The property has been owned since 2018 under a limited liability company controlled by Senior Living Development, whose principal Mark De Pecol is CEO of KindCare Assisted Living based in Fairfield. Senior Living Development acquired the property for just under $3.3 million, with the city’s most recent appraisal calculating a value of $3.9 million. Trumbull’s head of economic development said the conversion remains an “outstanding” option for Trumbull, of the mix of possible options to redevelop the property. Trumbull has added several senior living communities in recent years as part of a larger apartment boom, with facilities including Bridges by Epoch at Trumbull, Middlebrook Farms at Trumbull, River Valley Retirement Community and Spring Meadows by Monarch. In January, the town renewed a moratorium on new apartments to analyze any impact by the Residences on Main nearing completion next to the Westfield Trumbull mall.

https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/ct-trumbull-dinardo-senior-living-48-monroe-17903472.php?src=rdctpbusiness

Danbury brothers Scott and David Benincasa’s site plan application to construct a four-story, $2.3 million apartment building on the property at 25 Church St. was approved at the Zoning Commission’s April 11 meeting. The proposed apartment building will have 18 units — six of which will be designated as affordable housing units, according to the site plan application. The Benincasas applied through the state statute 8-30g, which allows developers to bypass local zoning laws — with certain exceptions — if they promise to build a certain percentage of affordable housing. The demolition’s estimated cost is $10,000 while the estimated cost of the apartment building’s construction is $2.3 million.

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/new-milford-apartments-danbury-brothers-17901714.php

City officials are prepared to initiate work on the long-awaited project to raise Beach Street 11 feet above sea level — a project expected to make way for more development along that stretch of the city’s beach — following the approval of a $4.8 million construction contract by a state oversight board. The raising of the road initially was projected to be finished in fall 2022, but lagging response times between the city and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection delayed the start of the project. During the permitting process, DEEP officials found a protected species of grass in the area that required a protection and relocation plan, further pushing back the road raising start date.

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/west-haven-prepares-long-awaited-approved-beach-17901391.php

Connecticut Port Authority Executive Director Ulysses Hammond, at a board meeting on Tuesday, signaled that the answers should come within “the next few weeks,” as negotiations with the key involved players near an end. He said he expects to call a special meeting of the port authority’s board later this month regarding the price tag of the project, which now stands at $255.5 million. Negotiations on the final cost of construction at State Pier, which have steadily risen from a $93 million estimate in 2019, involve construction project manager Kiewit and offshore wind partners Orsted and Eversource, among others. About 60% of State Pier will switch from construction site to terminal in time for the expected arrival next month of vessels associated with Orsted and Eversource’s South Fork Wind offshore wind project under construction off Long Island.

https://www.theday.com/local-news/20230418/final-state-pier-cost-remains-unknown/

The town on Dec. 24, 2020, closed the section of Burton Road from Wolfe Avenue to North Main Street to traffic due to structural issues and fears the road could fail. The closed section of the road, which has a sidewalk on one side and a stone wall on the other, travels over a brook that runs behind the Beacon Mill Village apartments. The road previously shifted due to erosion of its foundation from the brook. The state Department of Transportation has committed to give the town $2.9 million to fix the road through the Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program. The funds are administered by the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments. “They’ve (Dayton Construction) been excellent,” Selectman Michael Krenesky said.

https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2023/04/17/major-road-in-beacon-falls-will-reopen-later-this-year/

Neighbors of a 165-acre industrial site on the Thames River being developed by a Massachusetts dredging and marine services company say they don’t want to stop the project, but want the company to compromise by leaving more of a buffer for their neighborhood. Quincy-based Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting applied to the Ledyard Planning and Zoning Commission for approval of a 20,000 square foot repair facility for equipment the company uses in marine contracting and dredging throughout the northeast. The company is proposing to clear almost all of it to make room for the repair facility and a lay-down yard that Cashman Vice President Alan Perrault said during a public hearing Thursday night will be used to store aggregate that would be shipped out of the site by rail, and for offshore wind materials headed for the New London State Pier.

Gales Ferry Neighbors Push for Buffers as Dredging Company Plans Expansion

While the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission approved the proposed library design last week, planners had harsh words for the building’s look. Several said it looked like a factory and found it out of character with other buildings on that stretch of Main Street. DRA Architects of South Windsor worked on the design. The company, which also has offices in Massachusetts, designed Windsor, Tolland and Westbrook libraries. Chaplinsky also said that the renderings of the proposed $17 million library have been available to the public for months and that the time to bring up concerns was much earlier in the process. The library plans have 3,000 square-feet more than the current building. Supporters say it’s got more useable and flexible space that’s better laid out for modern uses.

https://www.myrecordjournal.com/News/Southington/Southington-News/Southington-officials-defend-question-look-of-new-library.html

The approval by the city’s wetlands commission last week of the 208-apartment project for south Main Street sets up a public hearing on Wednesday before the city’s Planning Commission. Known as The Legacy on Main, the developer plans to retrofit the five-story office building at 30 Main St. into 48 apartments and to build a 160-unit apartment building in the parking lot, atop a three-level parking garage. The urban housing project, which is the type of development encouraged in the city’s recently adopted master plan for the next decade, represents the largest residential investment proposal in a central business district that has lagged behind the city’s booming west side and busy commercial strips on the east end.

https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/200-apartments-danbury-main-street-wetlands-oked-17901330.php?src=nthpdesecp

In the Naugatuck Valley, local lawmakers are fighting to add new trains and service to three additional stations along the Waterbury Branch line on top of the service upgrades that Lamont announced last year. And in the Northwest corner of the state, Republicans want to extend the Danbury Branch line to include service to New Milford — a distance of about 15 miles. Each of those projects has been folded into a single piece of rail legislation by leaders on the Transportation Committee, which voted unanimously last month to send the bill to the Senate floor. In his proposed budget for the next two fiscal years, Lamont has proposed cutting Shore Line East service even further to 44 percent of pre-pandemic levels. Last year, the governor and Metro-North touted new “super express” trains that quickened the trip between New Haven and Grand Central by 10 minutes. Lamont has promised to shave another 15 minutes off the trip by 2035, requiring an investment of up to $10 billion in infrastructure improvements.

https://www.newstimes.com/politics/article/ct-rail-expansion-shore-line-east-new-milford-17895076.php?src=nthpdesecp

The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478 asked the city for permission to use the 36-acre former power plant site for training programs in the operations and repair of heavy construction equipment and driver training. It currently operates a 13,000-square-foot facility on Cheshire Road in Meriden that will remain open. The Apprenticeship Training and Skill Improvement Center is a nonprofit organization that serves students throughout the state. The former power plant site has been vacant since the plant, which never opened, was razed leaving a few foundations. The Local 478 Operating Engineers Apprenticeship Training and Skill Improvement fund purchased the property for $975,000 from Meriden Gas Turbines LLC in June 2019. The training center is expected to operate six days a week, Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. as needed and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays will be used as test days. The site will be gated at the intersection of the city road, with access only granted to students and instructions.

https://www.myrecordjournal.com/News/Meriden/Meriden-News/Training-facility-nets-conditional-approval