Plans For Whole Foods To Open In Old Saybrook Move Forward

OLD SAYBROOK, CT — Plans for a Whole Foods to open in Old Saybrook are moving forward. The Route 1 project will go before the Zoning Commission on Monday, The Hartford Courant reported.

The 40,000-square-foot high-end supermarket is part of a larger makeover at the Oyster River Shopping Center at the intersection of Spencer Plains Road and Route 1. Plans call for adding a 3,600-square-foot medical office and four retail spaces between 4,100 and 8,100 square feet, according to Hearst Connecticut Media.

The Carpionato Group, a Rhode Island developer, submitted site plans for the project earlier this week. It was first proposed in 2022.

However, Whole Foods encountered pushback as some neighbors had concerns that the project could lead to more flooding. Old Saybrook's Inland Wetland and Watercourses Commission approved the plans in August 2022.

Read the full story at Hearst Connecticut Media and The Hartford Courant.

See related: Neighbors Push Back Against Whole Foods Store Proposed In Old Saybrook

Whole Foods currently has 11 stores in the state. The two closest locations to Old Saybrook are in Milford and Glastonbury. A store is anticipated to open in Stamford this month and another is planned for Cheshire.

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