Preston
Preston, CT · Real Estate
hoteldive.com
G6 Hospitality signs 5-hotel development agreement for Studio 6 Plus
G6 Hospitality signed a five-hotel, new-construction development agreement with Kautilya Group to expand its newly launched Studio 6 Plus extended stay brand, according to a news release. The deal will bring the brand to the Northeast, with two hotels slated to begin construction in the first quarter of 2027 in...
WTNH.com
Ribbon cutting held for new homes on Garden Street in Hartford
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Hartford ribbon-cutting on Friday celebrated two new homes standing on Garden Street where vacant lots had sat for 25 years. The lots were acquired by the nonprofit Hartford Land Bank (HLB) in 2022. The group works to rehabilitate vacant, abandoned or distressed properties. Not...
yieldpro.com
Beacon Communities Begins Construction on Avon Village in Avon Connecticut
Beacon Communities has officially begun construction on Avon Village, the second phase of a multi-phase redevelopment that is turning a long-underutilized office park at 20 Security Drive in Avon, CT, into a residential community. The adaptive reuse project will convert a vacant office building into 76 affordable apartments, building on the momentum of The Homes at Avon Park, a 100-unit mixed-income development currently under construction on the same site.
farmingtonmercury.com
A Vacant Office, a Late Vote, and Farmington's Version of the State Housing Law
FARMINGTON — For years, the house-turned-office at 1422 Farmington Avenue has sat mostly empty. Jeff Bernetich ran an Allstate office there starting in 2014, moved it to East Windsor, found a tenant, then lost the tenant to the pandemic. On Sept. 14, Farmington's Town Plan and Zoning Commission let him turn the building into a two-family home, with no public hearing, under a state housing law the town had not yet written into its own rules.
familydestinationsguide.com
The Underrated Town In Connecticut That’s So Affordable, It’s A Retiree’s Dream Come True
Nobody puts Torrington, Connecticut on a vision board, and that is exactly why it keeps winning. This is the town that quietly does everything right while the rest of the state is busy being expensive and exhausting. Time to start with the thing that nobody in Connecticut likes to talk...
ctexaminer.com
Undoing the Devastation of ‘Urban Renewal’ in New Haven
At some point in the 1980s, following three decades of planned destruction, the term “urban renewal” became a slur, an indictment. Just as the U.S. lost “the war on poverty” over the same period, those 30 years brought very little “renewal” to our cities. The poster child for this destruction, a nationwide effort, was, of course, Robert Moses in New York City. In New Haven, Connecticut, however, a much lesser known planner, Maurice Rotival, may have engineered more damage per capita than occurred in any other city.
WTNH
Ribbon cutting held for new homes on Garden Street in Hartford
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Hartford ribbon-cutting on Friday celebrated two new homes standing on Garden Street where vacant lots had sat for 25 years. The lots were acquired by the nonprofit Hartford Land Bank (HLB) in 2022. The group works to rehabilitate vacant, abandoned or distressed properties. Not only does this help revitalize local […]
lakevillejournal.com
Voices from our community about the housing we need for a healthy, vibrant future
There’s a reason people say, “It takes a village to raise a child.” To thrive, a child needs a safe, stable place to call home. That’s the bedrock for health, dignity, and the chance to build a bright future. What kind of “village” does it take to create these homes?
Connecticut Public
Long abandoned Plainville office building site soon to become housing
A former office building in downtown Plainville that has remained vacant for nearly 25 years will become home to more than 100 Connecticut families. The state recently provided the town a $541,000 grant to continue remediation on the former White Oak property site. The work includes demolishing the existing building,...
farmingtonmercury.com
Unionville's Historic District Argued About Window Heat Loss.
FARMINGTON — "People are not going to live in homes that they can't heat." A commissioner said that out loud at the Unionville Historic District and Properties Commission on September 3, and nobody in the room disagreed. That is roughly the whole problem with running a historic district in a state with Connecticut winters, and the commission spent a good part of the evening walking around it.