[ctguy87]

What an odd place for senior housing. From 5 stories up, maybe residents can get a glimpse from above the highway overpass. It'd be better on the old Walgreens site, but it's a moot point since that's not the site that the developer owns.

Trestle Tavern and Wakeley St are a good hike from the store in the article - but there is street parking nearby.

[JayCT]

What the heck is wrong with Derby? Now they let their oldest home, a 320 year old colonial on Academy Hill Road be torn down. It is bad enough they demolished half of their downtown at a time when that sort of redevelopment had long gone out of style, now they allow a very important part of their history be destroyed. Just shows the very poor leadership in this community IMHO. Jay

Derby

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by JayCT

What the heck is wrong with Derby? Now they let their oldest home, a 320 year old colonial on Academy Hill Road be torn down. It is bad enough they demolished half of their downtown at a time when that sort of redevelopment had long gone out of style, now they allow a very important part of their history be destroyed. Just shows the very poor leadership in this community IMHO. Jay

Derby

I saw this and thought the same thing. Really too bad.

[Raider111]

Originally Posted by JayCT

What the heck is wrong with Derby? Now they let their oldest home, a 320 year old colonial on Academy Hill Road be torn down. It is bad enough they demolished half of their downtown at a time when that sort of redevelopment had long gone out of style, now they allow a very important part of their history be destroyed. Just shows the very poor leadership in this community IMHO. Jay

Derby

Was at the wings joint a while back, they should tear down those bombed out abandoned warehouses/factories across the street.

[AMSS]

Derby has done some weird things in the past. They had a wonderful shoe store in Hubbell's and a few other great businesses that people came to even though Derby did nothing to facilitate better business conditions, they let go of Spooner House which was not a bad thing and very helpful to those who needed it. I can go on.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Raider111

Was at the wings joint a while back, they should tear down those bombed out abandoned warehouses/factories across the street.

Dew Drop? Great wings.

[BPt111]

Valley looks to prosper in new economy - Connecticut Post

[seymourct]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Valley looks to prosper in new economy - Connecticut Post

Interesting article. Telling quote highlights big problem,
"In many cases, the cost to clean up the pollution created by factories would would be far higher than the value of the land."

Yet there is also another issue, land owners inflated perception of what their land is worth. We have 2 lots in Seymour that are ripe for redevelopment, but the old lumber yard is apparently being offered only as a land lease at $80k per year for 1.06 acres.
85-101 Bank Street, Seymour, CT, 06483 - Retail (land) Property For Lease on LoopNet.com


And the wire company land, problematic narrow strip along the river is being offered at
$1.550 million.
109 River Street, Seymour, CT, 06483 - Retail (land) Property For Sale on LoopNet.com

I've heard many people say these lots are kinda useless alone and need to sold together as a package deal.. Yet there they sit. What a shame.

And don't even get me started on the Ames plaza.. It is too close to the cliff wall behind it. Inadequate loading bays, it should repurposed, torn down rebuilt; anything would be better than letting it rot for the last 15 years.

[ctguy87]

Originally Posted by seymourct

And don't even get me started on the Ames plaza.. It is too close to the cliff wall behind it. Inadequate loading bays, it should repurposed, torn down rebuilt; anything would be better than letting it rot for the last 15 years.

I can't believe that plaza is still essentially empty after all these years. I agree it should be torn down and started from scratch to today's standards that retailers want - like was done in Derby at the Valley Bowl site. Retailers seem to like pods nowadays. As for what could be successful there - not sure because the area is already pretty saturated with the major retailers.

The valley really suffers from the geography of steep hills and the river. If you live off Colony Road/S Main St in Seymour, you aren't going to go to the Ames Plaza - in the same town - because it's out of your way. In Manchester, Milford/Orange, Waterbury, Danbury - everything can be clustered together in one large retail strip. The valley has all these pockets of retail that don't really congeal together, so you won't get the demand of national retailers beyond grocery stores and drug stores. If you live in Oxford, you have to drive to Ansonia for Target, separate locations in Derby for Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and BJ's, and for any kind of clothing/specialty shopping - Post Road or Waterbury.

[RunD1987]

Derby and Ansonia should just merge with Shelton.