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“This has the DNAthatwe really like — it’s a community shopping center.”
plans to consolidate its two middle schools and construct a new facility at the site
of one of them, Williams Middle School, TownManagerLynSimmonssaid. This
is a $150 million project, according to the latest estimates, expected to open its doors in the fall of 2028 if all goes according to schedule.
Meanwhile, plans are moving forward for work at a major intersection, and for improvements at one of the municipal parks, projects that will now be coordinat- ed by employees working at a new complex of town offices in the former Greenwood Park Elementary School.
That move leaves the former offices, in the Community House on Longmeadow Street, available for reuse, said Simmons, adding that the town will be commission- ing a study to determine the best uses of not only the Community House, but Town Hall, located next door, and Old Town Hall, located about a half-mile down Longmead- ow Street.
On the business side, all eyes are on the former First Church of Christ Scientist property on Williams Street, just east of the Long- meadow Shops. The property, unused for several years now, has been acquired by the Springfield-based Colvest Group. While no specific plans have been announced, Colvest has said the planned development, to be called Towne Shoppes of Longmeadow, will include retail (high-end shops) and one or more restaurants to com- plement the town’s growing mix.
deVilliers said the development, which has been several years
in the making, will in many ways be an extension of the shops, one that will complement that complex and make it even more of a mag- net for diners and shoppers.
“This will only strengthen the gravitational pull of that area,”
Ralph Santaniello, right, with executive chef and co-owner (and brother-in-law) Michael Presnal at the recently opened Lola’s at the Longmeadow Shops.
Staff Photo
he said, adding that Regency is already working with Colvest on upgrades to access where the properties join.
Meanwhile, three years after fire destroyed the Maple Shopping Center at the corner of Maple and Shaker roads near the Enfield line, the shell of a new plaza has been constructed, said Simmons, adding that its owners have not announced any tenants to date.
She noted that both commercial projects are important developments
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