As Steelpointe’s Christoph family aims to break ground this fall on luxury apartments at the harbor-front East Side site, construction of the affordable units the developers are backing a few blocks away per their contract with the city is delayed. Now working with BNT as a consultant, Torres and BNT CEO Doris Latorre in a joint interview this week said they are aiming to submit a successful application for tax credits to the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority in January. If BNT obtains the tax break for the $14.3 million development, Torres said construction should be underway a year from now, with the units available by the end of 2024. But, Torres explained, the state aid is the main chunk of funding that will allow BNT to break ground. She said this year’s tax credit application was rejected because the project did not meet the state’s “really high sustainability and energy conservation priorities.”

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/As-luxury-apartments-near-Bridgeport-17439392.php

Development of the former Chromium Process site — which has been home to parking for those living, working and visiting businesses downtown — has received the go-ahead. The Planning and Zoning Commission, at its meeting Tuesday, unanimously approved developer John Guedes’ plans to construct a four-story building on land listed as 113 Canal St., with first floor retail and 30 apartments — at least three of which will be affordable units — on the top three floors. The former Chromium Process site, which has been environmentally remediated, borders on Canal Street East and Canal Street West and is adjacent to the Housatonic Rail Co. and a few hundred feet from the Housatonic River. The site is currently used as a parking lot and is within walking distance of public parking facilities.

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The nearly 20-year-old Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford needs $63.3 million in upgrades and repairs, according to a consultant hired to assess the condition of the state’s nearly 20-year-old premier sports arena. The Capital Region Development Authority – which manages the 38,000-seat stadium for the state – hired Populous last fall to perform a comprehensive review of the stadium’s needs over the coming 20 years, with a particular focus on the next five years. “You could spend a lot more, you could spend a lot less, but that’s what we think we need,” CRDA Executive Director Michael Freimuth told members of his Venue Committee Wednesday. Freimuth said the state has put $8 million into repairs and upgrades during the life of the stadium. Populous estimates investments in the coming five years at the stadium to cost $63.3 million, which could be phased in over several state biennial budget cycles, including a projection of $24 million in the upcoming 2023-2025 cycle, according to the CRDA summary. Freimuth said the work recommended by Populous should see the stadium through another 10 to 15 years.

Consultant: Pratt & Whitney Stadium needs $63.3M in repairs and upgrades

The goal is to create jobs and enhance travel in the Hartford region, as well as across New England. To accomplish that, a new train station will be built in Windsor Locks, with an expectation that it will be completed in 2025. Along with the new train station, there will be a roadway safety and track improvement project. Connecticut State Building Trades Council Executive Director Joseph P. Toner said that the project is one-of-a-kind for the council, the state Department of Correction and the Department of Transportation, when it comes to the jobs component. “This … is a pilot program that we have … What we’re doing in the building trades with our partners is we’re going in and identifying folks that are incarcerated that are pre-release and available to be released within six months to a year,” Toner said. “At that time, the plan was before COVID. But we have a cohort going on right now…We go in with our instructors and we teach 120 hours of construction related courses to the folks that are incarcerated.”

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A $20 million apartment project is set to pay tribute to the once-beloved downtown landmark the Strand Theatre. New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart announced that Jasko Development had plans to construct a 100-unit apartment building to be known as “The Strand” at 157 Main St. Jasko Development CEO and President Avner Krohn is also building “The Brit” and “The High Roller” further up Main Street, on the block between Bank Street and Columbus Boulevard. “The types of development we’re seeing and the years we have spaced them out are allowing for us to create and shift an infrastructure that will support the added population,” Stewart said. “Over the next five years we’re going to be adding about 350 new apartments to the downtown area. We have to make sure we’re being strategic about it so we have the infrastructure to support it.” Parking, crosswalks, traffic signal and sidewalk improvements will accommodate the expected increase in pedestrian and vehicle traffic.

http://www.newbritainherald.com/NBH-New+Britain+News/408798/20-million-apartment-project-might-be-coming-to-downtown-new-britain

Construction work finally began this weekend for the long-sought accessibility improvements at Gosinski Park. Construction crews will be working each day, starting at 9 a.m., until the work is completed. Some residents have been coming out to watch the work taking place. For the two months that this construction is underway, eight residents were relocated to idle capacity units, with the state reimbursing moving costs. Klimas plans, in the near future, to invite Gov. Ned Lamont, Department of Housing Commissioner Sella Mosquera-Bruno and Mayor Joe Kilduff to hold a groundbreaking ceremony. Gosinski Park was originally built in 1965 and additional units were added in 1968. The project will see six units become fully ADA accessible, while another 54 units will also see “substantial” renovations.

http://www.bristolpress.com/BP-Plymouth+News/408780/construction-work-finally-began-this-weekend-for-the-longsought-accessibility-improvements-at-gosinski-park

During the past three years, the world’s largest semiconductor-equipment manufacturer has invested more than $100 million to expand its facility in Connecticut. ASML highlighted Monday its commitment to further growing its campus at 77 Danbury Road, its largest research-and-development and manufacturing site outside of its headquarters in the Netherlands, by holding a groundbreaking ceremony with some of Connecticut’s top elected officials to mark the new $200 million expansion of the property. Already the base for about 2,500 employees, the burgeoning hub is set to add about 1,000 jobs during the next two years. The $200 million allocation will go toward development and construction that will add about 37,000 square feet to the approximately 350,000-square-foot facility. The construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2024.

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/article/Connecticut-company-promises-1-000-news-with-200-17436372.php

Residents have overwhelmingly approved an Aquarion Water Company project that will eventually enable Ridgefield High School and Scotts Ridge Middle School to have access to public water. The project involves the installation of a structure to control water pressure at the intersection of Barlow Mountain Road and North Street. Construction is scheduled to take place from April 2023 to the fall. Aquarion will pay for the work, so there will be no cost to the town. Marconi said the water pressure in town is not going to change — either during or after construction. First Selectman Rudy Marconi said several years ago, due to contamination, the water main was also extended in town — down North Street, to serve both Barlow Mountain and Scotland elementary schools.

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And state officials now say the team of independent auditors that was hired in March may not be finished with its work until June 2023 — delaying any insight into the multibillion-dollar program that local districts rely on to finance school construction and renovation. Federal investigators first subpoenaed the state for records related to the school construction program in October 2021, and they focused their requests on several contractors and Konstantinos Diamantis, who led the school building program for more than six years prior to his exit from state government last fall. Nobody has been charged to this point as part of the federal investigation. But when news of the criminal probe broke in February, several school superintendents and local elected officials came forward to announce that they felt pressured to choose specific construction contractors for their school building projects. Documents obtained by the Connecticut Mirror show the agency hired Marcum LLP, an auditing firm with offices in New Haven, on March 8 to analyze those programs — both of which were overseen by Diamantis and were the focus of the federal grand jury subpoenas.

Officials vowed a speedy audit of CT’s school construction program after a scandal. Results could be months away.

The federal government is now accepting public comments on a draft report detailing the environmental impacts of Revolution Wind, a proposed 100-turbine scale wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is vying to be the first offshore wind farm to supply power to Connecticut. The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management published the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Sept. 2 and will be accepting comments through Oct. 17. BOEM is expected to take into consideration public comments as it works towards a final version of the document and the decision whether to approve or disapprove the project. Revolution Wind, which has yet to obtain state and federal permits and faces opposition from commercial fishermen, is slated to be operational by 2025. Ørsted and Eversource, in a joint statement, called the release of the draft EIS a major milestone for a project that will provide 304 megawatts of power to Connecticut and 400 MW to Rhode Island. In total, the 704 megawatts is enough electricity to power 350,000 homes.

https://www.theday.com/local-news/20220909/feds-accepting-comments-on-wind-project-that-will-supply-power-to-connecticut/