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The former world headquarters of the Subway sandwich-shop chain in Milford could be torn down and replaced with a distribution center.

According to a public notice for the June 21 meeting of the city’s Inland Wetlands Agency, local developer Robert Scinto is seeking permits to replace much of the former Subway campus with a 160,000-square-foot warehouse and adjoining office space.

The Hartford Business Journal reports Scinto is in negotiations with local European auto-parts importer FCP Euro to lease the space.

Subway announced it was decamping from its longtime, custom-developed headquarters in Milford for a 90,000-square-foot space at 1 Corporate Drive in Shelton, citing the relative affordability of updating its employees’ work environment via a lease.

According to public records, the company still owns the properties at 0 Sub Way, 305 Sub Way and 235 Sub Way, which the city appraised last year at a total of $10.87 million. The heart of the property is an 87,000-square-foot office building that abuts a city-owned pond, although much of the land is covered by parking lots.

Through LLCs, Subway still owns a collection of office properties across the street from its main offices. Its intentions for those properties, which include the corporate training center for franchise workers, are still unknown.