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Riverfront Recapture will focus on adding a mix of multifamily housing, retail and restaurants on a portion of the 60-acre property it recently acquired along the Connecticut River on the Hartford-Windsor town line.
Conceptual drawings shared with the Capital Region Development Authority Thursday show a mixed-use development clustered along a 10-acre portion of the property furthest away from the waterfront.
The remainder will be new parkland, trails and a freshly dug, 9-acre lagoon for kayaking and other water activities.
Towns across Connecticut are embracing the “live, work, play” development concept, and working to create vibrant and all-inclusive central village districts.
State agencies like the departments of Transportation and Economic and Community Development are supporting similar transit-oriented development strategies and offering towns grants for sidewalks, road improvements, traffic studies, safety measures, brownfield remediation and consultants.
After two years of a fruitless search for tenants, Mark Greenberg is “more than considering” converting a vacant 46,000-square-foot office building at 10 Targeting Centre in Windsor into apartments.
“It’s a great building, but nobody needs office right now,” Greenberg said. “So, it’s a great building that nobody needs, that doesn’t have a use.”