The developer planning to build more than 250 apartments on vacant land off Bridgeport Avenue behind Planet Fitness and Bertucci’s has submitted a formal application for the project to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission.
Officials from the developer, Talbot Partners LLC, first revealed the plans for the site in June, when they gave an informal presentation on the project.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday accepted the application and scheduled a public hearing for Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. in City Hall.
At the time the project was first revealed, it was billed as a $30 million investment comprising 248 apartments.
The plans filed this month call for “262 upscale rental units” on the property. The development would have nearly 400 parking spaces, according to the application on file at City Hall.
The land is currently zoned for office space, so the developer is asking the commission to create a special “Planned Development District,” or PDD, for the property.
A company official said in June that the development will bring 300 construction jobs as it’s being built, as well as 40 permanent jobs once completed.
The apartments would be split among several three- and four-story buildings. The development would also feature a pool, gazebo, movie room, and other amenities.
The company estimated rents for the apartments — studios, one- and two-bedrooms — at between $1,500 and $2,500 per month.
Access to the complex would be off Bridgeport Avenue, by widening and extending the entrance to Planet Fitness.
The project, if built, would be one of several residential developments in the works in Shelton.
Downtown, Avalon Bay Communities Inc. is currently building a 250-unit apartment complex on Canal Street, next to the Birmingham, a former factory converted into residential units.
South of those properties, the developer overseeing the redevelopment of Canal Street has floated the idea of renovating the Spongex building into a 42-unit apartment complex.
And the city’s land use commissions are currently reviewing plans from a Torrington developer to put a 36-unit condominium on a River Road property it’s buying from Mayor Mark Lauretti.
