A remote, largely overlooked section of the riverfront could soon become one of the more densely developed sections of Thompsonville with potentially more than 300 new apartments in two mid-rise buildings. A developer this summer got the town of Enfield’s go-ahead to build 156 apartments on a narrow road just north of the Donald Barnes boat launch on the Connecticut River, and a different development partnership this week will present plans for another 160 slightly south of there. Taken together, the proposals would signal the biggest residential initiative since the massive renovation of the empty Bigelow-Hartford carpet mill in 1988 created more than 450 apartments in Enfield’s Thompsonville section. The complex, now known as Bigelow Commons, is just west of where developers plan the new waterfront apartments.
Undeveloped section of Connecticut River could see more than 300 apartments
