Metro New Haven Development/Construction Thread (employment, affordable housing, budget)

smackfu · 09-09-2015, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BPt111

sound like Stamford prices.

360 State was already that pricey, and it's been fully leased for a while now. There's definitely a demand for high-end apartments downtown.

I'm curious to see what impact the Novella building has at Chapel and Howe. That is right on the edge of the retail section of downtown.

jtillman · 09-09-2015, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by smackfu

360 State was already that pricey, and it's been fully leased for a while now. There's definitely a demand for high-end apartments downtown.

I'm curious to see what impact the Novella building has at Chapel and Howe. That is right on the edge of the retail section of downtown.

I think it will be popular with grad students.

New Haven is finally catching up to its housing shortage. Now it just needs to catch up on its corporate shortage. If the city could attract more companies, it could really be poised for major growth.

Stylo · 09-09-2015, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by smackfu

360 State was already that pricey, and it's been fully leased for a while now. There's definitely a demand for high-end apartments downtown.

I'm curious to see what impact the Novella building has at Chapel and Howe. That is right on the edge of the retail section of downtown.

I'm curious when they'll be able to fill the large amount of retail on the Novella, and also College & Crown.

ctguy87 · 09-10-2015, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jtillman

I think it will be popular with grad students.

New Haven is finally catching up to its housing shortage. Now it just needs to catch up on its corporate shortage. If the city could attract more companies, it could really be poised for major growth.

Each time I go to New Haven there seems to be something new. I'm impressed with the changes and there's plenty more to come with the Coliseum development and the demolition of Route 34. New Haven is on the rise.

BPt111 · 09-17-2015, 10:33 PM

"Metro 301" Salvation Plan Seeks Zone Break | New Haven Independent

BPt111 · 10-15-2015, 06:36 PM

NEW HAVEN >> Newman Architects founder and design principal Herbert S. Newman said Thursday that the company’s involvement in the $400 million redevelopment plan for the former Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum site has been a labor of love.

Yet despite all the work the company, the city and the state have poured into it, something’s still missing.

“We haven’t given this place a name yet,” Newman said.

He suggested getting people in the city involved in naming the project, which would seem fitting, given how much Newman said he hopes the project will benefit residents of the Elm City.

“This place, this coliseum site, we think it can play a role in bringing people together and making it a more vibrant community for the people that are going to be living here,” Newman said.

During a press conference at the firm’s offices, Newman’s firm was introduced as the lead architect for the first phase of the grand, mix-used development at the site of the former Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum. The announcement marks a ceremonial moment for the development projected to include 1,000 mixed-residential units — with at least 20 percent of the unites consisting of affordable housing — as well as 30,000 square feet of retail space supporting between 30 to 40 new businesses and 20 to 30 incubator businesses. The development would also include a public square and a hotel.

The development intersects with the Downtown Crossing Plan and is being led by Montreal-based LiveWorkLearnPlay.

The state has approved $21 million to cover infrastructure costs to extend South Orange Street over the disappearing Route 34 mini-highway.

Tim Sullivan, deputy commissioner at the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development, was present at the press conference representing the state.

The development is part of a building boom sparked primarily by an increase demand in housing units for graduate students, hospital workers and young professionals. Construction on the project is estimated to start in the summer 2016.

Mayor Toni Harp said the design firm, which is responsible for the redesigned City Hall and Union Square Station buildings, is helping lead a project that will transform the city.

“We are working to reconnect the city that has been artificially and arbitrarily separated for decades,” Harp said. “The parcel on which the New Haven Coliseum once stood is a keystone for to our vision of a Downtown Crossing to link Union Station, the Hill neighborhood, and the vast medical complex with downtown New Haven.”

The city’s Board of Alders authorized $12 million in bonds for the project. Board President Tyisha Walker, D-22, said the project included input from the local community.

“I think this project can be a model for the rest of the city,” Walker said. “How the city, the developer and the community work together to produce a good product.”

City Economic Development Administrator Matthew Nemerson said the project is being led by a “cast” of people. He thanked LWLP co-founder and co-managing partner Max Reim for believing in the city. He said the city’s “transformative investment” in its development sector is helping turn it into the hottest city between Boston and New York City.

“It was something that people thought was absolutely transformative,” Nemerson said. “Now when we see so many projects going up, we might take the risk of taking these kinds of projects for granted. We can’t do this.”

New Haven announces local firm will design first phase of coliseum site redevelopment