Jason Rudnick
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Dixwell residents gathered in the Q House gym to hear about a revived and changed plan to build 176 new apartments on the vacant city lot where Henry meets Ashmun and Canal Streets by the Farmington Canal Trail — and some emerged mulling whether to apply for a new home or a job. Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison convened the meeting Thursday evening alongside…
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NEW HAVEN — An empty lot on 1.78 acres that is part of Science Park straddling the city’s Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods is slated to become a five-story apartment building with 176 apartments — 58 classified as “affordable” — and 88 parking spaces. The project along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail has been bouncing around City Hall for a…
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Alders unanimously approved a suite of zoning changes designed to allow for the redevelopment of a long-vacant Science Park lot into 176 apartments and 88 parking spaces. That vote took place Monday night during the latest regular bimonthly meeting of the full Board of Alders, held in person in the Aldermanic Chamber on the second floor of City Hall. The alders granted a final,…
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NEW HAVEN — The Dixwell Plaza shopping center has been languishing — largely empty — right in the center of the city’s Dixwell neighborhood for so long that some people may not notice its condition anymore. But it’s hoped that people will notice what’s slated to replace it. And that — the potentially transformative, $185 million…
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Dixwell Plaza’s redevelopers won their final needed city approval to undertake an estimated $185 million overhaul of the fraying mid-century shopping strip — and turn it into a bustling mix of apartments, stores, and cultural venues in the heart of New Haven’s historic Black neighborhood. That happened at Wednesday night’s latest regular monthly meeting of the City Plan Commission. The…
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Plans to redevelop a long-vacant Science Park lot grew in size to 176 proposed apartments — and won an initial recommendation to do so. That recommendation took place during the latest special City Plan Commission meeting. The virtual meeting was held online via Zoom. Local land-use commissioners voted unanimously in support of a proposed zoning ordinance text and map amendment to modify Planned…
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KBE Building Corporation has selected the large steel and concrete contractors for a six-story hotel that will complete development of the “Route 34 West” superblock. Now, it’s time to select subcontractors and fulfill city expectations of minority hiring. Work has begun on the future Cambria Hotel at the corner of Dwight Street and Martin Luther…
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“This is the time for Dixwell.” With those words of praise and anticipation, alders moved ahead a plan to transform Dixwell Plaza into a mixed-use hub that would employ up to 550 people a year and generate up to $50 million in annual economic activity. Local legislators took that unanimous vote Thursday night during the…
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The Board of Alders approved tax breaks for two residential building projects aiming to add 219 new apartments—105 at “affordable” rents—to Dixwell. The board also voted to drop, at the developer’s request, a proposed tax break deal for a Ninth Square project. Local legislators took those three votes Thursday night during their latest bimonthly full…
