Stamford Hospital Plan Update

After some speculation, here’s a look at phase 1 or what The Stamford Hospital / Charter Oak Communities tag team intends to do with their land swaps.

Stamford Hospital has bought upwards of 35 properties surrounding their facility in recent years intent on a rather large expansion. Meanwhile, you have Charter Oak Communities, a renamed Stamford Housing Authority, looking to replace the outdated Vidal Court Housing Project next door. Both organizations are trading land to give themselves an optimal footprint. Looks like the hospital takes some of Vidal Court and the replacement housing snakes around the outside from Stillwater past Lione Park to West Broad St.

Stamford Hospital will end up with a rather impressive campus. On the east side of their property they will construct a new building said to house an expanded emergency room. All the surface parking is most likely land banking for future expansion.

Charter Oak gets to continues to work on some impressive projects aimed at replacing barrack like housing projects with mixed income, architecturally designed townhouses. In addition to the work around the hospital, I believe Charter Oak might also take over some hospital property on Palmers Hill Road owned by of Stamford Hospital and build a community similar the Fairfield Court project that’s currently in construction.