[CPEO-BIF] Bridgeport, Connecticut, waterfront

[Lenny Siegel]

Officials see potential in Bridgeport waterfront brownfield

By Hugh Bailey
Connecticut Post
July 2, 2015


BRIDGEPORT - At the former Remington Shaver factory, on the shores of Long Island Sound and next to Seaside Park, the question on many people’s minds Wednesday was how such a property could exist in its current state.

Despite the million-dollar views, 60 Main St. is today the scene of dilapidated buildings and a cracked, overgrown parking lot. Since the factory closed more than a decade ago, the land has only deteriorated.

City officials hope a $57 million project almost 10 years in the making will change all that.

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http://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Officials-see-potential-in-waterfront-brownfield-6363423.php

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