San Juan Center's Pocito Dulce Apartment Building

0:00San Juan Center, that Hartford non-profit, hooking up the Latino community with social services and housing help, is pushing for a 19-unit apartment building called Pocito Duce, right at the corner of Albany Avenue and High Street. They're merging four properties, 275 High Street and three spots on Main Street into one lot for a four-story setup around 21,700 square feet. This spot sits in the city's Arrowhead Gateway Zone, prime for fresh housing and investment to boost the neighborhood. Plans mean tearing down an old building at 275 High Street, already greenly by the preservation folks, plus adding new sidewalks, landscaping, utilities, and eight parking spaces on mostly vacant land. Right now, the applications under review and needs more details, with the site plan filed to, it'll hit the historic preservation commissions table. On April 15th, eyeing a summer construction start and spring 2027 finish to deliver real homes where they're needed.

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