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The state will release nearly $25 million in funds to investigate and clean up 41 parcels of land in 16 towns with the goal of returning them to productive use.

Governor Lamont Announces $24.6 Million in State Funding to Remediate 41 Blighted Properties Throughout Connecticut @CTGOVERMENT @GovNedLamont

Governor Lamont Announces $24.6 Million in State Funding to Remediate 41 Blighted Properties Throughout Connecticut @CTGOVERMENT @GovNedLamont

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is releasing approximately $24.6 million in state funding to local communities help with the costs associated with assessing and remediating 41 blighted parcels of land in 16 towns and cities across Connecticut for the purposes of putting them back in to productive use.

The Hamden developer who plans to covert the former Ames headquarters in Rocky Hill into a mixed-use residential community has purchased the property for $2.3 million, property records show.  Michael Belfonti of Belfonti Cos. said an LLC he controls – Rocky Hill Gateway LLC – closed on the property last month and remediation on the 12.1 acre site has already begun. The property includes a 225,000-square-foot building that will be knocked down and replaced with  213 apartments in 11 buildings, 5,000 square feet of office space and 15,000 square feet of retail.