Stop & Shop to change skyline in Plainville
Construction of 12-story supermarket warehouse begins
Contractors in Plainville are building the foundation for a supermarket warehouse that will be one of the tallest buildings in central Connecticut outside of Hartford.
The 250,000-square-foot warehouse for frozen foods will serve Stop & Shop stores in NewEngland and will rise 140 feet, or roughly 12 stories.
Ahold Delhaize USA, parent company of Stop & Shop, is promising 200 new jobs, even though the warehouse will be heavily automated.
“They will be the second biggest taxpayer in town whenthey open, and they’re guaranteeing at least 30 of the new jobs will go to Plainville people,” Town Manager Robert Lee said. “It’s going to be a very significant boost to our grand list.”
Even with a package of tax incentives, the warehouse will be paying about $850,000 a year in taxes when it opens in mid-2022, Lee said. And so far this year, it has generated more than $700,000 in building fees — about three times what the town collected from all other projects last year.
Workers are preparing to pour the foundation now and will begin erecting the complex array of racks and storage systems in late winter, town officials said. Americold, an Atlanta-based refrigerated warehouse builder, is constructing the building along with Ahold Delhaize USA.
The Otis Elevator tower in Bristol will easily remain the tallest building in the region at the equivalent of 29 stories, but the new warehouse will still tower over southern Plainville.
“This will be just shy of 150 feet tall. It will dominate the skyline around there,” Town Engineer John Bossi said.
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