Windsor Locks

Windsor, MA

Located adjacent to the state's newly relocated train station, the Windsor Locks TOD project is the two-phase, mixed-use redevelopment of 255 Main Street in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. This ambitious, $85-million project will replace an aging 37,000-square-foot commercial/retail strip center with 120 mixed-income apartments over ground-floor commercial space. Anchoring the north end of Main Street, the Windsor Locks TOD project will unlock and activate a long-underutilized 3.2-acre parcel with a design that engages with the new train station and strengthens connections to downtown Windsor Locks.

The Windsor Locks TOD project will be delivered in two phases: a 70-unit first phase and a 50-unit second phase. With units available at 80%, 60%, 50% and 30% of area median income, as well as market-rate apartments, the project will serve a broad mix of income levels. About 50% of the funding for the Windsor Locks TOD project will come from affordable housing tax credit equity provided by the Connecticut Housing Financing Authority (CHFA). The remaining half of the capital stack is financed with state-level soft debt resources from CHFA, the Department of Housing, and the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD).

The state of Connecticut is currently investing $65 million to move the Windsor Locks train station from its current location about a mile south of downtown back to the more pedestrian-friendly downtown area where it was located historically. The new station will feature a level-boarding platform and is expected to open in the summer of 2025. The new train station will serve both CTrail and four Amtrak lines, and will offer connecting bus service to Bradley International Airport.

In September of 2023, the Town of Windsor Locks received a $4.8 million award of Community Investment Funds from DECD, roughly half of which were used by Trinity to acquire the 255 Main Street parcel in the spring of 2024. The balance of the funds will be used by the town to improve and reopen the historic Windsor Locks train station to the public, which was originally constructed in 1875, but has been shuttered since 1971.

Type
Mixed-Income and Mixed-Use

Total Development Cost (Phase 1 Only)
$45 million

Completion Date
2027