Yale University is seeking city approval to demolish several vacant industrial buildings near its medical campus in New Haven and replace them with an 89-space parking lot.
The proposal covers a 1.05-acre property at 69 Daggett St. in New Haven, where Yale plans to remove the existing structures and construct a paved parking lot, along with stormwater infrastructure, lighting, fencing and street-tree plantings.
With approvals, construction could begin this summer and be completed by summer 2027, according to plans filed with the city.
The site is located in the city’s light industry zone adjacent to Yale School of Medicine facilities. Yale said the project will include an 8-foot-tall steel picket fence and landscaped buffer along Daggett Street and will comply with city stormwater, lighting and heat-reflective surface requirements.
According to application materials, about 2,650 cubic yards of material will be moved or added during construction.
Yale acquired the property in April 2024 for $2.58 million. According to property records, the site contains roughly 78,800 square feet of industrial space spread across three buildings that once housed the former Seamless Rubber Co. factory and have sat vacant for several years.
Prior to Yale’s acquisition, the property had been slated for a residential redevelopment. In 2019, New Haven’s City Plan Commission approved plans to convert the former factory into 80 apartments, but the project was never built.
Yale officials have said the parking lot would help alleviate parking congestion around the medical campus and Yale New Haven Hospital.
The proposal is under review by New Haven’s City Plan Commission, which is scheduled to meet on June 17.
