Demolition Clears Way For Housing Project At Former Brookfield Dry Cleaners

BROOKFIELD, CT — Demolition at the site of a former dry cleaners in Brookfield is complete, setting the stage for the final phases of the clean-up.

The plan is to convert the 2.31-acre vacant property at 20 Station Road into 60 apartments with 20 percent designated as affordable. But first the town must clean up the dry cleaning chemicals.

"The next step is remediation of the groundwater and soil," Economic DevelopmentSpecialist Greg Dembowski told Patch. "We just opened bids and will be making our recommendation to the [Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development] of the lowest qualified bidder."

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Dembowski said he hopes to be able to announce the contractor awarded the work in a couple of weeks. Unicorn Contracting Corp. in Cold Spring, NY, is developing the project.

"We are pleased that the bids are coming within the budgeted grant we were awarded a couple years ago," he said.

The demolition and redevelopment on Station Road was made possible due to a grant awarded the town in 2022.