The State Bond Commission approved nearly $550 million in financing for school construction, transportation and other capital projects Tuesday. About 80% of the financing approved Tuesday — about $420 million out of $550 million — is focused on education and transportation projects, two major priorities, the Democratic governor said. And with the pandemic curtailing highway […]
After hours of listening to the public and town officials about which course of action the town should take on its future public safety building during a special meeting Monday night, the Board of Finance denied a request to bond an additional $2.17 million to complete plans to renovate and remodel the building. Finance board […]
The state Bond Commission Tuesday approved $200 million to fund school projects around the state, including the Mary P. Hinsdale School in Winsted. “Of our $325 million for our GO bonds, general obligation bonds, $200 million of that is related to schools, and school construction,” the governor said. “I know we’re working hard to get […]
Gov. Ned Lamont announced the establishment of a new state office dubbed the Connecticut Workforce Unit, which will be led by manufacturing CEO Kelli-Marie Vallieres. Vallieres, who also serves as co-chair of the Governor’s Workforce Council, said on Tuesday that she resigned her position as CEO of Sound Manufacturing and Monster Power Equipment in Old […]
A Boston-based developer has unveiled plans for 82 mixed income apartments on the site of the former Campbell Grain Building site. Winn Companies, which builds and manages similar projects across the country, outlined the $30 million project at the end of Coggswell Street to the Economic Development Commission during a virtual meeting Monday night. A […]
For the second time in four months, members of the Board of Representatives have voted to appeal a developer’s case that so far has gone against them in court. This time it involves Building & Land Technology, which earlier this year won a ruling in state Superior Court. A judge said the board does not […]
Tuesday’s virtual meeting will be the second held in 2020, and the first since a special meeting in April, when the 10-member commission chaired by Gov. Ned Lamont approved more than $700 million in financing for various transportation projects across the state. The commission, considering projects already approved by the Democrat-controlled legislature, on Tuesday will consider more […]
The town’s board of selectmen is expected to vote Thursday evening on the final terms of property tax abatement for The Silverman Group, of Basking Ridge, N.J., as it looks to build two industrial buildings totaling 246,240 square feet at 12 South Main St. The cost of the project was not disclosed. In a statement […]
The Connecticut Siting Council held a virtual public hearing and evidentiary session Tuesday for a petition to build a solar facility in town. Originally proposed by Greenskies Clean Energy in 2018, the company’s application was denied by the Siting Council after Waterford and Save the River-Save the Hills raised concerns ranging from the potential impact […]
As town staff planned to begin their official move into the newly-built Town Hall and Community Center this week, they learned the facility is riddled with problems and has yet to be cleared for occupancy. Elected officials were made aware of significant issues in the new $31 million facility during the Town Council’s meeting Tuesday […]
The state Bond Commission is expected to vote next week on the $7 million needed to finish cleaning up the former Norwich Hospital property, four months after the General Assembly approved the funding on the eve of the state shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Once the property is cleaned, the town will transfer ownership […]
Unable to garner needed commitments from municipalities that use the Mid-Connecticut plant, the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) voted in late May to end its effort to negotiate a redevelopment agreement with a private operator unless the state made a financial commitment by August, warning that it would have to ship trash to out-of-state […]
Over the course of its 100-year history, Manafort Brothers Inc. has established itself as one of the biggest contractors in New England. The company recently marked its 100 years in business but the history of the company goes back through four generations of the Manafort family. Under the leadership of these three in the 1960s, […]
The Planning & Zoning Commission Monday granted a special permit to the town and school district for renovation and new construction at the now-closed Mary P. Hinsdale Elementary School, including restoration of the natural flow of a brook that flows through a culvert under a portion of the building. Residents approved the $17.43 million school […]
Foley, owner and president of HF3 Group LLC, is now looking to break into Greater Hartford with a $16-million mixed-use townhome development in Wethersfield that would add roughly 50 units and 5,000 square feet of commercial space to a Berlin Turnpike corridor he says is ripe for affordable and market-rate housing. Preliminary blueprints could change […]
While states like Connecticut included the solar sector in their stay-at-home ranks – contributing to what would become a more than 620,500 loss of clean energy jobs nationally by the end of May – Massachusetts kept its solar people working. Now, with northeastern states endeavoring to jumpstart their economies following the flattening of COVID-19’s spread, […]
After three years of work, a $56.7 million project that improved a 5-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway is coming to an end. The state Department of Transportation has announced that the project “will move to a full final alignment progressing east to west (Fairfield to Westport) as median reconstruction work is completed and temporary […]
Connecticut borrows billions of dollars annually for capital projects by selling bonds on Wall Street. But there is a borrowing limit and it’s tied to the revenues the state expects to receive each year. As expectations for tax receipts and other resources shrink, so does the debt limit. State law caps not only the outstanding […]
Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday that Connecticut is reinstating the Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP), which is a state grant program aimed at funding capital improvement projects in towns ineligible to receive bond issuances. Lamont said the state is restoring the program with a new round of grants worth $15 million to provide towns […]
The Board of Finance has postponed until July 20 its decision on whether to approve a request to bond an additional $2.17 million to complete plans to renovate and remodel the town’s future public safety building. Now that the decision has been postponed, town registrars also have postponed a potential referendum date for voters to […]
The Board of Selectmen acting as the Water Pollution Control Authority unanimously rejected a sewer extension request to increase housing density on Hiawatha Lane. First Selectman Jim Marpe said he supported a denial of the 1,600-foot sewer extension proposed by Summit Saugatuck LLC because it was rejected by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The Water […]
The neighbors, who had to rely on word of mouth, had mere hours to convince the PZC to hold a public hearing on the plan. PZC Chairman Ken Nelson said Tuesday that the application didn’t require a public hearing. But the commission voted unanimously on June 25 to hold one at its next meeting, this […]
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the scheduled closure and detour of Route 66 (East High Street) for a replacement of the existing box culvert carrying Pocotopaug Creek that crosses Route 66 in front of the American Distillery building. DOT Project No. 0041-0118 was awarded to Mizzy Construction of Plainville, with an estimated cost of $2.4 million, […]
The Connecticut Port Authority has awarded the city a grant to build an eight-slip boat dock with a handicap-accessible kayak boat launch along the Thames River. A Small Harbor Improvement Projects Program grant through the Connecticut Port Authority will cover $649,332 of the cost, while the city will provide a matching grant of $166,083, according […]
Conversion of the iconic Marcel Breuer designed Pirelli Tire Co. structure on Long Wharf to a hotel is on schedule, one of many building projects progressing in New Haven. Bruce Becker, whose last foray into the city was the 36-floor 360 State Street apartment complex, said workers have been abating the asbestos insulation on the […]
Carter Winstanley’s $100 million biotech research building that will feature a public plaza, a biotech training program for students and a workforce pipeline got final approval from the Board of Alders. It will be the second major lab building on reclaimed land that was the Route 34 connector, where the goal is to keep research […]
The city has been working for years to replace Bassick High School, the last of the city’s comprehensive high schools to be rebuilt. The state’s share of the $115 million high school already has legislative approval. Officials say the new location should not add to the overall cost of the project. It could bump out […]
Newington Public Schools and the Town of Newington are planning a fall referendum for the proposed $35.5 million project, to renovate the school as new. Officials have applied for a school building grant from the state of Connecticut, to cover more than half of the estimated cost. Built in 1954 as Northwest Elementary, the Anna […]
With Berkshire Hathaway’s $9.7 billion planned acquisition of Dominion Energy’s natural gas transmission business and accompanying debt, a major pipeline in western Connecticut will be getting a new stakeholder amid continuing investment in the system. If approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the deal would give Berkshire Hathaway some 7,700 miles of transmission lines, […]
Recall that in running for governor in 2018, Democrat Ned Lamont watered down his toll proposal to say he would only assess the fee on large trucks, a more politically palatable position. Once in office, and having calculated how much money the state would need to upgrade its deteriorating and outdated transportation system, Lamont announced […]
With the coronavirus spreading nationally and 19 other states pulling back or pausing on their reopening plans, Gov. Ned Lamont said Wednesday that he is considering a pause in the third phase of Connecticut’s reopening as the state continues battling the virus. Connecticut was planning to open bars, indoor event spaces and allow large outdoor […]
A $14 million mixed-used development of residential and retail received the green light Monday, which officials said will be a huge boost for downtown, breathing new life into several long-vacant buildings that could open as early as fall 2021. Marcinek expects remediation of asbestos inside the buildings to take 60 to 90 days, with construction […]
If all goes as planned, direct access in both directions from Interstate 95 to Route 1 in Stratford, just south of Milford, will be done in time for the Independence Day weekend two years from now. Work to construct a full interchange at Exit 33 off Interstate 95 is scheduled to be completed July 5, […]
The board of the Connecticut Port Authority picked an engineering firm to help oversee the $157 million redevelopment of State Pier into a wind turbine staging area, during a special meeting Tuesday. At the meeting, which was held virtually, the board agreed to enter into a $4,191,572 contract with AECOM to act as its agent […]
Eversource Gas will be paving to repair their trenches on Ronzo Road starting this week and then move on to pave Birch Street during the week of July 6. While it is an Eversource project, the city will be monitoring the work. Questions or concerns about the project can be directed to the Public Works […]
The Town Council in March declined to move forward with a $16 million bonding proposal that, if approved by residents, would have shifted programming to the town’s former high school on Westfield Avenue and made any repair issues at the Broad Street site moot. Town Manager Mary Calorio said council members were leery of approving […]
Officials on Friday marked the start of construction of a 10.75 megawatt combined heat and power system to be installed at the base’s power plant, replacing the current system that has reached the end of its service life. In addition to generating electrical power, the new system will generate steam heat for “mission-critical” waterfront operations […]
The town is on track to complete its $28.8 million renovation to Town Hall and the Community Center this July. Construction of the new facility has continued throughout the pandemic, since the project was already well underway when other activities were shut down. Located at 131 Cedar St., the old building is expected to be […]
Local leaders and legislators joined construction company By Carrier Friday, for a shovel dig ceremony at the site of the future Trumbull Meadows, a new home community. By Carrier will be constructing 55 single family parcels and 22 carriage style homes at the site, located at the corner of Bradley Street and Camp Street. Gayle […]
The first phase of the Old Lighthouse Museum renovation and expansion project, which involved the replacement of many of the museum’s mechanical systems and other work, is scheduled to be completed by the end of the week. The $1.3 million of renovation work involved the installation of climate control, HVAC, and lighting systems, as well […]
The coronavirus pandemic is worsening the problem of infrastructure underinvestment, and the main solution is to increase federal spending in that area, a new American Society of Civil Engineers report says. ASCE is calling on Congress to make infrastructure spending “a centerpiece” of legislation to provide short-term emergency response and longer-range economic recovery in the […]
Three months after New York-based Ideanomics indicated it would put its $400 million West Hartford Fintech Village project on ice to focus on its core business, the project appears all but dead after the town earlier this week inked a right-of-first-refusal agreement with the company to potentially take back land that formerly served as a […]
Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to open a new, state-of-the-art 400,000-square-foot fulfillment center at 120 County Line Drive, creating hundreds of full-time jobs. The planned facility comes after Hartford Business Journal recently reported Amazon’s plans to open a $230-million distribution hub in Windsor, which will be the company’s second facility in that town. The […]
Mayor Erin Stewart announced Wednesday the city has received $2.97 million from Connecticut Department of Transportation through the Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program. The $2,976,000 will be used for Phase VIII work of the city’s Complete Streets Masterplan. The city is looking to start construction beginning in 2021 as the design phase for the work […]
In February 2019, voters overwhelmingly approved $5 million to buy the building at 277 West Main St. and undertake the necessary renovations. A subsequent architectural assessment, however, cast serious doubts on the feasibility of getting the job done at that cost. Debate over the handling of the plan got wrapped into the 2019 election, in […]
Consulting firm Tighe & Bond finished up an environmental assessment of the former Thames River Apartments earlier this month. Renaissance City Development Association Executive Director Peter Davis said that while there are known pollutants on site, such as asbestos, PCBs and lead, the samples tested were below the threshold that would have required the federal […]
The Rubber Avenue reconstruction project is moving ahead, though the start of construction has been pushed back to next year. Construction had been planned for the start of this year. Public Works Director James Stewart said state reviews were delayed and utility work had to be done before the work can start, pushing construction back. […]
Board of Finance members on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to bond $10 million to pay for what town officials say are critical repairs to the town’s three sewer plants and 17 pumping stations. Water Pollution Control Authority members have said the system is at a point where equipment is failing and more problems are […]
House Democrats have unveiled a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill that includes almost $500 billion of green measures proposed as part of the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act earlier this month. The current FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act will expire Sept. 30, so Democrats and Republicans […]
Avner Krohn, owner of Jasko Development LLC, in an interview said his firm recently finished a year-long redevelopment of the upper four floors of the 28,473-square-foot building at 132 Main St. Krohn declined to disclose the total cost of the “multimillion-dollar” renovation project, which he said was spurred by state historic tax credits. He acquired […]
The Navy announced Monday it has awarded a $9.5 billion contract to build the first two of 12 planned ballistic missile submarines, known as the Columbia class program, to Electric Boat — work that will take place over the next decade. The Navy also announced that $869 million will be awarded immediately for “continued design […]
The state Department of Labor (DOL) late Friday said its new consumer contact center, which is slated to debut in mid-July, will add 60 additional customer service representatives using email, phone and text to assist residents filing for unemployment. The additional staff will be added to the 100 or so agency workers already supporting communications […]
The Board of Education has a week until it files a grant application to the state Department of Education regarding the $159.8 million Torrington High School building project proposal. The review of the education specifications came after Mayor Elinor C. Carbone last Monday advanced the project to referendum, which is scheduled to appear on the […]
The redevelopment of five downtown buildings into what is expected to be a retail and residential development called Bella Vista took a step closer to reality when the city signed over four of the properties this week to Shaw Growth Ventures of Berne, N.Y. Shaw’s Joseph Gega has said he will be using Tener Contracting […]
A developer wants to put a five-story apartment building and several town homes on the former Center School property on Sutton Avenue. After months of talks, the chairman of the Redevelopment Agency, George Perham, unveiled Bedford, N.Y.-based Xenolith Partners as the town’s preferred developers. As part of the deal, the company is asking the town […]
The coronavirus-induced recession could erode more than $6.5 billion in state revenues next fiscal year — two-and-a-half times the gap administration officials predicted — if researchers from Arizona State and Old Dominion universities are correct. The researchers’ new nightmare scenario hinges on the relationship between unemployment and lost revenue. And economists broadly concede the current […]
The new economic data, however, also shows some future projects are being canceled and many others are being delayed by supply chain issues and labor shortages, underscoring the need for additional federal recovery measures, association officials noted. Construction activity has returned to pre-coronavirus levels in 34 states, based on data on workers’ hours analyzed by […]
The Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed to move forward with plans to renovate and remodel the town’s future public safety building at a meeting Wednesday, while also approving a request to bond an additional $2.17 million needed to complete the project. Voters had approved bonding up to $5 million to purchase and renovate the former […]
A New York-based hedge fund plans to seek state approval this year for a massive 120-megawatt solar development in East Windsor, which could be the largest array in the Northeast and one of the biggest in the country, the Hartford Business Journal has learned. The Gravel Pit Solar project is named for the gravel pits […]
“While there are lots of companies in the construction industry that have diversity and inclusion efforts and have had them for a long time, I think this has reignited their desire to continue to grow and push and examine their own cultures and policies and practices and look at them through a diversity and inclusion […]
Fishing trade groups sought the added offshore wind development analysis as part of the U.S. Interior Dept. final approval of the first large-scale U.S. wind farm, the 800-MW, $2.4 billion Vineyard Wind project proposed off the coast of Massachusetts. The agency required the cumulative impact study in a surprise move last year that has delayed […]
The City Council on Monday cleared the path for development of a new $30 million apartment complex on Howard Street by approving a 20-year tax abatement agreement. The council approved both a tax abatement agreement and a development agreement negotiated by the city’s development arm, the Renaissance City Development Association, which owns the property. The […]
Water Pollution Control Authority members on Tuesday voted unanimously to support a plan to bond $10 million to pay for what they describe as critical repairs to the town’s three sewer plants and 17 pumping stations. After a virtual public hearing, the authority voted to send the proposal on to the Board of Selectmen and […]
The town of Granby — known for its open space, farmland and hiking trails — has become an apartment-development hot spot in recent years with nearly 400 rental units that have either come online, or are in the planning pipeline. Now the town of Granby is moving forward with its largest-ever apartment development: Station 280 […]
Construction on Amazon’s proposed $230 million fulfillment center in Windsor is expected to start in July after town officials on Monday approved a three-year tax abatement for the e-commerce giant. Windsor’s town council in a virtual meeting Monday approved a reduced three-year, 50% abatement of real property taxes and a 50% reduction in building permit […]
Mayor Elinor C. Carbone on Monday advanced the $159.5 million Torrington High School project to its next steps and set a referendum on the proposal for the presidential election in November. Carbone voted in favor of authorizing the appropriation of up to $159.5 million for construction of a new high school building after the City […]
The state Department of Transportation is sponsoring this study of Route 37 between the Exit 6 ramp in Danbury to 0.2 miles north of Route 39 in New Fairfield. Danbury, New Fairfield and the Western Connecticut Council of Governments are administering the study. Exactly what project would be suggested is still being worked out, as […]
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford (BGCH) broke ground Thursday morning on a new $20-million recreation facility in Hartford’s South End that it plans to debut later next year. A campaign aimed at financing the new clubhouse has raised $21 million of its $20-million fundraising goal to cover the cost of construction and operation […]
Electric Boat announced Friday that it signed a $544 million contract with Los Angeles-based AECOM to construct a 200,000-square-foot building, where 1,400 shipbuilders will assemble a new fleet of ballistic-missile submarines. The new building is the centerpiece of an $850 million expansion project in Groton. Overall, the company is investing $1.7 billion to modernize and […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit yesterday rejected the AFL-CIO’s lawsuit designed to force OSHA to create an emergency workplace safety rule focused on the coronavirus pandemic. A three-judge panel said in an unsigned order that OSHA has the authority to decide whether to issue new rules during the pandemic. The May […]
A $16.5 million project to add an addition to Killing Memorial School – ending the use of portable classrooms – is moving forward after a near-unanimous vote by the Killingly Town Council. The project – which will add 18,950 square feet of space – will cost the town $7.5 million, and the state picking up […]
The town recently announced Hartford HealthCare, a Connecticut health care network, will be building on the former Toys R Us property. Waterford Planning Director Abby Piersall said Hartford HealthCare jumped through the necessary regulatory hoops to bring the project to fruition, including the Inland Wetlands and Planning and Zoning Commissions, and the company has been […]
A wire fence encircles the historic General’s Residence property at 908 Boston Post Road, along with caution tape blocking off a hole that has been dug just beyond the front door. Now the house and site will be developed into an upscale condominium development. At its May 21 ZOOM meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission […]
Two virtual workshops will be held in the coming days on a study of the Route 37 corridor between Exit 6 of Interstate-84 in Danbury to .2 miles north of Route 39 in New Fairfield. “The major objectives of this study are to discover solutions to alleviate traffic congestion levels, improve pedestrian mobility, and to […]
Construction work for the new downtown electrical substation project will cause temporary road closures starting Friday, June 12, as a new pedestrian bridge is installed over the Davis Mill Pond. Work will take place from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the closure will be in effect 24 hours to minimize the construction time, Eversource […]
Employers added 3.1 million jobs in May, giving an unexpected boost to the labor market battered by the Covid-19 pandemic. But state and local governments are still cutting jobs, and it is expected to get worse very quickly. And with the end of most state fiscal years only weeks away, many more job cuts are […]
Tilcon’s quarrying activities in North Branford altered area drainage patterns, sending more water toward Cedar Pond, according to a 2008 state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection memo. A variety of factors have contributed to the problem. One is increased development along Route 80, which has increased the amount of runoff that goes to the […]
Krohn’s company, Jasko Development LLC, which is partnering in the project with Brian Zelman of Zelman Real Estate LLC, last week received master plan and zone change approvals from the town’s planning and zoning commission to build the four-story structure at 54, 56, 65 and 80 Jolley Dr. The group still needs a special permit […]
Just one developer responded to the April 30 deadline for the city’s advertisement for requests for proposals. O’Leary said the city cannot release any details of the development proposal while the vetting and negotiation process is ongoing. The developer has asked for confidentiality, O’Leary said. State law allows RFP negotiations to remain confidential until concluded. […]
A plan to approve $10 million in bonding to pay for repairs to the town’s three sewer plants and pumping stations moved ahead Wednesday, as town and sewer officials agreed the project is badly needed. The Water Pollution Control Authority is now scheduled to hold a virtual public hearing on the bond requests June 16 […]
RJ Development + Advisors LLC, the would-be developer of a 203-unit building on the long-vacant parcel in the Fort Trumbull Municipal Development area, have negotiated with the city’s development arm, the Renaissance City Development Association, for a 20-year tax abatement plan to help cope with the estimated $3.78 million in remediation costs. The tax abatement […]
The Aquarion Water Company announced it will begin site preparation for the North Avenue water tank project at 63 to 67 North Ave. on June 4. The project was approved in 2017 but sparked controversy when neighbors submitted an appeal to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) stating the construction could pose safety hazards. In […]
The governor on Monday issued an executive order allowing the commissioner of labor to find work unsuitable for employees returning to work after a layoff if the site poses an “unreasonable risk” to their health due to the coronavirus. At a news briefing May 8, Lamont said those who are vulnerable to COVID-19 – over […]
Fitzgerald said she wants to invert the current single-to-double ratio so two-thirds of New Horizon clients have private units. That’s why the approximately $20-million-a-year nonprofit with 225 employees — including about 50 at the New Horizons Village complex on Bliss Memorial Road — plans to build a new 22-unit residential complex on its campus, she […]
The Board of Alders’ Community Development Committee unanimously approved a new Development and Land Disposition Agreement for the project, which is planned for 101 College St. City Economic Development Administrator Michael Piscitelli outlined the terms of the agreement, which is between the city of New Haven, New Haven Parking Authority, and developer WE 101 College […]
An Indiana developer proposing to build Amazon’s second warehouse/distribution center in Windsor has received all local land use approvals for the $50-million project. Windsor’s planning and zoning commission on Tuesday approved a special use application and site plan for Scannell Properties to build a 823,000-square-foot distribution hub on former tobacco farmland at 1201 Kennedy Road […]
Construction broke ground in February and has for the most part remained on schedule. Roche said some supplies have been hard to come by because the coronavirus pandemic has shut down some factories. The renovations to the existing Emergency Center and a 12,500-square-foot addition are part of a four-phase, $15 million project. By late summer, […]
Towns that contract with the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) for trash removal and recycling are currently paying about $83 per ton, and that is projected to go up to about $91 in the next fiscal year. Over the past two years, MIRA officials have been trying to combine state bonding, a new power-purchase […]
Hartford’s city council has agreed to lease city property to a local developer proposing to build a $21.5-million mixed-use development in a key corner of the Upper Albany neighborhood. 7 Summits CEO Rohan Freeman in an interview said the deal gives his group control of the 2-acre property, and leverage to finalize more than $10 […]
The family-run business, which rebooted outdoor dining service May 20 amid the state’s phased economic reopening, recently invested more than $500,000 to acquire an adjoining 2-acre property on West Street to make room for an additional 200 parking spaces and a 6,000-square-foot addition to its main restaurant, Cava General Manager Tony Papahristou told HBJ in […]
New housing construction in Connecticut plummeted to a three-year low in April during what was the first full month of COVID-19-related shutdowns, new data shows. Prior to April’s report, new housing permits in Connecticut had increased year-over-year for eight consecutive months. For the year, there have been 1,368 housing permits issued, down 9.5% from 1,512 […]
Assuring all necessary parking is directly across from the museum is not critical. Arguably, it may not even be preferable. One reason the editorial board has consistently supported the planned museum site on the water, behind the historic train station, is the increased pedestrian activity it would create for the downtown. That would not be […]
After receiving unanimous approval from the town’s Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission on Tuesday evening, it appears a proposed $2.28 million synthetic turf field project the Region 18 Board of Education is considering building is moving forward. The 143,000-square-foot, all-weather, multipurpose field, if eventually approved by the Board of Education, will be located behind the […]
Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden launched an $850 million bond sale last week to bolster Connecticut’s transportation program, and this week plans to secure another $500 million in financing for various other capital projects and state initiatives. The transportation bonds will finance upgrades to the Gold Star Memorial Bridge on Interstate 95 in New London, the […]
The New York group that purchased two abutting historic downtown buildings once envisioned for a heritage museum received approval this past week to create 42 apartments in the upper stories and to renovate the Main and Water street storefront spaces in what city officials hope will bring new life to lower Main Street. The Rochelle, […]
After First Selectman Mark Nickerson said the town may not be required to hold a town meeting vote on an additional $2.1 million needed to complete the police building renovation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he told the selectmen last week that town officials are trying to find a way for residents to provide input. Besides having only […]
George Schrade wants to expand his Water Street business, A Quick Pick Crane Co., and build a 40,000-square-foot warehouse for large vehicle storage on 14.2 acres off Division Street. Schrade bought the land from the city for approximately $375,000. The proposal from Schrade Roosevelt LLC was presented at a virtual public hearing the Planning and […]
The city has moved one step closer to approval of a lab building, zoning text amendment and land deal that will bring a $100 million investment to fruition, something the developer says will make New Haven the leader in life sciences and biotech research in Connecticut. The text amendment and land disposition agreement will go […]
In most jurisdictions, projects are coming back on line, and construction managers are struggling to fill jobs. First of all, the enhanced unemployment benefit provided by the federal CARES Act is keeping many workers on the sidelines. The legislation, passed in March, supplements state coverage with an additional $600 a week, more than double the […]
Connecticut shed 266,300 jobs in April, a record single-month loss that highlighted the devastating toll of the coronavirus crisis, according to preliminary numbers released Thursday by the state Department of Labor. Since March 13, the labor department has received more than 535,000 unemployment insurance applications — about the same amount that it would typically receive […]
A $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill proposed on May 12, included $15 billion in funds for state departments of transportation, but that is lower than the almost $50 billion that the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) officials estimates DOTs will need. Some states have begun to suspend major road and bridge […]
The City Council will be voting on two major items that will determine whether the school board can go forward with its proposed high school renovation project. The option being put forward by the school board is for a $156.6 million project with 62.5% state reimbursement. The state’s estimated share would be $85 million and […]
Developer Jason Pazzaglia, owner of the custom homebuilding company Pazz & Construction LLC of East Lyme, submitted an application to the town’s Land Use Department late last year, proposing to build 108 multifamily units on about 12 of the 20 acres he owns at 90 North Bride Brook Road. Pazzaglia had told The Day earlier […]
The Town Council will be looking at improved safety and traffic flow along the Route 66 corrider, after being presented with a series of recommendations from the Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Government. The long range study, if approved, would enable the COG to move ahead to seek grants and other funding sources to […]
As first reported by HBJ last month, Indiana developer Scannell Properties has proposed to build a $50-million, 823,000-square-foot distribution hub on former tobacco farmland at 1201 Kennedy Road and 1 Joseph Lane. Town officials and design professionals representing Scannell at the time did not name a potential tenant. Amazon, though, emerged as the prospective tenant […]
Nearly six years after first announcing a proposal to replace the more than century-old railroad bridge spanning the Connecticut River between Old Lyme and Old Saybrook, the estimated $400 million project appears to be moving forward. Obtaining the license from DEEP is one of many regulatory steps the rail service must take with both the […]
Winstanley has become a transformative figure in New Haven, responsible for the $200 million 100 College Street bioscience development (informally known as “the Alexion Building” although its anchor tenant relocated its corporate headquarters to Boston almost two years ago). It represents the first phase of the city’s multi-year Downtown Crossing redevelopment project that aims to […]
Total construction starts declined 25% from March to April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $572.2 billion as COVID-19 and economic recession hit the construction sector. In April, nonresidential building starts fell 37% from March, while residential dropped 25%. The decline in nonbuilding construction starts was more tepid, falling just 5% due to strong […]
Project and construction managers overseeing the $108 million reconstruction of New London High School are pushing for a May start date for major construction work. Diana McNeil, project manager for Capitol Region Education Council, said the value engineering work is still ongoing and some numbers remain fluid, but the construction manager for the project, Newfield […]
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection rejected the stormwater management plan for Candlewood Solar’s project on Candlewood Mountain under the general permit. The department is also now requiring any new plan be submitted under the stricter individual permit, fulfilling the town’s request from earlier this year. The project calls for Candlewood Solar’s parent […]
