This month the agency issued a request for proposals from developers who would be interested in moving and reconstructing the aging train station, reconfiguring some of the tracks, and building a large housing complex with ground-floor retail and possibly office or hotel space. Transit-oriented development, or TOD, is a planning strategy that calls for high-density housing and business centers within walking distance of public transportation. “By reimagining this property, we can deliver new housing, enhanced transit amenities, and commercial and retail spaces that will serve residents and visitors for decades to come,” DOT Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto said on the agency’s website. The agency built a new garage on South State Street, connected it to the train station with a covered walkway over Washington Boulevard, and last year demolished the dilapidated garage on Station Place. Agency spokesman Josh Morgan said Friday that at least 20 percent of however many housing units are built at the train station must be affordable. The percentage is a minimum requirement set by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Morgan said.
Connecticut’s DOT Launches Redevelopment, Housing for Stamford’s Train Station
