City taps Northland Invesment Corp. to develop old Coliseum site
Firm will partner with School of Architecture Dean Stern to create "tenth square" area
New Haven is about to get a 10th square.
After months of deliberations and behind-the-scene meetings, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. announced Thursday that he has appointed Northland Investment Corp. as the developer of the 4.5-acre former Veterans Memorial Coliseum site downtown, envisioned by city planners as a bustling business and residential district just several years from now.
The choice of a developer has been a tight-lipped secret until now. Although Northland was officially selected earlier this week, economic-development officials were mum on the details before today....
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