Cheshire council hears developer plan for 58-acre Route 10 site, residents urge delay

Town Council Chair Peter Talbot opened a public hearing Aug. 12 on the potential sale of about 58 acres of state‑owned land adjacent to Interstate 691 and fronting on Route 10, a parcel the town acquired from the state for economic development. Town planner Mike Glidden told the council “that 5 years starts from 07/26/2022 until 2027,” the statutory marketing window established under Special Act 19‑4. The council heard a detailed presentation from the developer team representing 3 Squared LLC: attorney Dennis Sanoviva; Isaac Shwekey, a 3 Squared principal and Cheshire resident; land planner Phil Doyle (LADAPC); and Rob Adams of TI Cold. Sanoviva said the team responded to RFP 2425‑11 and has assembled a development team and consultants, and Doyle reviewed a site plan that locates the largest buildings away from Highland Avenue and proposes preserving roughly 25 acres as open space. The developer’s concept centers on a cold‑storage building of about 118,000 square feet (with roughly 9,000 square feet of second‑level office/ancillary space), additional light‑industrial space of roughly…