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Stamford zoning officials approve 196-unit apartment plan on former Gen Re site
Stamford’s Zoning Board on Monday unanimously approved a proposal to convert a former Gen Re office building on Long Ridge Road into a 196-unit apartment complex. The application, submitted by 120 Long Ridge LLC, calls for redeveloping the 302,000-square-foot building at 120 Long Ridge Road into a mix of 23 studio apartments, 64 one-bedroom units and 109 two-bedroom units. The LLC is controlled by two entities whose principals are Carl and Paul Kuehner, chairman and CEO, respectively, of Stamford developer Building and Land Technology. A separate housing proposal for the adjacent 20.3-acre vacant parcel at 120-C Long Ridge Road is still under review. In that application, 120-C Long Ridge LLC and Toll Northeast V Corp., a subsidiary of national homebuilder Toll Brothers, are seeking to construct 102 for-sale units.
Construction on Fitch athletic field improvements slated to begin in early 2027
Groton — Now that voters have approved a $14.3 million project to improve athletic facilities at Robert E. Fitch High School, the town will begin looking for a consultant to design the project with plans to begin construction in 2027. The town is developing a Request for Qualifications for consultants and plans early next year to advertise and receive qualification submittals, according to a tentative timeline provided by Town Manager John Burt. The town then plans to review and interview the most qualified consultants, develop a scope of services and negotiate consultant fees, according to the schedule. The six-month design and permitting process is slated to begin in May 2026.
Bridgeport had hired contractor to raze Cherry St. buildings. Now city and developer reach a truce.
BRIDGEPORT — Cherry Street Lofts developer Gary Flocco and city officials have brokered at least a temporary truce over the latter’s efforts to demolish blighted buildings intended for the residential complex’s long-delayed next phase. “We’ve come to a settlement,” Flocco said about a Monday morning status conference between the parties and a state Superior Court judge. In September he had filed a lawsuit to thwart the teardown. And Thomas Gaudett, Mayor Joe Ganim’s chief administrative officer, also confirmed a deal had been struck to keep the structures at 62, 72 and 80 Cherry St. and 1325 Railroad Ave. standing and hopefully finally move their renovation forward.
Roadwork to close busy ramps in two CT cities this week. One is at an often snarled area.
Drivers may encounter roadwork early this week as road projects begin in two Connecticut cities. The East Main Street on-ramp to Route 15 North, Interstate 91 North, and Interstate 691 West in Meriden will be closed continuously to all traffic starting Monday and it will last several weeks, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Roadwork reconstruction requires the East Main Street ramp closures, according to the DOT. Traffic signage will guide motorist through the work zone. The project, which includes slope easements and drainage, is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2027, and the cost is approximately $7 million. The DOT said 80% of the project will be paid in federal funds and 20% will be paid with state funds.
New Greenwich High School swimming pool could cost $57.4M, open in 2029
GREENWICH — A new swimming pool at Greenwich High School could cost $57.4 million and be ready to open in late 2029. The new facility, if constructed, would replace the current 1970s-era high school pool, which has a number of limitations, including narrow decks and a ceiling too low for diving or water polo. “We understand there is a great urgency behind addressing the issues with the pool,” said Lisa Yates, design team architect for Antinozzi Associates, during a meeting of the Greenwich Board of Education on Nov. 20. The Board of Education is set to vote on the educational specifications of the proposed pool in December.
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/new-greenwhich-high-swimming-pool-21205510.php
Hartford auto dealership property sells for $3.15M to affiliate of site-work contractor, power-equipment vendor
An affiliate of a Windsor-based site-work contractor and a West Hartford power-equipment retailer has purchased a former Mitsubishi dealership property on Hartford’s New Park Avenue for $3.15 million. According to a deed recorded Nov. 5, a limited liability company tied to BCI Inc. — which operates as The Butler Co. — acquired the 3-acre parcel at 398-412 New Park Ave. from an LLC affiliated with the Crowley Auto Group. The site includes a 26,143-square-foot dealership building constructed in 1988 and recently vacated by a Mitsubishi franchise that had been leasing the property. Principals of the buying entity include Robert, Thomas and Timothy Butler — the president, vice president and a project manager at BCI, respectively.
Meriden to vote on turning the old Meriden-Wallingford Hospital into Pulaski school
MERIDEN — City Council will decide the fate of city’s health department and alternative high school, as well as whether to turn an old hospital into a school at Monday night’s meeting. The City Council’s Finance Committee voted to recommend the full City Council approve those three items out of four proposed new construction projects, including a new school for Casimir Pulaski, a renovation to the city’s health department and a conversion to the second floor of that building for an alternative high school. A key selling point for the new Casimir Pulaski School at 1 King Place would include the demolition of the city’s largest eyesore, the former Meriden-Wallingford Hospital on Cook Avenue. City officials said by putting a school in there, the state’s 90% reimbursement rate would cover the $16 million estimated demolition cost. It was the easiest vote of the evening.
New Haven approves 462 apartments in two buildings off State St. between Chapel & Fair streets
NEW HAVEN — The City Plan Commission has given a revised plan for 462 mixed-income apartments in two buildings on what are now parking lots off State Street between Chapel and Fair streets the final approval the developer needs in order to proceed. One seven-story building, “The Frontier,” to be built first, abutting Chapel Street as Phase 1, will have 151 units. A second, 12-story building, “The Iron,” to be built abutting Fair Street in Phase 2, will have 311 units. Those numbers are up from at least 145 units and at least 300 units the last time the transit-oriented development was aired publicly. The 462 total number of units on 3.25-acres of property between State Street and the railroad tracks is up from 450 proposed units a few months ago.
Old Lyme Pitches December Date for Sewer Referendum
OLD LYME — After a number of postponements, the Board of Selectmen is expected on Monday to call a Dec. 16 referendum to approve additional borrowing to fund the construction of sewers on the shoreline. The new price tag, $19,321,565, more than doubles the amount originally approved in a 2019 referendum but the state is expected to cover 47% of the cost through grants and forgivable loans from the Clean Water Fund. Old Lyme Water Pollution Control Authority Chair Steve Cinami told CT Examiner on Friday that he estimated the cost at about $3,100 per year per EDU, a calculation used to assign each sewered property a share of the total project cost. That’s about $300 more expensive than the last estimate by an outside accountant hired by the town.
https://ctexaminer.com/2025/11/22/old-lyme-pitches-december-date-for-sewer-referendum/
CT rebuild of an I-95 bridge in Norwalk after fiery crash wins national award
Connecticut officials have been able to boast that the state Department of Transportation and its contractor rebuilt a fire-damaged bridge over Interstate 95 five months earlier than expected and about $3 million under budget. And now, they can say the project is a national award winner. A panel of industry experts picked the project — which involved tearing down and reconstructing the Fairfield Avenue overpass in Norwalk after a flatbed tractor-trailer, fuel truck and passenger car crashed in May 2024, resulting in a massive fire but no deaths — to receive the Grand Prize in an annual contest founded by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
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