Some South Windsor residents living near the site of a proposed 359,000-square-foot warehouse say they plan to protest the project ahead of a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting tonight.
In a statement, organizers said neighbors will gather at Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. to voice their opposition to the construction of the facility. The PZC meeting, at which commissioners are expected to review the land owner’s plan for the site, is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Neighbors opposed to the project said the facility would be located too close to private homes on Edgewood Drive, Cody Circle and other nearby streets.
The Hartford Business Journal reported in October that UW Vintage Lane II LLC of Glastonbury, which owns a roughly 30-acre collection of properties bordered by Talbot Lane and Governors Highway, was moving forward with plans to erect a sprawling distribution facility, one of the largest of its kind in the Greater Hartford area.
The principal of UW Vintage Lane is Horseshoe Lane Associates LLC, which consists of Robert and Gianni Urso of South Windsor.
The property owner has yet to say who would occupy the warehouse, but it is no secret that e-commerce companies, including Amazon, are rapidly acquiring or renting distribution space in the Hartford region due to its ready access to I-91 and I-84 and its position between New York City and Boston.
