Anthony Napolitano
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Please get this to Specter - CL&P parcel news - 2008/09/01 12:29
If there is somebody who remembers Specter and can get a message to him, would you please forward this hot news about the CL&P parcel?
Some of us remember how he was so pro Big Box and River Oaks. I remember how he used to doubt that anyone else would want to build a quality facility or business there. I certainly remember his heated rhetoric.
In any event, if no one can reach him, I suspect that he will read it in the Courant, at some point.
Folks, this very positive news about the CL&P parcel is brought to you by the SHARE Steering Committee so that you will continue to stay iinformed.
While the CL&P development is far from over,this is great news, and one can see how grassroots-hard-work can pay off. If it is built as it has been mentioned to us this development will bring quality jobs; quality tax dollars; and a host of other benefits. We shall see... but for the moment let us be happy as a town.
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SHARE News Flash
Breaking News: New Development Planned for CL&P Site
"He that can have patience can have what he will" - Benjamin Franklin
This past week your SHARE Steering Committee received an email from Mr. Mark Greenberg, the owner of the 60 acre CL&P property, that he has closed a deal with the Shelter Group ( www.thesheltergroup.com ) to develop a senior continuing care facility on 23 of the 26 acres on the southern portion of the Southern Gateway CL&P site (abutting Avon Meadows office park).
In a subsequent phone call with a member of the SHARE Steering Committee, Mr. Greenberg stated that he hoped to also develop a medical office building on the remaining 3 of the southernmost 26 acres to complement the continuing care facility. He also confirmed that the CL&P service station would remain at its current location on about 11 acres at the center of the overall property. That leaves about 23 open acres on the northern portion of the 60 acre site available for future development. Mr. Greenberg does not appear to have current plans for the northern portion of the site at this time.
While the proposed senior continuing care project is in the very earliest stages of development and details are not available at this time, we, your SHARE Steering Committee, are pleased with what we are hearing from a conceptual perspective. A senior continuing care facility and medical office building are good examples of the type of land use that will be most beneficial to the town from a tax revenue and net economic benefit stand point and from their impact on quality of life for Simsbury especially in terms of traffic, preservation of Simsbury's character, and the like.
Additionally, we were told by the landowner that the development will be designed to comply with the 2007 Plan of Conservation and Development for the Southern Gateway in terms of the design and site plan to do things such as preserve the view of the ridgeline.
SHARE appreciates the commitment from Mr. Greenberg to keep an open dialogue with the residents and we look forward to an ongoing collaborative relationship as this project moves forward.
As always we will continue to provide information to you as we learn it through our SHARE News Flashes.
If you have any questions please email us and we will try to answer them as best we can.
Sincerely,
Your Devoted SHARE Steering Committee
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Post edited by: Anthony Napolitano, at: 2008/09/01 20:03
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