Middletown pays $2.6M for riverfront properties; housing, mixed-use development eyed
Middletown’s long-held desire to open up a significant section of its waterfront to new development has taken another step forward with the $2.6 million purchase of nine acres of underutilized industrial land along the Connecticut River. The common council voted unanimously on Monday to approve the acquisition of four properties from Martin Smith of Waterhouse Development. Smith had won approval in 2016 to redevelop the largest of the four parcels, 225 River Road, which is home to the former Jackson Corrugated Container Corp. property, into a condominium community. However, the project neve...