‘We Are Going To Build It’: Developer Plans Q4 Groundbreaking on 102-Unit Affordable Complex at Weed and Elm

By Michael Dinan | 17 hours ago

The local developer planning to build a 102-unit apartment complex at Weed and Elm Streets—with 30% of those units designated as “affordable” rentals, under the state’s definition—says he is planning to break ground in the fourth quarter.

Arnold Karp of New Canaan-based Karp Associates and principal of the limited liability company that owns a 3.1 acre lot at 751 Weed St., said his team is “working with plans with the architect who is based in Vienna, Va. and we are hoping to have buildable plans and groundbreaking in the fourth quarter of this year.”

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