Windsor Station Apartments, the $22 million apartment complex under construction in Windsor, is rising between the Farmington River and the center of town.
"We want people in the center of town, we want our shops being frequented, our restaurants, our stores," Mayor Don Trinks said during a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday afternoon.
Windsor Station is a stop from Hartford on the Amtrak line. The developer, Lexington Partners, hopes that will be part of the attraction. But Martin Kenny told a crowd it's also been part of a problem the state government loaned $1 million to him to clean up.
"There were traditional industrial uses so we had to do a lot of soil remediation, which is very expensive. That's the price you pay for the right location," he said.
The actual groundbreaking on the site was in April, as soon as the weather warmed. The idea of 130 luxury apartments warms Windsor Center merchants.
"To have all these residents add to our community is only going to help drive business for not only myself but others in town so it's a really, really exciting thing to be happening here," said Dan Gasparino, of Metacomet Crossfit & Yoga.
The fences should be down at Windsor Station Apartments when it opens in September of 2016.
