Southington to Receive State Grant to Remediate Construction Site

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has announced that 16 Connecticut municipalities, including Southington, are being awarded $8.7 million in state grants that will help the communities revitalize and remediate specific properties so they can attract new development that will benefit each town and city.

“In a new economic reality, transforming and remediating sites is so important. We’re on the cutting edge of taking otherwise unusable property and transforming it into new space for businesses and residents,” Malloy said in a statement. “These strategic investments help towns and cities take abandoned, blighted, and vacant properties, and bring them back to life in order to spur new investments, new development, and new jobs for those in the communities.”

Southington will receive a $400,000 grant to demolish and remediate the former Corbin and Beaton site at 318 N. Main St., for redevelopment as commercial office space.

The grants come under the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Brownfield Remediation Program.

Under Wednesday’s round of allocations, a total of $7 million will go towards the cleanup and redevelopment of five former industrial sites, while $1.7 million will be put towards the assessment of 12 other sites around the state.

The round of state brownfield grants includes:

Remediation and Redevelopment Projects

• Bridgeport: $2,000,000 grant to remediate a 2.2 acre site in the city’s Eco-Technology park to enable the construction of a permitted anaerobic digester facility.
• Meriden (144 Mills Street): $2,000,000 grant to abate, demolish and remediate a 3-acre former public housing site in downtown Meriden to be redeveloped as a mixed-use transit-oriented development in partnership with a city-selected developer. This site was the subject of a DECD-funded assessment grant awarded in 2014.
• Shelton (223 Canal Street): $875,000 grant to abate and demolish a vacant industrial building in the downtown development district for residential redevelopment.
• Somers (40 Maple Street): $1,800,000 grant to abate, demolish and remediate the former Somersville Mill, which was substantially destroyed in a 2012 fire. This site was the subject of a DECD assessment grant awarded in 2014.
• Southington (318 North Main Street): $400,000 grant to demolish and remediate the former Corbin and Beaton site for redevelopment as commercial office space.

Assessment Projects

• Beacon Falls: $78,000 grant for investigation of 100 Railroad Avenue.
• Berlin: $100,000 grant for investigation of 303 New Britain Road.
• Bristol: $50,000 grant for investigation of 273 Riverside Avenue.
• Bridgeport: $200,000 grant for investigation of multiple parcels related to the proposed Civic Block redevelopment project.
• Hebron: $95,000 grant for investigation of 459 Church Street.
• New Haven: $200,000 grant for investigation of multiple parcels to enable development of affordable housing.
• Plymouth: $60,000 grant for investigation of 142 Main Street.
• Stratford: $200,000 grant to continue the investigation of the former Stratford Army Engine plant.
• Westbrook: $200,000 grant for investigation of 88 Pond Meadow Road.
• West Haven: $200,000 grant for investigation of multiple parcels to enable transit-oriented development surrounding the West Haven Metro North station.
• West Harford: $200,000 grant for investigation of 25 Brixton Street.
• Windham: $120,000 grant for investigation of 1248 Main Street.