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Hop Haus restaurant opens in Steele Center near Berlin Train Station- Dubbed the Steele Center, 9 Steele Blvd., a new mixed-use property adjacent to the Berlin Train Station, is alive with activity.Economic Development Director Chris Edge said the Steele Center is shaping up to be a wonderful centerpiece in that...

In a time when many Connecticut communities are working harder than ever at promoting themselves, Berlin is launching a campaign using Facebook and a dedicate webpage but based chiefly on Instagram.

Contractors and developers across Connecticut agree their industry is going through a time like none other in memory: Demand for new housing is intense at all ends of the market, while labor costs are soaring and construction materials are often scarce and sometimes staggeringly expensive.

A developer is preparing to build 34 homes in the $700,000 to $1 million range on a nearly 50-acre tract north of Churchill Street in Southington.

West Street apartments clear first hurdle at Southington zoning meeting- SOUTHINGTON – Town planners narrowly approved a zoning change Tuesday night that moves forward a plan for hundreds of high-end apartments off West Street.Texas-based Anthony Properties is looking to build more than 200 apartments as well as retail...

7 things to know this week in Meriden, Wallingford, Southington, Cheshire - Things to know this week include proposed zoning changes to allow data center development in Wallingford, commercial and resident development proposals in the West Street area of Southington and a school climate survey in Wallingford. In Cheshire, the...

Million dollar homes planned for Southingtons Churchill Street- SOUTHINGTON — A local developer plans to build homes costing up to $1 million off Churchill Street if granted approval by the town.Mark Lovley submitted plans for Winchester Estates, a 34-unit subdivision of houses from 2,600 to more than 3,000 square...

Neighbors express concerns over Southington housing plan- SOUTHINGTON – A plan for age-restricted cluster housing near the HillCrest development faced criticism from area residents.AA Denorfia Building and Development is looking to build 24 houses at 570 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike. It’s a nine-acre property...

Eric A. Santini, a principal in Vernon-based Santini Homes, hopes soaring building material costs moderate later this year so he can launch a 240-apartment project currently moving through local approvals in Tolland. “If we got the approvals last year at this time, with the way things are, I’m not sure we would start,” Santini said. “We would probably do a little bit of a wait and see. We are hoping the supply chain will start to work itself out this year. I think every multifamily devel...

Few forecasters anticipated a wave of large-scale apartment and condo projects when the pandemic started, but across central Connecticut developers are building thousands of new housing units.