NORTH STONINGTON — Every day, thousands of drivers on Interstate 95 see General Dynamics Electric Boat’s shipyard in Groton as they take the Gold Star Memorial Bridge across the Thames River. Soon, the submarine manufacturer will have another landmark just off the highway, about 15 miles east. Electric Boat executives and local officials held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for the warehouse that the company is building off I-95, in North Stonington. The approximately 480,000-square-foot facility will store a massive amount of parts — freeing up space, reducing congestion and accelerating production at Electric Boat’s shipyards in Groton and Quonset Point, Rhode Island, during a period of striking growth for the business. “This magnificent warehouse represents far more than added capacity,” said Ken Jeanos, Electric Boat’s vice president of materials and chief supply chain officer. “It’s a critical element of our logistics strategy, giving us the scale, efficiency and flexibility we need, as the demands of our programs continue to grow. As our production tempo increases and our materials needs expand, our ability to move the right parts to the right place, at the right time, becomes even more essential.” The 55-acre site at 45 Frontage Road, which Electric Boat acquired last year for $5.5 million from a real-estate affiliate of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, is being prepared for the structural work. On Wednesday, bulldozers, excavators and dump trucks were digging and moving around materials, against a backdrop of towering mounds of earth. The building will take shape this summer, and it is expected to be completed in the summer of 2027, according to officials at Whiting-Turner, the project’s construction manager. About 30 to 50 people are expected to initially work at the hub, according to Electric Boat officials.
Submarine manufacturer Electric Boat breaks ground on ‘magnificent’ warehouse in North Stonington
