Missouri-based NorthPoint Development is pressing forward with a speculative effort to build a nearly 750,000-square-foot distribution center inside Windsor’s Great Pond Village mixed-use development.
NorthPoint was originally slated to team up with Great Pond master developer Winstanley Enterprises to build a massive distribution hub for pet products giant Chewy. After Chewy backed away from the deal earlier this year, NorthPoint decided to press ahead independently and build a distribution center on a speculative basis.
Hartford Business Journal was the first to report that news last month.
Construction will begin in June and is anticipated to wrap up in April 2023, according to JLL, an international real estate services firm brokering the distribution center.
NorthPoint’s plans for the roughly 93-acre building site will begin review by Windsor’s Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Commission Tuesday.
Those plans include a 749,549-square-foot, one-story, distribution center with docking facilities on two sides, a 339-space parking lot, 145 trailer parking spots, lighting, landscaping and stormwater treatment areas, according to the project application.
Impacts to flora and fauna will be compensated by conservation of nearly 305 acres of woodland, stream corridor, wetlands and ponds built into the Great Pond Village development, which sits along Day Hill Road in Windsor. The larger 653-acre development is being pursued by ABB Combustion Engineering and Winstanley under a plan negotiated with the town.
A 75-year ground lease with a future right to purchase is anticipated to begin in June, according to Matthew Watkins, spokesperson for Winstanley.
James Panczykowski, senior managing director with JLL’s Northeast industrial region, will head leasing efforts on the property.
“With unrivaled access to both the New York and New England markets, two of the densest markets in the northeast, Windsor, Connecticut, is an ideal and proven logistics hub,” Panczykowski said, according to a JLL release. “This high-quality, mission-critical facility will provide powerful solutions to companies seeking a space with access to nearly 50 million consumers within a five-hour drive.”
