Despite scores of neighbors opposing it, Winstanley Enterprises’ massive distribution center planned for 35 Bacon Road in Enfield received unanimous approval Thursday from the Planning and Zoning Commission, although Chairman Lewis Fiore shared that it was one of the hardest decisions he’s made as an elected official.
“Over my years of service to this town which have been many I have had to make some difficult decisions,” he said at the PZC meeting held in Town Hall. “I can say with confidence this is one of the toughest decisions I have ever had to make.”
Winstanley Enterprises is proposing an 819,000-square-foot distribution center in Enfield as the final stage of a redevelopment of the former Hallmark property.
Hallmark announced plans to close its 1 million-square-foot distribution center in 2015, trimming more than 500 jobs in the process.
Winstanely paid $12 million for the 324-acre property the following year, announcing plans for redevelopment that would return jobs to Enfield.
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