Using descriptions ranging from “excessive” to “a monster,” a group of Farmington residents on Monday called on the town to reject the proposal for 146 apartments near the UConn Health Center.
“It’s the size of a football field,” homeowner Richard Fichman told the plan and zoning commission. “Imagine a football field 46-foot-high building being put right behind your homes.”
But developer Geoffrey Sager countered that Connecticut and the town have worked for years to attract major health sciences employers to that area, and his project would benefit them and their workers.
“We planned for this day 20 years ago,” Sager said, recalling how the state transportation and environmental protection agencies worked with the town to build out a stretch of Route 4 near I-84′s Exit 39.