New Haven officials say development plans for two city-owned sites near Wooster Square will create approximately 450 housing units and replace an auto-centric landscape with a new mixed-use neighborhood while addressing Connecticut’s housing shortage.
The mayor of New Haven and the head of the city public housing authority gathered supporters and reporters on a sun-baked parking lot in the city to announce a pair of deals that could eventually lead to hundreds of new apartments in the city.
Just before Christmas, city officials in New Haven temporarily rejected proposals to let a residential or commercial tower rise next to the city’s main Metro-North and Amtrak train station.
A Massachusetts developer is shedding a huge parcel of land once occupied by workforce housing near downtown New Haven, and earning $21 million in the process.
Another apartment building is being proposed on the edge of New Haven’s Wooster Square neighborhood, a popular destination for developers in recent years.
Connecticut’s cities and towns OK’d another 396 homes last month, more units than have been permitted through August in any year since 2016.
