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www.HartfordBusiness.com August 29, 2016 • Hartford Business Journal 5 215 luxury Bloomfield apts. coming to its center Demolition and site work has begun on a six-acre Bloomfield tract near the town center for a 215-unit luxury apartment community. Currently known as 700 Bloomfield Ave., the studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units will be spread among several four- and five-story buildings. Rent for the units, averaging about 893 square feet, will run about $1,400 monthly, said Ronald Garner, project manager for Fairfield developer Post Road Residential. Once the last of a half-dozen houses has been razed, Milford, Mass., contractor Plumb House Inc. will begin construction right away, with the first completed units due for initial occupancy in Aug. 2017, and totally completed six months later, Garner said. Norwalk's Beinfield Architecture P.C. designed the community to feature such amenities as a 16,000-square-foot clubhouse, with media room, lounge and fitness center, he said. Outdoors, an interior courtyard will have a swimming pool and other recreational attractions. On-site parking will accommodate 320 vehicles, 24 of which will be covered by car- ports, Garner said. The tract is sandwiched between Jerome and Tunxis avenues, less than a quarter mile from the town green, police station and a pair of retail plazas fronting Park Avenue. Post Road was drawn to Bloomfield because of its 35-acre development district, created to encourage new construction and rehabilitation of properties and acreage within the quadrant, Garner said. "The town has been a peach to work with,'' he said. Although this is Post Road's first Hartford region development, it has built or is building apartments in other corners of the state. In Stamford, it opened a few years ago the 75 Tresser luxury apartments, 75 Tresser Blvd. In New Haven, it's close to finishing by November the 235-unit luxury Corsair Apartments, 1050 State St., the first 60 or so of which are already occupied, Garner said. – Gregory Seay Work slows on Pride's Hartford truck stop Progress has been slow but continues on the planned Hartford Travel Center refuel- ing-rest stop that Springfield operator Pride Convenience Inc. is erecting in Hartford's North Meadows. The previously anticipated July 4 open- ing date has come and gone. A pair of pump-island canopies are all that's visible so far on the 6 ½ acres at the northeast cor- ner of Jennings Road, on the northbound side of I-91. The facility will house 16 fuel pumps; a travel-center building equipped with show- ers and lockers for motorists; and a food court featuring Subway, a café-bakery and the "91 Grill,'' offering burgers and fries. French industrial-gas supplier Air Liquide will erect and operate the hydrogen depot on the travel center's premises. But recently, equipment on the site was grinding up older asphalt to make way for underground fuel-storage tanks. The facil- ity would employ 40-50 full- and part-time workers, mainly from Hartford. Pride has 32 convenience stores in western Massa- chusetts and northern Connecticut. "It's all happening,'' said Pride President- founder Robert "Bob" Bolduc. "It will con- tinue happening slowly until it's all done.'' Asked about a new opening date, Bolduc said there isn't one, but added that he hoped to have the facility open before yearend. "That's my goal,'' he said. – Gregory Seay PDS has been meeting the needs of the construction industry since 1965. Our dedicated team of design and construction professionals welcomes the challenge of serving its past and future customers on their most demanding projects. New England Air Museum | Windsor Locks, CT This project is a memorial museum hangar at Bradley International Airport. The museum houses restored B-29 Superfortress "Jack's Hack" air crafts. There is a 120 foot clear span pre-engineered building which is 30 feet high to accommodate the large tail section of the air craft. Also, a 90 foot wide hangar which allows easy access to the display. Total Project Size: 20,000 SF 107 Old Windsor Road, Bloomfield, CT 06002 (860) 242-8586 | Fax (860) 242-8587 www.pdsec.com DESIGN BUILDERS • GENERAL CONTRACTORS • CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS SPOTLIGHT ON: Aviation PDS ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, INC. THINK • PLAN • BUILD 60 TH ANNUAL NEDA CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2016 • NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT TRANSPORTATION AT THE CROSSROADS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPER'S ROAD MAP photos by Michael Marsland SAVE THE DATE! September 11-13, 2016 Look for additional details at nedaonline.org and upcoming NEDA Wires 60 TH ANNUAL NEDA CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2016 • NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT TRANSPORTATION AT THE CROSSROADS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPER'S ROAD MAP photos by Michael Marsland SAVE THE DATE! September 11-13, 2016 Look for additional details at nedaonline.org and upcoming NEDA Wires 60 TH ANNUAL NEDA CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2016 • NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT TRANSPORTATION AT THE CROSSROADS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPER'S ROAD MAP photos by Michael Marsland SAVE THE DATE! September 11-13, 2016 Look for additional details at nedaonline.org and upcoming NEDA Wires REGISTER NOW! September 11-13, 2016 #NEDANewHaven REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK Artist's sketch of luxury apartments planned for 700 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield. Sketch of Pride Convenience Inc.'s planned Hartford truck stop. R E N D E R I N G | C O N T R I B U T E D R E N D E R I N G | C O N T R I B U T E D