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Municipal officials two weeks ago issued a partial Certificate of Occupancy for the widely anticipated Merritt Village development on the edge of downtown New Canaan in violation of Connecticut General Statutes, documents show.
December 11, 2020 | https://newcanaanite.com/town-issues-partial-co-for-merritt-village-in-violation-of-state-law-3792061Two of the four residential buildings at the widely anticipated Merritt Village development on the edge of downtown New Canaan are now framed out, and should be ready for move-in by the end of this year, the project’s developers say.
February 24, 2020 | https://newcanaanite.com/merritt-village-update-two-of-four-buildings-now-framed-out-ready-by-years-end-2571937Construction is progressing apace at the ‘Merritt Village’ redevelopment, and the frame of the first building in the apartment-and-condo complex will start to go up this week, according to the project’s owner.
August 19, 2019 | https://newcanaanite.com/merritt-village-developer-first-of-four-buildings-to-start-going-up-this-week-1638829Once assailed by certain neighbors, passersby, zoning officials and opponents of the landmark building project, the Merritt Village retaining walls fronting Park Street now are drawing praise.
June 27, 2019 | https://newcanaanite.com/newfound-praise-for-merritt-village-retaining-walls-as-landscaping-goes-in-1321682Saying a more robust landscaping plan will only hide the widely discussed retaining walls built along Park Street for part of the year, one member of the Planning & Zoning Commission is urging town officials to have the developer “stain” the stamped-concrete walls so they’re more aesthetically pleasing year-round.
March 10, 2019 | https://newcanaanite.com/pz-commissioner-merritt-village-retaining-walls-should-be-stained-836566