Aging water tank may be replaced
RIDGEFIELD -- A water tank -- once part of a neighborhood move to disassociate itself from common plumbing -- may be torn down and replaced with two larger tanks. Aquarion, the state's largest water utility, will discuss the fate of the tank on Peaceable Ridge Road at a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Town Hall Annex on Prospect Street. The company, which provides water to about 8,000 customers in town, needs a special permit to build a new 850,000-gallon tank on the site, then tear down the old tank, which was built in 1956. Once that work is done, the company wants to build a second 850,000-gallon tank on its 5.3-acre property. The project would cost about $1.3 million. CLICK TITLE TO CONTINUE
Meriden seeking private developers for nine downtown properties
MERIDEN — City officials will soon find out if the Hub project, plans for an improved rail line and new train station and transit-oriented planning will be enough to entice private developers to begin investing in downtown Meriden. Nine city-owned downtown properties are being advertised with the hope of finding private firms interested in redeveloping the sites. OnMonday, the city began requesting the qualifications of developers interested in reusing the properties. “This is the next stage,” Economic Development Director Juliet Burdelski said. “I think this is where it gets real. The government can only do so much ... It’s time to find out who the private players who want to partner with us are. We need private investors.” . CLICK TITLE TO CONTINUE
Vertical Developer, MDC rally to Windsor's great pond
Great Pond Village, the proposed billion-dollar mixed-use development for Windsor's Day Hill Road corridor, has identified and is closing in on a pact with a "vertical developer" to erect the first of hundreds of houses, apartment units and commercial buildings, its promoter says.
Meantime, regional water-sewer provider Metropolitan District Commission says it's in the final stage of reviewing engineering specifications for Great Pond's drinking-wastewater infrastructure.
MDC's blessing is necessary before Great Pond can launch groundwork on the 653-acre former brownfield's first phases, according to Winstanley Enterprises, Great Pond's co-landowner and horizontal developer. Great Pond is billed as the most significant residential-commercial development in Greater Hartford in decades. When built out in 15 to 20 years, the site will have drawn $1.5 billion in development, ultimately a significant contributor to Windsor's tax coffers and to the regional economy, experts say. Principal David Winstanley says his firm is negotiating with a national firm, "one of the largest in the United States,'' to serve as Great Pond's "vertical developer.'' He withheld ID, pending a signed pact. CLICK TITLE TO CONTINUE