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Downtown New Haven’s most anticipated commercial development could come up for official review as early as the fall of this year.

In a wide-ranging interview with The New Haven Independent, Acting Economic Development Administrator Michael Piscitelli said that Spinnaker Real Estate could come before the City Plan Commission in the fall seeking approval for the first phase of its project on the site of the old Coliseum.

The site, now a large parking lot at the gateway to downtown New Haven, has been vacant for years as at least one redevelopment plan has fallen through.