Jason Rudnick
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The long-awaited redevelopment of Dixwell Plaza —bringing a new performing arts center, banquet hall, grocery store, museum, office complex, daycare center, retail storefronts, and 150-plus apartments and townhouses to the neighborhood’s fraying commercial hub — took one step closer to becoming a reality. That step came Wednesday night, when the project’s developer, ConnCorp, a for-profit…
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NEW HAVEN — New Haven’s focus on affordable housing is getting a boost with three private developments that are looking for tax abatements to make the deals work. Two of the proposals will bring life to abandoned grassy lots in the Dixwell neighborhood, while the third will fill in a gap-toothed parcel on State Street…
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Tax-break deals for three different residential building projects planned for vacant lots around town were fast-tracked for approval — revealing some of the current strategies for promoting affordable housing. Those three tax deals in question were all heard Tuesday night by back-to-back Board of Alders committees during virtual meetings held on Zoom and YouTube Live.…
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A local developer plans to build a new five-story apartment complex — with one third of its 150 units at affordable rents — atop a city-owned grassy lot on the Dixwell/Science Park border. That new housing project is detailed in a proposed Development and Land Disposition Agreement (DLDA) and accompanying tax abatement deal that the…
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The city plans to sell its remaining stakes in Dixwell Plaza for $750,000 to a local redevelopment team looking to convert the 1960s-era shopping complex into 50,000 square feet of new commercial space and 150 new apartments. That public land deal — which would reserve 30 residential units to be set aside at affordable rents…
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A Maryland-based hotel chain plans to break ground this November on a 130-room upscale hotel atop a surface parking lot on Dwight Street — ushering in the final development currently slated for the “Route 34 West” superblock. Those construction plans are outlined in a six-page slideshow recently presented to the Dwight Community Management Team. The…
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An ambitious planned $200 million redevelopment of Dixwell Plaza would bring a new performing arts center, banquet hall, grocery store, museum, office complex, daycare center, retail storefronts, and 150-plus apartments and townhouses to the neighborhood’s fraying commercial hub. The local team behind the project received nothing but praise from longtime community members who heralded developers…
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A Maryland-based hotel chain that plans to build a 130-room upscale hotel on the “Route 34 West” superblock bought the parcel for $2.8 million, in the city’s latest property sales. According to the city’s online land records database, on Nov. 20, CS MLK New Haven LLC, a holding company owned by the Rockville, Maryland-based Choice…
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NEW HAVEN — After years of trying to find a hotel operator who would locate on Route 34 on the development site where Continuum of Care has its headquarters, Mayor Toni Harp Monday said someone has come forward. She said Choice Hotel, which represents such brands as Comfort Hotel , Sleep Inn, Clarion and Quality hotels,…
