Norwich considers labor agreement for school construction project
Claire Bessette
Norwich ― As the $385 million school construction project
gets underway, city officials are considering whether to enter a project labor
agreement with local trade unions that would mandate a percentage of Norwich
workers be employed on the project.
The proposed agreement with the Norwich-New London Building
Trades Council faces staunch criticism from Republican Mayor Peter Nystrom and
by the Connecticut Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors.
Trade union leaders and the director of the Connecticut
State Building Trades Training Institute, BTTI, gave a lengthy presentation to
the Norwich School Building Committee on Dec. 19 on how project labor
agreements work. They discussed training high school graduates and the success
of projects in 19 Connecticut cities and towns, including New London, Windham
and Killingly.
Chris Fryxell from the Connecticut Chapter of Associated
Builders and Contractors, requested to address the School Building Committee at
its Jan. 23 meeting to counter their claims. Nystrom complained that the
agreements would stifle bidding competition, raise costs and delay projects.
During their presentation, labor leaders said the opposite
has been the experience in projects throughout the state, with projects
finishing under budget, on time and with residents earning top wages and
spending their money locally.
The School Building Committee is working on designs for the
first two of four new elementary schools. The Greeneville and John B. Stanton
schools will be built first at an estimated total cost of $126 million.
The School Building Committee and the City Council would
have to approve the project labor agreement with the Norwich-New London
Building Trades Council. School Building Committee Chairman and Democratic
Alderman Mark Bettencourt said the committee should be ready to seek
construction bids by the end of 2024, so an agreement would need to be approved
before then.
Joe Toner, executive director of the Connecticut State
Building Trades Council, told the School Building Committee that the agreement
would set a percentage of project workers who are Norwich residents. An initial
proposed agreement would have 25% Norwich residents required, with another 5%
from New London County.
The Norwich-New London Building Trades Council has lists of
members in 13 construction trades who live in Norwich. Union trade workers
often travel to jobs, so a Norwich PLA would give them the chance to work close
to home with the money they earn spent locally on housing, food, entertainment
and other purchases, Toner said.
Skills training and apprenticeships programs are key to the
agreement, said Toner and Yolanda Riveras, director of the Connecticut State
Building Trades Training Institute. The institute trains apprentices aged 18 to
24 in the building trades at no cost to the students.
The institute will work with Norwich Free Academy and
Norwich Regional Technical High School to identify students interested in
learning trades. The high school graduates would earn pay as they train,
splitting time between work and classes, Riveras said.
Toner said after four years, an apprentice typically earns
$75,000 to $100,000 per year plus benefits in the various trades, free of
college debt.
“We focus on making sure the workforce development piece is
in every PLA,” Toner told the building committee. “The BTTI will come into your
community and work with NFA and Norwich Tech to identify students.”
The presenters reject claims that the agreements prevent
non-union shops from bidding and raise costs. Toner said state law requires
bidders be on a pre-approved bid list and meet prevailing wages equal to the
union wages, regardless of whether they are unionized. The PLAs add the
required percentage of local workers.
Bettencourt and Board of Education Chairman Mark Kulos, both
Democrats, said they support using PLAs for the new schools project. Both
touted the guarantee of local workers and the emphasis on training local high
school graduates for what could be lifelong careers in skilled trades.
“Unions obviously get members out of it, and I don’t have a
problem with that,” Bettencourt said. “I’m concerned with the ancillary
benefit, where people get job training and careers out of this and those are
forever things.”
New London Mayor Michael Passero, also a Democrat, sent a
letter of support to the Connecticut State Building & Construction Trades
Council included in its Norwich presentation. Passero said Friday that New
London has used PLAs since he was a council member more than a decade ago. The
city now uses them for all major city and school construction projects,
including the recent $110 million renovation of New London High School and the
current construction of the $40 million new recreation center.
“We’ve had great luck,” Passero said. He said requests for
proposals specify the projects have PLAs and the construction manager ensures
they are followed.
Passero said PLAs have become polarized along political
party lines with most Democrats supporting them and virtually all Republicans
against them. He said he has not seen any evidence that PLAs raise costs and
said municipalities should not be trying to save money by cutting wages and
benefits.
The Norwich City Council now has a majority four Democrats
and three Republicans, including Nystrom. In his State of the City address
Tuesday, Nystrom warned against project labor agreements.
“Such a decision concerning the first two schools to be
built will limit the number of small businesses located here in the City of
Norwich from participating,” Nystrom said. “This will drive the cost of schools
up and it will limit the workforce pool. This is the last thing we want to do
when you consider that our state delegation worked so hard to get an increase
in our state reimbursement levels.”
CT's speed camera program tracks 2.8M vehicles, issues 25K warnings and over 700 fines
Out of the nearly 2.8 million cars counted in construction
zones in last year's new speed camera program, nearly 25,000 drivers received
written warnings, and more than 700 of them got fined at least $75, according
to state data.
Officials said the first year's results is a good sign for
the pilot Know
the Zone speed safety program, which aimed to get drivers to slow down
in work zones. The Department of Transportation, which is already looking to do
it again, placed cameras from April through December at three major
projects: on
the Westport, Norwalk line and East Lyme on Interstate-95 and in
Waterbury on Interstate-84.
"It’s the first time that automobile traffic
enforcement devices were used on Connecticut's highways," said Josh
Morgan, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, which oversaw
the program along with the state police.
The program came out of state legislation in 2021 and in
hopes of getting drivers to slow down and prevent construction site accidents.
The department reported 2,566 crashes and 10 fatalities in
work zones between Jan. 1, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2022. Over the years, DOT has
heard from its construction workers about how fast drivers go through their
zones, Morgan said.
"It's a dangerous job out there," he said.
He added drivers typically hit barriers or large pieces of
equipment, which can damage vehicles, be unsafe for workers and harm
drivers and passengers.
The legislation allowed the department to add three cameras
at work zones across the state at a time to track drivers' speed and create a
safety initiative campaign called "Know the Zone."
Signs were posted 300 and 100 feet before each construction
zone, notifying drivers about the camera program in place there.
Anyone going at least 15 miles per hour over the speed limit
received a letter in the mail from the state police with a photo of their
license plate, warning them about their speed in the construction zone, and
that they will receive a fine if they do it again.
After the written warning, the second offense was a $75 fine
and every one following was $150.
Morgan said 2,774,478 drivers drove through construction
zones during the campaign with drivers counted for each trip through the zone.
This means the same person could be included multiple times in the total
figure.
Of those, 541,920 went one to 15 miles per hour over the
speed limit, while 24,875 went at least 15 miles per hour over the speed limit,
resulting in 724 fines. The department did not give a breakdown of how many of
these were $75 or $150 fines.
The money from the fines is going back to the state, which
funded the campaign, including the cameras, billboards and social media and
radio advertisements, Morgan said.
In general, Morgan believes the department accomplished its
goals of getting drivers to slow down and make construction zone conditions
safer. It was not meant to generate revenue, he added.
"Working with DOT to initiate a program to keep workers
safe in work zones has been a priority for the Connecticut State Police,"
State Police Sergeant Christine Jeltema said.
Jeltema added state troopers have been affected by unsafe
drivers in construction zones.
"In any highway construction zone, the main goal is to
protect the safety of road workers, troopers and the motoring public,"
Jeltema said. "Our message to all drivers is to slow down for work zones
so that everyone arrives home at the end of the work day."
Though three cameras were only allowed to be positioned at a
time, each was located in a small SUV, so they could be moved to other smaller
projects when not in use at one of the three main ones, Morgan said.
The mainstay locations were chosen because DOT already had
speed data sensors in those areas that showed high speeds there, Morgan
said.
Morgan added the short-term construction areas are
dangerous, as drivers may not know about them as much as long-term projects.
Of the data the department reviewed so far, about 80 percent
of vehicles followed the posted speed limits.
"It gives us some optimism that the program really made
a difference for those 24,000 drivers that got that warning," Morgan said.
The department also talked with the construction zone
workers during the campaign, and many said they noticed drivers slowing down
and felt safer, he said.
Since the legislation only lasted for 2023, the DOT will
have to create new legislation to keep the program going. Officials are
preparing a report for future legislation based on the data they received in
2023, Morgan said.
Morgan added the department will know where it wants to put
the cameras if the program continues as that legislative discussion
happens.
The department also doesn't yet know which construction
zones had the most drivers speeding, though one driver in Westport/Norwalk was
reported going over 100 miles per hour, Morgan said.
Clarification: This story has been updated to reflect that
the state issued 24,875 written warnings and 724 fines to motorists.
Lamont touts Meriden transit district, but local leaders say housing challenges persist
Mary Ellen Godin
MERIDEN — Gov. Ned Lamont touted the city as a model of what
transit-oriented development looks like during
a stop at the Meriden train station Thursday, as local leaders turn to new
investment sources in hopes of promoting more market-rate housing.
The city was praised for successfully transforming a dingy
vacant lot into a 14-acre park with a brook and amphitheater for concerts,
alongside the new train station, and more than 250 units of new mixed-income
housing.
But as Lamont sought to appeal to other cities and towns
along the rail line to build similar developments and more affordable housing,
Meriden officials have turned away from adding affordable units and toward
market-rate alternatives to fill its still empty storefronts and often barren
streets.
Lamont said more housing is needed overall to bolster
incentives for investors.
“It goes back to housing,” Lamont said. “More housing is
needed to accommodate restaurants, and businesses and a developer taking out
building permits.
Thirteen percent of Meriden’s housing stock is considered
affordable, second only to New Haven in the county. Much of that affordable
housing was funded through low-income tax credits and is located downtown.
Despite Meriden’s spot along the Hartford Line, business owners have said it’s
difficult to find investors to build restaurants and breweries downtown because
of the area’s income demographic.
Lamont and others Thursday pointed to Build for Connecticut
as a possible solution for financing market-rate housing. The program is
administered by the state Department of Housing and the Connecticut Housing
Finance Authority.
Build for Connecticut is a $800 million bond investment in
the creation and preservation of housing covering a wide spectrum of need. The
program was signed into law this year and promises to fund low- to
middle-income rental housing, and home ownership. The plan uses the efforts and
resources of private financial institutions to cultivate and promote the
acquisition and development of market-rate housing that will serve middle
income residents.
So far, Meriden officials have met with representatives from
DOH and CHFA to help move market-rate housing projects along in the city’s
transit-oriented district. A 90-unit project Silver City Apartments at 289
Pratt St. is the first contender. According to Mayor Kevin Scarpati the
developers are not interested in low-income tax credits for project financing.
“We have to look away from low income tax credits as
construction costs climb,” Scarpati said. “We need to find other answers.”
State Rep. Jack Fazzino, D-Meriden, and his family moved
from Berlin to the city last spring. He describes himself as one of the young
home buyers the city needs to attract more of. Fazzino works in Bridgeport and
travels to the Capitol. He selected the city because most of his district is in
the city and it is more accessible by highway and rail.
“As we continue in housing investment, accessibility should
be front and center,” Fazzino said.
Apartment development around CT park set to boom. See the projects, what you might pay to live there
In 1990, downtown’s Parkview Hilton — so named for the park just across Ford Street — was
demolished to make way for ill-fated redevelopment, leaving a vast parking lot
as its legacy for more than three decades.
Now, the owner — Chase
Enterprises — is exploring the potential for housing to replace at
least some of that Hartford surface lot. If a project emerges, it could join
plans for hundreds of new apartments in the next few years around Bushnell Park, considered
to be one of the city’s largest recreational assets.
In
the last decade, more than 3,000 apartments have been added to the
downtown area as the city seeks to better balance office workers — slow to
return after the pandemic — and those who live in the city. But development
directly around Bushnell Park — its roots stretching back to the 1850s — has
progressed more slowly but is now picking up momentum. The first new apartments
are expected to be ready later this spring.
“Somewhere a light bulb went off that this was not only a spectacular urban amenity, but it was a defining anchor in downtown,” Michael W. Freimuth, executive director of the Capital Region Development Authority, said.
CRDA, created a decade ago to help finance housing projects
in the downtown area, has been in discussions with family-owned Chase since
last fall about the future of the parking lot at 10 Ford St., Freimuth said.
“They’ve started to take some shape as a residential tower
of some sort,” Freimuth said. “We haven’t figured the math out, but we have
been talking with them. It’s starting to stir a bit as to what could go there.”
Last fall, Chase
withdrew the Ford Street parking lot as a potential location for a new
federal courthouse. Chase said it was looking at developing “a bigger project
on the property” and the courthouse would have eliminated “co-development
possibilities.”
Cheryl A. Chase, Chase’s general counsel, declined to elaborate late last week. In an email, Chase said, “We are still evaluating all options.”
Bushnell Park has not always been viewed as the invaluable
amenity that it is today.
In the 1960s, a focus on urban renewal ignited a push to
demolish a then-deteriorating state Capitol building. The thought was to
replace it with the “Connecticut Capitol Center,” to be built between the
Capitol and the Travelers tower.
“The plan, as published, would have leveled Bushnell Park
and covered much of its area with the proposed government office block,”
according to a history of Bushnell Park by the late historian and
preservationist Wilson H. “Bill’ Faude.
There was also a plan to extend the Whitehead Highway
through the heart of Bushnell Park, one option via an underground tunnel.
Both plans were eventually abandoned. In the 1980s, the
Bushnell Park Foundation — renamed the Bushnell Park Conservancy last year —
was founded to tackle the physical decline of the park.
The idea of housing around Bushnell Park is not necessarily
a new one.
The views on an urban green space were likely at least part
of the inspiration of the 27-story, Bushnell Tower, completed in 1969 and
designed by noted architect I.M. Pei. In the early 2000s, there was the
conversion of the former SNET building on Trumbull Street and a new apartment
building, Trumbull on the Park — now, Spectra on the Park — the latter
developed by the late Marty Kenny. Both capitalized on views of Bushnell
Park.
Mary Zeman, manager of the Bushnell Park Conservancy, said she
welcomes the addition of more residents living right along the park.
“We want them to enjoy the park,” Zeman said. “We would love
for them to attend the free events. We would love for them to join our
volunteer committee. We would love for them to financially support us in any
amount, whether it’s a small fundraiser, or becoming a member at the carousel.”
Zeman said the developers will naturally use the park as a
marketing tool for leasing apartments. She also hopes they will take a stake in
the park and become event sponsors.
“These events have to happen with funding,” Zeman said. “If
the developers want us to make the park a bit more active during the week, we
need the financial support.”
Buzzing with workers
The first of the new wave apartments around Bushnell Park to
come up for lease is likely in the
converted former office building at 55 Elm St., most recently the
headquarters of the state’s Constitutional officers, including the Attorney
General.
South Norwalk-based Spinnaker Real Estate Partners expects
the first of 160 apartments to be available in late spring in the 4-story
annex. The annex was a later addition to the main, 7-story structure rising
above Pulaski Circle and the park.
In a tour Friday, the building was buzzing with workers. A
backhoe scooped up dirt to make way for a new retaining wall and a future
courtyard. Inside, apartments in the annex are nearing completion with vinyl
tile flooring that looks like slate and quartz kitchen countertops. A ground
floor microbrewery or beer garden also is planned in the annex.
In the 7-story building where units are expected to be ready
by the fall, some apartments will have soaring, 15-foot ceilings. A massive
first-floor event space — created by removing part of an upper floor — is
taking shape. Amenities also will include co-working space and a fitness center
with specific areas for yoga and spinning.
An event space with soaring ceilings is taking shape on the
first floor of 55 Elm along Bushnell Park in Hartford. (Aaron Flaum/Hartford
Courant)
All the improvements are with an eye to the required
preservation of historic details in the 1926 structure. Those include the
exposed brick, ornate door moldings and rich, wood paneling. The former office
of the attorney general is becoming a library for residents.
Spinnaker’s Allysa Kent said she believes the wide range of
apartment offerings, from the more compact units in the annex to some that
incorporate the paneling and original fireplaces will help Spinnaker carve out
a niche in the market.
Kent said the project differs from new construction where
there is a set number of apartment layouts and kitchen types.
“I actually think the lease-up is going to be remarkable
here because we have so much different inventory,” Kent said. “The idea is
having a lot of different options for the renters to come in. I’m excited to
see the quality of the community that comes out of that, and then you attract a
diverse group of people. Young people — it’s their first apartment. You might
have downsizers, or if there are people working in government or using this as
part-time housing.”
‘Hit that tipping point’
How quickly development around Bushnell Park unfolds in the
next few years will depend largely on the trajectory of overall downtown
apartment leasing.
Even with the addition of thousands of new apartments to the
downtown since 2013, occupancy in the new projects has remained steady, above
90%.
Hartford-based Lexington
Partners plans to convert former, outdated office
space at 15 Lewis St., which borders Bushnell Park, into apartments in a
nearly $27 million project.
Chris Reilly, Lexington’s president, said the downtown
apartment market remains robust in all Lexington properties, including the
recent rental conversion at 99 Pratt St. Those 97 units leased in just five
months, Reilly said, giving the development company confidence to embark on the
Lewis Street project.
“We still feel very good about downtown, even with more
residential in town, we’ve almost hit that tipping point of being a ‘living’
city,” Reilly said. “The challenge here for a long time was if you lived here
you were very much the pioneer. There wasn’t a whole lot of residential.
There’s quite a bit now and more to come. As owners, we welcome it. More
people, it’s just healthy for city, people living in the (central business
district).”
Rent increases appeared to have slowed a bit recently,
Reilly said. But it isn’t clear if that is seasonal or part of a longer-term
trend, Reilly said.
Pulling together financing packages for apartment projects
also is expected to remain difficult in the coming year. Interest rates on
loans remain high, although there could be some easing by the Federal Reserve
and the cost of construction materials remains high. Supply-chain delays in the
aftermath of the pandemic have begun to ease, experts say.
Navigation difficulties
With more people living near Bushnell Park, a planned
reconfiguration of Pulaski Circle to improve safety may draw more attention —
and affect nearby development.
Pulaski Circle has five approaches with a mix of stop and
yield signs that make the area difficult and confusing to navigate.
The Whitehead Highway traffic enters the circle at high
speed without a clear transition to a city road. There have been 109 crashes at
this location between 2018-2022 with more than half of them classified as
rear-end collisions that can be attributed to navigation difficulties. The high
speeds and non-traditional controls make pedestrian crossings uncomfortable and
sometimes unsafe.
The state Department of Transportation has included a
reconfiguration of Pulaski Circle in its recently-released mobility study,
at an estimated cost of up to $20 million.
DOT has moved ahead with preliminary designs, but there are
still three years of study, outreach to the community and seeking approvals.
Construction isn’t expected to start until 2027, DOT said.
Here are key properties around Bushnell Park, some proposed
for new housing:
Second phase of development
Address: 17 Wells St.
Developer: Spectra Construction & Development
Corp., Hartford and New York City
Cost: $32.5 million
The details: A proposed, 8-story apartment
building with 126 units — 20% of them at affordable rents — and 58 parking
spaces would be built on an existing parking lot to the rear of 525 Main
Street. Spectra is now converting 525 Main, across from city hall, into
apartments and the new structure, facing Bushnell Park, would represent a
second phase of the project, if approved. Spectra has an option to the purchase
the lot from the city.
Projected monthly rents: $1,150 for studios to $2,800
for two bedrooms
Where it now stands: Construction, partly financed with
a proposed, publicly-backed loan of $9.5 million from CRDA, could begin later
this year.
The Jewell
Address: 15 Lewis St.
Developer/Owner: Lexington Partners/LAZ
Investments/Shelbourne Global Solutions, Hartford and Brooklyn. N.Y.
Cost: $26.7 million
The details: A conversion of the 5-story, 1920s office
building with storefronts at 15 Lewis St. would add 73 apartments to downtown.
Plans call for 10% of the apartments to be pegged to affordable rents. The
structure’s main entrance would be relocated from Lewis to Jewell Street. The
building’s new name —”The Jewell” — would reflect the change and a new
orientation to Bushnell Park.
Projected monthly rents: $1,600 for studios to $3,500
for two-bedrooms.
Where it now stands: CRDA has approved a $5 million
loan and $2 million equity investment for the project. Other financing is still
being lined up, but construction could start later this year or early in 2025.
A historic company’s headquarters
Address: 55 Elm St.
Developer: Spinnaker Real Estate Partners, South
Norwalk
Cost: $67 million
The details: Long considered a prime candidate for
housing because it faces Bushnell Park, the 1920s structure at 55 Elm was
originally built for the Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. and designed to
resemble a 15th-century, Florentine palace. Most recently, it was occupied by
Connecticut’s Constitutional officers, including the Attorney General.
Financing includes a $13.5 million loan from CRDA and tax breaks from the city.
A second phase of apartments is planned on the parking lots
around 55 Elm. The new construction would build on the conversion of 55 Elm,
both projects considered part of the Bushnell South redevelopment area.
Projected monthly rents: $1,200 for studios to
$3,000 for three bedrooms, including loft units
Where it now stands: A conversion of 55 Elm into
apartments began early in 2023. The first of 160 rentals are expected to be
available in late spring, with the conversion completed by late summer.
Former state offices
Address: 30 & 18-20 Trinity St.
Developer: Pennrose LLC and The Cloud Co., Philadelphia
and Hartford
Cost: $45 million
The details: The redevelopment would tackle two
difficult to convert buildings. Originally, the structures were built for
insurance companies but for years served as state offices. Plans call for 108
residential rentals between the two buildings. 20% pegged to affordable
incomes. Designs also include a restaurant in 30 Trinity and a rooftop lounge
atop the neighboring 18-20 Trinity. A landscaped plaza in between would
visually connect the two converted structures, both built early in the last
century.
Projected monthly rents: Market-rate units will range
from $1,750 for studios to $2,400 for 2-bedroom units. Affordable units from
$910 for studios to $1,150 for two bedrooms, all of which will be
income-restricted to households earning 50% or less of the area median income.
Where it now stands: The developers have agreed to pay
the state of Connecticut $1.1 million for the two Trinity Street properties, a
sale that must be completed by Feb. 12. CRDA has approved $6.5 million loan for
the project. Construction could begin late this year or early in 2025. The
project is included in the Bushnell South Redevelopment area.
Vacant YMCA complex
Address: 160 Jewell St.
Owner: Northland, Newton, Mass.
The details: Northland, once downtown Hartford’s
largest commercial landlord, purchased the former YMCA building in 2008.
Northland, the developer of the Hartford 21 apartment tower, had an ambitious
vision for the YMCA: a $120 million, 40-story tower — first a mix of 200
condominiums and 100 apartments and later, exclusively 250 condos. But
financing never came together as the nationwide housing market nosedived.
Where it now stands: In 2015, Northland floated a $70
million plan that would have replaced the YMCA building with 200 apartments in
a 7-story structure, the first two floors devoted to parking. The plan called
for a heavy state investment of $25 million and tax breaks from the city. The
plan went nowhere. Conversion of the existing building is hampered by floor
configurations that are not easily translated into apartments.
Once the Parkview Hilton
Address: 10 Ford St.
Owner: Chase Enterprises, Hartford
The details: In 1990, the Parkview Hilton was
demolished to make way for redevelopment that did not materialize. A parking
lot has existed on the property for more than 30 years, but the property has
long been seen as ripe for residential redevelopment given potential views to
Bushnell Park.
Where it now stands: Late last year, Chase Enterprises
withdrew the parking lot from consideration as the site for a new federal
courthouse in Hartford. Chase said it was looking to do a “bigger project on
the property” and the courthouse ” would have eliminated other co-development
possibilities.” Chase has had preliminary discussions with CRDA about housing,
but says all options still on the table.
The Hollander
Address: 410 Asylum St.
Developer/Owner: Contour Housing Partners, Philadelphia
Cost: $350,000 in repairs and upgrades
The details: In 2009, the New York-based nonprofit
Common Ground, now known as Breaking Ground, converted this building to
apartments, focusing on workforce housing.
Where it now stands: Contour, an affiliate of Pennrose
LLC, purchased the 70-unit, Hollander in November. Contour, which focuses on
preserving existing affordable housing, plans to begin upgrades by the end of
March. The city has approved tax breaks for the property.
Strategic parking lot
Address: 71 Elm St.
Developer: Spinnaker Real Estate Partners, South
Norwalk
The details: This parking lot, on the north side of
West Street and adjacent to Spinnaker’s 55 Elm project was one of three surface
lots acquired by the developer when it bought 55 Elm.
Where it now stands: This parking lot is targeted for
future development and faces Bushnell Park.
Pearl Street firehouse
Address: 275 Pearl Street
Developer: Spectra Construction & Development
Corp., Hartford and New York City
Cost: $9.5 million
Projected monthly rents:$1,150 for studios to $1,800 for one
bedrooms
The details: This historic firehouse, built more than a
century ago, is being converted to 35 apartments over storefronts that will
include a pizzeria.
Where it now stands: Hartford closed the firehouse on
Pearl Street — just a short walk to Bushnell Park — in 2020 and agreed to sell
it for redevelopment in late 2022. The first rentals are expected to become
available this summer.