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March 12, 2020

Developers complete first phase of $80M New Britain apartment complex

Photos | Dakota Partners Inc The first building at Columbus Commons in New Britain has been completed, developers say.
By Joe Cooper

Developers of an $80-million mixed-use development in downtown New Britain say they have completed construction on the project’s first phase.

Massachusetts-based Dakota Partners Inc. and New York’s Xenolith Partners LLC broke ground on the so-called Columbus Commons development near a CTfastrak bus station in 2017 on the first of two retail/apartment buildings on Columbus Boulevard. The brownfield site previously housed the former New Britain Police station.

The developers on Thursday said they have completed Columbus Commons’ first, six-story building, which includes 80 one- and two-bedroom apartment units and roughly 10,000 square feet of ground-level commercial/retail space. 

The second building will comprise another 80 apartment units and 10,000 square feet of retail space. It was not immediately clear Thursday when the second phase of construction would be completed, or when tenants will begin occupying space.

“Residents of the development will enjoy access to numerous facilities including a fitness center, community gathering space, and bike and tenant storage,” Dakota said in a statement Thursday.

The first phase of the development was supported, in part, by funding from the Connecticut Department of Housing, the state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and low-incoming housing tax credits.

The city of New Britain awarded the project, at 125 Columbus Blvd., to Dakota and Xenolith in July 2016.

Dakota in recent years has been active building apartments in downtown Hartford, and is planning to build a $32 million affordable-housing complex, with 108 units, in Newington.

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