1. Notice of Scoping for 85 Tremont Street, Meriden
Address of possible location: 85 Tremont Street, Meriden, CT
Municipality where proposed action might be located: Meriden
Project Description: Trinity Financial (“Trinity”) plans to transform the historic 123,000 square-foot Aeolian Company building in Meriden into 82 units of mixed-income rental housing. Trinity’s proposed adaptive reuse project, which is located at 85 Tremont Street, will breathe new life into a historic asset, remediate a Brownfields site, and provide new rental housing at four income tiers. 85 Tremont Street is located within Meriden’s recently established Adaptive Reuse Overlay District, which was implemented to catalyze the redevelopment of vacant and underutilized historic industrial buildings. The Aeolian Company building sits on a parcel of land that is roughly 2.2 acres. The plans for 85 Tremont call for a total of 82 mixed-income apartments, including one- and two-bedroom units, at up to 30%, 50%, 60%, and 80% of area median income (AMI), as well as unrestricted, market-rate units. Eleven of the units at 30% of AMI will be project-based HUD Section 811 units. The subject site is considered an ‘Establishment’ pursuant to section 22a-1a-134. Phase I, II, III Environmental Site Assessments were done, and Remedial Action Plan (RAP) will be prepared this Fall. The project location is not in any floodzone, wetland, and storm surge zone. There is no critical habitat identified in the project area. The location is not in any nationwide important farmland soil. The CT State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has reviewed the Part 1 application, “Determination of Historic Structure Status,” for the above-listed building and has determined that the project is likely be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Tribal consultation requests were also made on August 10th, 2023.
Project Map: Click here to view a map of the project area.
Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on: September 22, 2023
Any person may ask the sponsoring agency to hold a public scoping meeting by sending such a request to the address below. If a public scoping meeting is requested by 25 or more individuals, or by an association that represents 25 or more members, the sponsoring agency shall schedule a public scoping meeting. Such requests must be made by: September 1, 2023
Written comments and/or requests for a public scoping meeting should be sent to
Name: Mithila Chakraborty
Agency: Department of Housing
Address: 505 Hudson Street, Hartford, CT 06106-7106
E-Mail: mithila.chakraborty@ct.gov
Inquiries and requests to view and or copy documents, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, must be submitted to the sponsoring state agency:
Name: Mithila Chakraborty
Agency: Department of Housing
Address: 505 Hudson Street, Hartford, CT 06106-7106
E-Mail: mithila.chakraborty@ct.gov
What Happens Next: The sponsoring agency will make a determination whether to proceed with preparation of an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) or that the project does not require the preparation of an EIE under the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA). A Post-Scoping Notice of its decision will appear in a future edition of the Environmental Monitor.