[CPEO-IRF] Changes at Stratford (CT) Army Plant

["lsiegel@cpeo.org" <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Team Stratford opts for new development leader

RICHARD WEIZEL
Connecticut Post
November 29, 2006

STRATFORD - Developer Aaron Hochman has been replaced as principal and
managing director of Team Stratford after failing in his eight-year effort
to revitalize the 79-acre former Army plant.

After spending 6 years and nearly $3 million of his own money, Hochman -
who will still be a minor partner in Team Stratford, the town's designated
developer for the project - has been replaced by a hand-picked successor
from Long Island. The Monti-Posillico Group, a partnership of two firms
that have joined forces before on redevelopment projects, was selected
from 27 firms considered, Hochman's lawyer, Charles Willinger, told the
Town Council, convened as the Land Reuse Authority, on Monday night.

The partnership group is working on a $100 million cleanup and
revitalization of a former munitions and heavy industrial site in Glen
Cove, Long Island, officials said. That project involves removing
radioactive materials from the property and is similar to the type of
multi-use redevelopment plan Stratford is considering at the closed engine
plant.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.connpost.com/ci_4738236

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