A new quasi-public state agency armed with $60 million to spur multifamily housing in Connecticut downtowns and around mass transit hubs will begin to fund its first projects this year. At the helm of the newly formed Connecticut Municipal Redevelopment Authority (MRDA) is David Kooris, a 44-year-old Fairfield native who has led planning and economic development initiatives for Connecticut municipalities and state agencies over the past 17 years. MRDA was established by state lawmakers in 2019, modeled after the Capital Region Development Authority, which has deployed state bond funding over the last 12 years to spur hundreds of millions of dollars in public and private multifamily development in Hartford and surrounding communities.
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