Westport topic
Applications, approvals and the projects changing what gets built in Westport.
DevelopmentSaugatuck
A 6-0 vote retired the special district written for a hotel and retail village that never got built. A smaller apartment plan from Spinnaker Real Estate Partners now sets the terms for the neighborhood around the train station.
Town HallSaugatuck
Two committees of the Representative Town Meeting voted against joining the Connecticut Municipal Development Agency. One member called the vote a matter of not becoming a test case.
DevelopmentGreens Farms
An affiliate of Trammell Crow wants to put 250 apartments on a 21.9-acre office campus. At the September hearing, neighbors arrived with accounts of the Sept. 13 storm, and the review now resumes Oct. 28.
Town HallZoning
RTM committees approved $185,000 for BFJ Planning to write a new Plan of Conservation and Development. The town’s planning director says the 2017 plan focused on preservation, not implementation.
Development
A pre-application for 1431 Post Road East sketches a two-story indoor sports facility on 1.74 acres now home to Izzo & Son Country Gardens, Furniture on Consignment and Bar Lupa.
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Development
A pre-application would replace an 1890 office building at 34 Imperial Avenue with nine market-rate homes. One commissioner called it a big ask without a big benefit.
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New Construction
A $10.25 million Coleytown house finished in 2025, a $22.8 million new build planned on the Sound, and fewer new houses under $3 million. Building new has become a top-of-market business.
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Buyer’s Guide
Lot size, coverage, septic capacity, flood elevation and a six-month demolition delay decide what you can build. Check all five before you price the land.
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