New Haven residents will have a chance to comment on the first phase of a massive plan to revitalize the Union Square area at a City Plan Commission meeting Thursday. The plan includes renovating the Robert T. Wolfe Apartments, the former Church Street South Housing Project, and surrounding community into high-quality mixed income housing. The plan also includes 40,000 to 50,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. Construction includes a new multi-level, mixed-use development on the site of the former residential development, in the section located across from Union Station. Phase One will include approximately 541 residential units and approximately 31,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, consisting of three buildings and two parking lots. The entire plan envisages around 2,500 residential units. The city says current Robert T. Wolfe residents and former Church Street South residents will be offered the option to return to the area as the project comes online. Around 40% of the units in the redevelopment will be offered at below market rents. The latest version of the plan is the result of more than two years of community meetings, task forces and survey input from the neighborhood. The total cost for the multi-year revitalization project has been estimated at more than $2 billion. The city has said it intends to apply for a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grant worth up to $26 million to help it complete phase one.

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