Yale Daily News

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Old plant to see new life for mixed use

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, September 6, 2007

The site of the former Winchester Factory, birthplace of the “gun that won the West,” may get a new lease on life as a mixed-use complex, the owner announced this week.

The Science Park Development Corp., which owns the land and the buildings left behind by the once-powerful gun manufacturer, began accepting bids from developers Tuesday. Their task: to refurbish a seven-acre complex of historic buildings and turn what was formerly industrial space into a combination of residential and commercial property.

“People have told us there is a market for housing in this kind of...

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