New Haven city planning officials voted to approve the first phase of a redevelopment plan last week that would see a 26.5-acre former estate get subdivided into an events center and an area that could be developed later into housing.
A 26.5-acre historic estate in New Haven’s East Shore neighborhood could new development and a restoration under a plan submitted to city officials by the new owners.
New Haven’s vacant former Pirelli-Armstrong Tire Co. office building was a bleak economic indicator visible to Interstate 95 travelers for decades. But Westport developer and architect Bruce Becker saw a real estate opportunity in the Brutalist edifice.
One of Connecticut’s top land-use experts is in line to head up the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Your latest opportunity to make your home in a historic waterfront property is here.
A Norwalk development firm that specializes in historic preservation and Hartford officials’ ambitious plans for a cluster of parcels near The Bushnell performing arts center are coinciding with plans for hundreds of apartments at an Elm Street site.
The pending construction of a new commuter rail station in Windsor Locks is already paying dividends to the town’s real estate market, playing into the restoration of a crumbling and contaminated former textile mill as a mixed-income housing complex.
General contractor Solidus has completed its renovation of a century-old former elementary school in East Hartford and officially opened its new headquarters.
Hamden-based Silver, Petrucelli & Assoc. has won Preservation Connecticut’s Award of Merit its work designing upgrades to the Blackstone Library.
The largely-volunteer association that maintains a historic lighthouse outside Norwalk harbor is asking for financial help.
A Simsbury couple with passions for preservation and sustainability have transformed a local landmark into a mixed-use project that just won accolades from the Connecticut Main Street Center.
A landmark redevelopment in downtown Bridgeport is nearing completion after years in the works, bringing 104 apartments and 8,000 square feet of retail space to a once-abandoned block near the city’s post office.
Waterfront real estate is often a slam-dunk development opportunity. Seaside State Park has been an exception. Viewed by elected officials and one would-be developer as a potential location for a high-end resort, in the two-plus decades since its closure, redevelopment attempts have failed to move past the preliminary stages.
In honor of its 170th anniversary the Savings Bank of Danbury will sponsor the third phase of restoration at the Charles Ives Home, an important piece of Danbury and the bank’s history.
State environmental officials say they’ve been unable to find a private developer to transform a former 1930s-era tuberculosis sanatorium for children overlooking Long Island Sound into a lodge and spa.
Developers of a proposed 30-unit New Haven apartment building say they will need to demolish two vacant buildings on the northwest side of downtown to make their project happen.
Following a settlement brokered by Attorney General William Tong, a vacant former college dormitory and crime-ridden hotel could become the cornerstones of a $100 million development bringing approximately 650 privately-financed, market-rate apartments to downtown Willimantic.
The search to reach balance between historic building preservation and economic development in several local towns has moved to the legislative arena, with lawmakers contemplating a bill to loosen restrictions on the demolition of vacant structures.
A bill in the state legislature aimed at giving distressed towns and cities more freedom to revitalize decaying historic buildings has been watered down significantly.
