I saw that construction recently started on this development. This has an awful lot of surface parking for a development that is right across the street from a Metro North station. It seems like this development really is a missed opportunity. The impervious surface parking seems like it will be harmful with the Ash Creek wetlands immediately next to this.
Construction Breaks Ground On The Crossings At Fairfield Metro Center In Connecticut
Rendering courtesy of New York YIMBY.
"Accurate, a New Jersey-based developer, recently celebrated the commencement of construction for The Crossings at the Fairfield Metro Center in Fairfield, Connecticut. The complex will include five residential buildings, 357 apartments, a new 118-key hotel, more than 20,000 square feet of retail space, roughly 50,000 square feet of office space, and parking areas for residents and guests.
The site is currently addressed as 219 Ash Creek Boulevard, but spans more than 23 acres of land surrounding the new Fairfield Metro-North train station. The site borders a sprawling surface-level parking lot for Metro-North commuters, the Fairfield Metro Conservation Area, and Ash Creek, which extends north from the Long Island Sound...."
https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/09/con...nnecticut.html