the Easton-based Manchester Parkade 1 LLC, the Parkade’s former developer, said he and his partner, Harry Freeman, would fight the town’s recent decision to pull the plug on negotiations for redevelopment of the Broad Street property that once held a retail plaza. The town and Manchester Parkade […]
Mayor Michael Passero marked the occasion with a news conference, saying it was with mixed emotions that this chapter in New London’s history was coming to an end. While hundreds of families had raised their children here in the decades after it opened in 1967, it was also an example of a failed government policy […]
Gov. Ned Lamont opened the 2022 legislative session Wednesday on a high note of optimism – declaring in his State of the State Address that Connecticut is rebounding from years of large budget deficits, businesses moving out of state, and bond ratings downgrades. As he faces re-election this year, Lamont said the state is stronger […]
Greg Vaca wants to replace the aging strip center at the intersections of Route 75 and 159 with three apartment buildings, a $25 million project he said that is far better suited to modern lifestyles. If all goes to plan, Vaca hopes to break ground in the summer and be ready to screen prospective clients […]
The City Council has authorized borrowing $700,000 to cover a funding gap that had delayed the completion of demolition of the Thames River Apartments complex on Crystal Avenue. The council authorized Mayor Michael Passero to sign off on an amended contract with Stamford Wrecking Co. as an emergency measure on Monday, “to address an urgent […]
The federal district appeals court in Washington, D.C., late Friday temporarily halted a decision made last month that had taken the proposed Killingly power plant out of consideration for future power sources in New England. The operator of the New England grid, ISO-New England, which runs the auction, said in a statement on Sunday that […]
A planned 2,091-square-foot expansion to the Bailey cafeteria is expected to receive approval from the city Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday evening, said Superintendent of Schools Neil Cavallaro. He said the expansion should seat about 120 additional students. According to state data, enrollment at Bailey grew from 806 students in 2017 to 927 in 2021. […]
Quinnipiac University’s board of trustees has approved a $244 million investment to construct three new buildings at its Mount Carmel Campus in Hamden, including a new business school. The expansion — to be paid for through a combination of the university’s endowment, philanthropic efforts and debt financing — will include the addition of two academic […]
Development giant Winstanley Enterprises is pledging to donate 22 undeveloped acres to Enfield as a conservation buffer to its planned 819,000-square-foot distribution center on the former Hallmark property. Winstanley, on Monday, announced its intention to donate 22 acres, a combination of field and woods, bordering Spruceland Road. That neighborhood runs along one side of Crescent […]
The Connecticut Airport Authority is willing to pay the city up to $10 million to purchase Sikorsky Memorial Airport. “We have decided it would be in our best interests to try to pursue an acquisition,” Kevin Dillon, the authority’s director, said Friday. “It’s easier to accomplish. It’s a lot cleaner.” The challenge for the Ganim […]
A long-planned project to repair and strengthen the northbound span of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge is slated to begin this spring. “If the lowest rating is greater than or equal to 7, the bridge is classified as Good; if it is less than or equal to 4, the classification is Poor. Bridges rated 5 […]
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday requiring project labor agreements on federal construction projects over $35 million, according to a White House fact sheet. The order, which is effective immediately, will impact $262 billion in federal construction contracts and affect nearly 200,000 workers. Nevertheless, the new executive order does not apply to […]
The property was sold by Stratford Land Development Company Limited Partnership to Lordship Land, LLC. Both deferred comment to the broker, as did Mary Dean, town economic development director. The idea is to build on the property and then lease the space. There is no deal in place to lease the property at this time, […]
The board of trustees approved $244 million for the project, which will include construction of a 79,000-square-foot School of Business, a 137,000-square-foot general academic building and a 417-bed residence hall, the university announced Thursday in a release. The construction will take place within the campus’s existing footprint, between Tator Hall and the College of Arts […]
Connecticut Port Authority Executive Director John Henshaw and authority board Chairman David Kooris said in an interview Thursday they’re not sure what it means. While the grand jury subpoena was made public, the reason for the investigation is not. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment Thursday about the purpose of the […]
The ambitious plan for a $1 billion energy complex and data center at the old Stanley Works industrial complex in New Britain appears to be back on track after a long hiatus triggered by the pandemic. EIP LLC has changed financing, brought in a different fuel cell supplier and rewritten the plan for where it […]
Negotiations between the city and the developers of the Summit have hit a snag when it comes to the proposed career academy that has put into jeopardy the future site of the $144.5 million school. Mayor Dean Esposito terminated negotiations between the city and developers a few days ago, disagreeing with some terms, he said. […]
Building management at the Allure — a luxury apartment complex built in 2017 by Building and Land Technology — told residents Tuesday afternoon that part of a fifth-floor outdoor terrace collapsed over part of its garage. City fire and building officials have ruled the area structurally sound and safe for residents. BLT told residents in […]
The FBI is investigating the state-financed reconstruction of the State Pier in New London and school construction grants overseen by Kostantinos “Kosta” Diamantis before the administration of Gov. Ned Lamont fired him from a top budget post. Kosta Diamantis simultaneously was deputy secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, an unclassified political position, and […]
Geballe, the commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services and the state’s chief operating officer, said Tuesday he has accepted “a dream job” at Yale overseeing a new innovation and entrepreneurial program. Lamont named Michelle Gilman, who is currently the deputy to Geballe, as the new commissioner of administrative services, a key post as the […]
The $50 million renovation project, which began in July 2021, will be completed with reimbursed funding by the state and is slated to continue throughout the winter. The renovation project is being led by a team from Newfield Construction. When completed, the building will include an updated security system, specialized rooms and services for hearing […]
Affordable housing, traffic and pedestrian safety top the list of concerns around a proposed development on the Strouse Adler property tied to a zone change in Wooster Square. PMC Property Group wants to construct a 13-story apartment tower, after the zone change, by dividing the 78 Olive St. site fronting on Chapel Street and building […]
President Joe Biden urged U.S. governors on Monday to ramp up their construction plans as his administration rolled out a guidebook for accessing the nearly $1 trillion made available by the bipartisan infrastructure deal. The book is meant to level the playing field by making it easier for smaller cities, tribal leaders, nonprofits and faith-based […]
The estimated cost to build a new middle and high school has risen dramatically — up almost 46 percent from what was approved last year. City Council is expected to consider on Tuesday a new request to borrow $144.5 million for the career academy, compared to the $99 million approved last April. The city hopes […]
The site of the former Allingtown library on Forest Road was sold to a developer in July 2020, a controversial move that some in the neighborhood claimed was a decision that disadvantaged the working-class neighbors of the area — who used the building as a community space for seniors and youth — as a means […]
State officials selected the Pratt Street brownfield project for a $1.8 million cleanup grant because of its potential for economic development in a transit-oriented district, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz said Monday. Bysiewicz told the group 30,000 people have moved into the state since the start of the pandemic, adding she feels Meriden is an attractive […]
The town of Windsor recently signed off on a $2.5 million state grant request, seeking support for a private redevelopment of a downtown strip mall into 100 apartments and ground-floor retail. It is one of 52 applications submitted to the state’s new Connecticut Communities Challenge Grant program ahead of the Jan. 14 deadline. Announced in […]
The commission voted unanimously to approve the $40 million plan by New Jersey developer OneKey Inc. to create 146 apartments and a 3,879-square-foot restaurant or café following an online public hearing on the project Thursday. The vacant complex at 555 and 575 Norwich Ave. and Route 97 formerly housed Central Sports and Amazing Furniture. OneKey […]
After failing to make Connecticut’s school construction priority list in December, which would ensure the state covers the bulk of the building costs, a group of state lawmakers added Bassick back. As reported earlier this month, the already delayed, $129 million effort to relocate the aged Bassick from the West End to a new South […]
Nearly three months after President Joe Biden signed a roughly $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law, federal transportation officials say much of their work is on hold – stuck in limbo as a result of an unresolved congressional fight over federal spending. Some states, meanwhile, are putting off projects until Congress approves $9 billion in […]
COVID-related production slowdowns and snarls in the global supply chain have delayed building projects, added costs and increased risk. There is disagreement among some Connecticut residential developers — both apartment and single-family homebuilders — as to the impact on project volume. Santini said developers who have launched projects are finishing them. But he expects some […]
In its latest construction hiring survey, the AGC found that 74 percent of more than 1,000 member firms plan to add to their payroll in 2022. And three quarters of the civil contractors and engineers who responded to a recent quarterly survey by a Dodge Construction Network partnership are upbeat about their workload this year […]
Architects from Kaestle Boos Associates presented two concept designs on Wednesday to members of the Norwalk BOE Facilities committee and the Common Council’s Land Use and Building Management committee, breaking down the cost, time and challenges presented by each scenario. The first design, Option A, would use a phased approach. The estimated cost for Option […]
A novel plan for a $99 million high school and middle school in a sprawling westside office complex was unanimously approved by the Zoning Commission, clearing the way for City Hall to finalize a reimbursement commitment with the state. The career academy, which would be the first condominium-style public school in Connecticut, is expected to […]
It turns out, according to numerous national news stories published in 2018, including in The Washington Post and Newsweek, Rubler is friends with Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who once intervened to keep some negative stories about Rubler’s company out of Kushner’s newspaper, The New York Observer. One of them was about Rubler being named […]
More than two years after picking the developer to revitalize a section of Broad Street, Manchester officials announced this week they have ceased its partnership with Manchester Parkade 1. The massive project on the former parkade site was expected to break ground on initial construction this spring, but town officials will now go back to […]
State and local officials gathered at Harbor Park Wednesday to announce a more than $40 million project to improve the city’s Route 17 on-ramp to Route 9 that will likely be federally funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. DOT officials confirmed that the Route 17 stop-controlled on-ramp to Route 9 is among the top 10 […]
Representing the city that is most like New Haven, Christopher Gomez, White Plains’ commissioner of planning, said it was up to the residents how much they were willing to dream. Jeanet Owens, senior executive officer for project management and regional rail at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said the goal for Los Angeles […]
The West Hartford Town Council gave a unanimous vote of approval to a project that will transform a key corner at the gateway to West Hartford Center, replacing two outdated and functionally obsolete office buildings with a mixed-use residential and commercial building that will will include 48 apartments and support the concept of “new urbanism.” […]
The governor’s change of heart when it comes to who will fund air quality upgrades in schools comes a day after our Accountability Project revealed that nearly a third of Connecticut school districts report not having enough money to upgrade the air quality in their schools. One out of every 5 schools also does not […]
Wharton Industrial’s plans for 112 acres just south of I-84 at Exit 9 call for a warehouse building that would be the size of eight acres, along with 75 truck docks, 50 trailer spaces, and 360 parking spaces. The commission will consider only Wharton’s request to build a driveway over a wetland, and other aspects […]
The Bluewater Property Group was selected from a request for proposal process launched last July, said Thomas Hyde, chief executive officer of Naugatuck Valley Regional Development Corp., which is representing the two communities in the process. The selection of Bluewater Property Group and its involvement with Amazon was announced Tuesday morning at Waterbury City Hall […]
Funding for the construction of a new Westhill High School and a building to house an expanded pre-kindergarten program made it through another step Tuesday morning after a state subcommittee voted to approve them. Both Stamford projects would be reimbursed 20 percent of the overall cost of the work, but Stamford officials have said that’s […]
Torrington Middle/High School will be built the way city residents want after they approved a $20 million expansion in a second referendum Tuesday at City Hall, the lone polling place. The expansion, which raises the project’s total cost to $179.5 million, passed 828-301. Residents initially approved the grade 7-12 school project at $159.5 million in […]
The Torrington School Building Committee is hoping voters on Tuesday will approve borrowing an additional $20 million for the middle-high school building project, which was approved for $159 million in 2021. The referendum question reads: “Shall the City of Torrington appropriate an additional $20,000,000 (thereby increasing the appropriation and bond authorization approved by the voters […]
Developer Tony Valenti of Newport Realty, who is building apartments in Berlin and age-restricted condos in Plainville this year, said demand for new residential projects is intense. Developer Avner Krohn, who has more than 700 new apartments across the region in planning or under construction, suggested that people who are spending more time at home […]
The reason for celebration was two new large allocations of federal money towards boosting business at New Haven’s ports, and towards protecting the city’s waterfront Long Wharf neighborhood from sea level rise, flooding, and storm surges, all of which are likely to take place more frequently and intensely in the coming decades thanks to manmade […]
Despite supply-chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the $15.3 million renovation of Hinsdale School should be completed by the time students return for the start of the school year at the end of August. The target to finish is mid to late July, giving staff and hired movers roughly a month to get all […]
The Capital Region Development Authority Board of Directors approved $8.5 million in loans to three Hartford redevelopments Thursday, with the bulk of the money going to projects in the city’s Parkville neighborhood. Developer Carlos Mouta is at the head of two projects receiving $7.5 million in financing. The board approved a $4 million loan toward […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation presented its State Routes 69 and 72 intersection improvement plan before the Bristol Board of Public Works Thursday, a project slated to cost around $7,700,000. Project Designer Jared Hendrickson introduced concerns with the current intersection’s layout by saying the intersection of Landry, Park and Divinity streets were in close proximity […]
An upgraded library, school construction and additional residential housing are coming to the Danbury area in 2022. Several communities are working on renovating or building schools due to enrollment increases or outdated facilities. There could even be an Amazon grocery store coming to one town. Danbury is planning for its $99 million career academy, which […]
A South Windsor resident filed an application with the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 11 asking for a one-year moratorium on any warehouse or distribution center proposals. Kathryn Kerrigan of Main Street said she filed the application because the town needs time to update its zoning regulations and Plan of Conservation and Development […]
A Texas development company is looking to build a 264-unit apartment complex off West Street along with commercial spaces and amenities such as a clubhouse and park. Anthony Properties is looking for town zoning changes to allow the $54 million project to proceed. The company wants to build on three properties totaling 41 acres owned […]
Thirty-nine percent of families of construction workers in the U.S. are enrolled in at least one public safety net program such as Medicaid, according to a new report by the UC Berkeley Labor Center released this month. By comparison, 31% of workers across all industries have a family member enrolled in public assistance, Berkeley found. […]
Despite having a deepwater port uniquely suited to shipping assembled wind turbine components to sites off the East Coast and a manufacturing and technology capacity known worldwide, Connecticut is not yet poised to become a wind power hub in a $170 billion industry. If successfully launched, Connecticut’s wind power manufacturing industry will be a source […]
The largest amount, $160.3 million, will help to protect Long Wharf from flooding because of large storms and climate change. The city also will receive $63 million to complete the project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge and widen the harbor’s shipping channel to make it more navigable by large ships. The […]
School officials are looking at possibly spending at least $22 million to renovate Long Lots Elementary School or replacing the school entirely after a recent report presented to the Board of Education. Maintenance has been a continual issue at Long Lots. Collier launched its study after mold was detected last August through a Tools For […]
“It is beyond time to address the structural deficiencies, for sure,” said Priti Bhardwaj, the lead supervising engineer for a project with the Connecticut Department of Transportation. According to the Federal Highway Administration, the bridge’s condition-rating is a 4 out of 9. The rating is mainly for the northbound portion, which has outlived its design […]
Residents will be asked on Jan. 25 to approve borrowing an additional $20 million for the Torrington middle-high school building project, which was approved for $159 million in 2021. The referendum will be held at City Hall only, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters in November 2020 approved building a new middle-high school and […]
At the former site of a Stop & Shop opposite the Metro-North Noroton Heights station, a big new development is taking shape that will include a number of dining options familiar to people on both ends of the commute in Connecticut and New York City. Farther up the line in Norwalk, Building & Land Technology […]
The rails-to-trails line is complete from the southern end of town to Lazy Lane. The State Department of Transportation is ready to finish the trail from there to the Plainville town line, town officials said, but have been held up in talks with Yarde Metals over an easement across company property. Paul Chaplinsky, a Town […]
It’s a 7-acre plot of land that has been vacant for decades and was at one time composed of 24 different parcels, a mix of residences and businesses. Last week, the state announced New London was to receive $1.2 million for assessment and remediation of the property and to help defray construction costs associated with […]
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority formally launched the “Energy Storage Solutions” initiative on the first of the year, in partnership with the Connecticut Green Bank, which will administer the program, Eversource and UI. End users will be eligible to receive incentives for setting up power storage devices, which can help make the broader power grid […]
Spinnaker Real Estate Partners of Norwalk expects to begin a $63 million conversion of the historic, 1926 building at 55 Elm St. — once offices for the state attorney general and other Constitutional officers — by the end of March. Plans call for 160 apartments, co-working space and a restaurant for the structure that faces […]
he state Department of Transportation last week awarded an $18.7 million contract to a New Haven construction firm to build a new Main Street in downtown Derby. C.J. Fucci Inc. was awarded the job for the Route 34 widening project on Jan. 3. Construction is scheduled to start April 1, 2022, according to a DOT […]
The problematic climate future Tweed faces actually is possible along just about all of New Haven’s shoreline. Parts of that shoreline – including the Long Wharf area — were once under water and may be destined for it again as the entire area faces increased battering from ever more-intense and frequent storms and the highest […]
The efforts, which span at least seven federal agencies, could help fulfill President Joe Biden’s climate ambitions to decarbonize the power grid by 2035 and at least halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade. The initiatives are being unveiled as key elements of Biden’s climate agenda are stalled in the Senate. […]
Gotspace Data Partners LLC, a Boston-based company, is working to build two data center campuses in Wallingford. Each campus would have multiple buildings — with a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes that would generate upwards of $1.5 million per building annually for the town. All of the properties Gotspace is looking at are in the IX zone, which allows […]
The town has been working on multiple projects over the past few years with the goal of bringing more people into the area, improving the local economy and quality of life. Efforts range from improving the Shoreline Greenway Trail, which saw a 400-foot expansion in 2021, to working out how to create more open space […]
Planned developments range from car dealerships to restaurants to mixed-use projects, containing either live-work units — as approved for Oxford Street — or multi-floor structures with commercial space and apartments. These, along with the more than 450 new businesses that entered the city over the last year, will ease the tax burden on residents, she […]
Many construction jobs in Connecticut don’t pay enough to support a family, according to new research from the Labor Center at the University of California, Berkeley. “We want families to be able to survive on what they earn in their jobs,” said Ken Jacobs, one of the authors of the study. “This is a cost […]
The South Windsor Planning and Zoning Commission in a 4-3 vote Tuesday night rejected a zoning regulation change that would have allowed adding 165 units to the Tempo apartment complex at Evergreen Walk. Some commission members were concerned that approving the regulation change could set a precedent for other developers. Smith said a time window […]
A key vote Thursday has cleared the path for construction of a major hotel and residential development on the Fort Trumbull peninsula. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site development plan and a special permit for Optimus Construction Management to build two four-story buildings — a 100-unit apartment complex and 100-unit extended stay hotel. […]
Berwick Associates LLC, who is developing the project, is seeking a zoning compliance from the Town Plan and Zoning Commission. Berwick is looking to construct a four-story, 45-foot structure with 13 studios, 18 one-bedroom and 12 two-bedrooms units. The developer is planning to set 30 percent of the units aside as affordable. The application has […]
“This bridge connects neighborhoods,” said Fair Haven Heights resident Ed Ozyck. “I think people have missed that tremendously. I’m really looking forward to the opening of it.” The bridge, which connects residents in Fair Haven to their neighbors in Fair Haven Heights, even got a makeover in the process, trading in its longtime basic black […]
Indicative of that optimistic outlook, AGC found 74% of firms intend to hire in 2022, despite supply chain challenges that are slowing project starts and previous labor shortages. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has played a large part in this confidence boost. Respondents were most optimistic about highway and bridge construction, with 63% […]
City officials are counting on state lawmakers to reauthorize tens of millions of dollars in reimbursement for the now more expensive project during the the Connecticut General Assembly’s upcoming session. But the simplest route to those funds — getting Bassick on the priority list of school construction projects issued in December — may be out […]
If all goes well, town officials say the long-awaited Clarke Business Park expansion project could be completed as early as next fall. Six months after securing state funding, Bethel’s Board of Finance voted Tuesday to approve the use of general fund money for the town’s contribution to the project — the cost of which is […]
State Department of Transportation crews will be widening the bridge that carries Route 9 North over Union Street to provide enough room for an adequate acceleration lane to replace the “stop-controlled” intersection approaching the highway, DOT Project Manager Salvatore Aresco said. That area has experienced a high number of motor vehicle crashes over the years. […]
As the town weighs whether to move forward with the project or seek a new developer, the Legislative Council has granted another contract extension to the Mutual Housing Association of South Central Connecticut, the local nonprofit slated to build 87 units on the site of Hamden’s abandoned middle school. But the contract’s expiration in July […]
One King LLC had a contract to be the preferred developer for One King Place, the site of the former Meriden-Wallingford Hospital, which has been vacant for 24 years. A similar agreement with One King to rehabilitate a former medical office building at 116 Cook Avenue has also ended. The contract for the hospital site […]
Spinnaker Real Estate Partners’ plans for a dense redevelopment of a former state office property at 55 Elm Street in Hartford is advancing with praise from city staff. A master plan heading before the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission Tuesday details the size of residential buildings Spinnaker plans to add to the 3.2-acre property. This […]
An empty lot on 1.78 acres that is part of Science Park straddling the city’s Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods is slated to become a five-story apartment building with 176 apartments — 58 classified as “affordable” — and 88 parking spaces. The project along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail has been bouncing around City Hall for […]
The plan calls for the environmental clean-up, abatement, and redevelopment of New Britain’s Polar Building at 27 Columbus Blvd. and 43 High St., in order to make way for a mixed-income residential development with 62 rental units. The mayor’s office said all remediation work will be completed this year and demolition has already started on […]
Arconti, who co-chairs the committee, said that lawmakers will finalize the agenda over the next weeks before the Feb 9 start of session, but with a short election year calendar, he said he has several priorities of his own that he’d like to see addressed in the coming months. Arconti said the focus will be […]
The State Department of Transportation announced plans are being developed for traffic sign replacement and renumbering along Route 8 corridor. Plans are also being prepared to replace signs and complex sign supports along Route 8 in Bridgeport, Shelton, Derby and Naugatuck. Additionally, to be in conformance with federal standards, state transportation officials say mileage-based exit […]
Since the city began raising sections of Beach Street with the help of state bonding to prevent shoreline businesses from flooding, vacant storefronts in the area began to sell in a seeming chain reaction throughout the spring and summer of 2021. Other areas of the city have seen interest from developers, with at least one […]
Steven Ancona, president of Flatiron Real Estate Advisors in New York, has hired Kenneth Boroson Architects in New Haven to prepare plans for a 92-unit apartment and commercial complex at 289 Pratt St. The city received a $1.8 million brownfield grant to clean up the 14.3-acre vacant lot and a portion of 290 Pratt St. […]
Mattern Construction, based in Baltic, submitted the lone proposal to the city by last week’s deadline to rehabilitate the decaying, mold-infested former YMCA into a new headquarters for the general contracting and management company. The proposal includes a plan to lease space the company does not need to a possible brew pub or some residential […]
