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Board advances recommendation for State Street redevelopment with mixed-income housing
Summary
A community development committee recommended a development and land disposition agreement for parcels at 183 and 253 State Street proposing mixed-use development described as roughly 400 units with a mix of affordable, workforce and market-rate housing; committee members emphasized public amenities and retail components.
The New Haven Board of Directors heard a report from the Community Development Committee recommending approval of a development and land disposition agreement (DDA) for downtown parcels at 183 and 253 State Street.
Speaker 7 told the board the committee met on July 30 and "voted to favorably recommend the approval of the development and land disposition agreement again with the GBN...LLC" for those parcels. The proposal was described in committee remarks as a mixed-use, mixed-income development with public amenities and retail.
The city presented the development concept as encompassing roughly 400 housing units with a mix of affordable, workforce and market-rate units and outdoor public space. Transcript counts were inconsistent; the presenter said the design "contemplates tiered mixed income units containing a total of 160 ... affordable housing units, 45 workforce housing units and 256 market-rate units," but those figures were garbled in the audio transcript. The board record provided in this meeting captures the committee recommendation and project scope but the precise unit counts should be verified in the official development documents.
Speaker 7 said the parcels are currently used as public parking and that the project followed public testimony in support and suggestions. The committee also discussed related grants and remediation funding to prepare sites for development.
Procedural status: the Community Development Committee recommended the DDA; the full-board vote is not recorded in the provided transcript.
