[CPEO-BIF] Steel Point, Bridgeport, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

City, developer reach initial deal on Steel Point

A proposed agreement between the city and the Steel Point developer has 
gone to the City Council for consideration.

Brad Durrell
Bridgeport News (CT)
September 20, 2007
	
The agreement was reached between Mayor John M. Fabrizi's administration 
and Bridgeport Landing Development LLC, which intends to spend at least 
$1.2 billion to turn vacant property on the East Side waterfront into 
retail shops, restaurants, entertainment facilities, residences, 
offices, a hotel, marina and public spaces.

Announcing the agreement Monday, Fabrizi called Steel Point "the largest 
and greatest economic development project ever in the history of the 
city of Bridgeport."

Fabrizi noted that redevelopment of the land has been discussed for 
three decades, and the project's outcome may determine whether 
Bridgeport can become a thriving economic hub again.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1343&dept_id=433660&newsid=18838992&PAG=461&rfi=9

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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