What is the status of Storrs Center?
Storrs Center is in the final stages leading to construction. The major required preconstruction approvals are in place. Local site zoning approvals were obtained in mid-2007. In the fall of 2008, the CT Department of Environmental Protection approved a permit for the stormwater master plan, and the US Army Corps of Engineers approved a federal wetlands license for Storrs Center. On June 16, 2009, the Connecticut State Traffic Commission approved a certificate for improvements to Storrs Road which will create the desired main street to compliment Storrs Center. Prerequisites to groundbreaking include: • acquisition of commitments for parking for Phase 1A, • financing commitments, and • leasing commitments. The parking commitments for Phase 1A are needed, in part, due to the reconfigurations of the first parking garage (Please see Question #29). In regard to the financing commitments, significant funding is already in place. The Partnership has received over $18 million in state and fed
