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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…
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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.…
