🔒Developer eyes large-scale mixed-use redevelopment of MassMutual office complex in Enfield

The vacant MassMutual office complex off Interstate 91 in Enfield could get new life as a sprawling mixed-use multifamily development. A Branford-based development group that recently purchased the 65.5-acre office campus, at 100 Bright Meadow Blvd., has submitted an informal master plan to redevelop the site into a mix of apartments, townhomes and amenity and commercial space. The plan is scheduled to be introduced to the Enfield Planning and Zoning Commission during a meeting scheduled for July 24. MB Financial Group in May paid $3.99 million for the office complex, which had been on the market since early 2018, when MassMutual announced plans to move about 1,500 jobs to Springfield. A master plan submitted to the town breaks down the campus property into four lots.

• Lot 2 would include 307 apartments. A 472,536-square-foot office property containing three connected buildings would be repurposed into 178 apartments; another new building would be erected with 129 apartments. The apartments would offer a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Lot 2 would also contain 12,000 square feet of commercial space, nearly 50,000 square feet of storage and amenity space, and 1,571 parking spaces.
• Lot 3 would include 62 townhouse residences with 158 parking spaces.
• Lot 4 would include 107 townhouse residences with 233 parking spaces.
• Lot 1 currently has a day care that would stay on-site.

The master plan shows various amenities, including pickleball courts, pools and a clubhouse. An existing 452,298-square-foot parking garage would remain on-site. MassMutual bought the property from Phoenix Home Life Insurance Co. for roughly $27 million in 2004, and then completed a $38 million renovation in 2014. MB Financial has been an active developer in Connecticut. In December, the firm paid $3.75 million for WWE’s former Stamford headquarters, a 90,000-square-foot, six-story building, which it plans to convert into apartments. It also has several active multifamily developments in Clinton, Stratford, Southington and Bridgeport.