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will be operational by next spring, the spokes-
woman said.
Business friendly
Scannell Properties has built at least 10
distribution centers in Connecticut in recent
years, but has found South Windsor particu-
larly attractive because of its availability of
open land, quick and easy access to I-91 and
I-84, and pro-business environment, said Dan-
iel Madrigal, senior development manager of
the Indianapolis-based company.
"As far as development goes in Connecticut
there is a lot of red tape," he said. "The key to
our success is developing strong relationships
with state and local officials and we've done
that in South Windsor."
In addition to the Home Depot property
at 360 Ellington Road, Scannell is building
another 182,000-square-foot distribution
and storage facility at nearby 240 Ellington
Road. That property was being built on spec
— meaning no tenant was lined up before
construction started — but Scannell recently
found a Fortune 500 company to occupy the
entire space, Madrigal said.
He declined to name the tenant.
Late last year, Coca-Cola Beverages
Northeast debuted its new $49-million,
200,000-square-foot Scannell-built warehouse
and distribution facility at 359 Ellington Road.
The property — home to 300 employees —
has automated machines that help pick, sort
and organize orders for delivery to more than
6,500 customers, according to Coca-Cola Bev-
erages Northeast spokesman Nicholas Martin.
Scannell also built the 292,000-square-foot au-
to-parts warehouse at 135 Sullivan Ave., for Mobis
Parts of America, and 168,000-square-foot facility
at 175 Sullivan Ave., which is currently occupied
by Avistar, a division of Virginia-based national
foods distributor Performance Food Group.
Early this year, Connecticut's largest commer-
cial landlord, Winstanley Enterprises, bought
both of those properties
for roughly $44 million.
Madrigal said Scannell
is bullish about Connecti-
cut and New England in
general and is scouring
the state for new poten-
tial projects.
South Windsor Town
Manager Michael Manis-
calco said the only thing
stopping South Windsor
from potentially adding
more distribution centers is lack of space. With
the aggressive new construction in recent years,
South Windsor is running out of open land.
One of the strategies the town has used
to woo new development is using tax abate-
ments. In fact, it's given out three in the last
year, including one to Scannell's Home Depot
project, which received a seven-year property
tax break worth roughly $2.7 million.
"We pride ourselves on being as business
friendly as possible," Maniscalco said.
>> Town Profile continued
Inside Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast's South
Windsor sales center on Ellington Road.
South Windsor
General
Land area (sq. miles) 28
Median age 44
Population 24,871
Median household income $105,986
Unemployment rate 6%
Major Employers
The Town of South Windsor
TicketNetwork
Doosan Fuel Cell America
DST Output
The May Company
Housing stock
Median price $281,100
Median rent $1,128
Government
Total revenue (2017) $124,894,170
Per capita tax $3,682
Actual mill rate 37.88
Grand List $3,030,171,648
Economy
Top employment industries Units Employment
Manufacturing 88 2,996
Retail trade 116 1,496
Wholesale trade 108 1,260
Top taxpayers (2019)
Eversource $109,389,530
Shoppes at Evergreen Walk $31,928,600
Aldi Inc. $29,592,164
Source: AdvanceCT
Michael
Maniscalco, Town
Manager, South
Windsor
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