A long-vacant farm parcel in Simsbury could soon become home to a new hotel.
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A long-vacant farm parcel in Simsbury could soon become home to a new hotel, as a developer seeks approval to begin the first phase of a larger mixed-use project along Hopmeadow Street.
The 55-acre site at 1503 Hopmeadow St., once used for tobacco and pumpkin farming, is being targeted for a 120-room hotel development that would include parking and space for future retail. The property, near Dorset Crossing Drive and the International Skating Center of Connecticut, is one of the last large undeveloped tracts on that stretch of Route 10.
Project plans were submitted to the town’s Conservation Commission and Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency, which are scheduled to discuss the application during a meeting Tuesday night.
W. Development Co. LLC, led by Adam Westhaver, is the developer. According to the application, W. Development is under contract to purchase the property from River Bend Development CT.
The hotel would be positioned on 7.5 acres in the northwest corner of property, with access from Dorset Crossing. Engineers say the project would not directly impact wetlands tied to nearby Saxton Brook, though some grading would occur within a 100-foot buffer zone.
The hotel is described as the first step in a master plan for the parcel, with additional commercial uses envisioned in later phases. The farmland has been in cultivation for more than a century, but its barns were demolished in 2021.
