Kenneth Boroson Architects / Torti Gallas + Partners
The proposed new Westville Manor.
The Board of Alders gave the final go-ahead for the housing authority’s proposed transformation of Westville Manor.
Alders unanimously approved a plan during their regular bimonthly meeting at City Hall Monday that will allow the housing complex in the West Rock section of the city to be designated as a Planned Development District (PDD).
That approval, which allows for more flexibility in the design of the redevelopment, sets the stage for the housing authority to demolish Westville Manor’s existing 26 two-story buildings and 150 residential units and replace them with 39 townhouses and one three-story apartment building containing 109 residential units. (Read more about the project here and here.)
The Westville Manor redevelopment will be the latest complex to undergo a complete modernization in a wave that has transformed public housing across New Haven. It also will be the last of the West Rock housing authority communities to get a much-needed overhaul. The housing authority has redeveloped Brookside Estates, Twin Brook Properties (formerly Ribicoff Cottages), and Rockview.
Westville Manor’s future units will break down as follows: 20 one-bedroom units, 29 two-bedroom units, 32 three-bedroom units, 21 four-bedroom units, and seven five-bedroom units. Eighty-seven of those residential units will be in the new townhouses, and the remaining 22 will be in a central three-story apartment complex and resident services building.
The proposed project also includes a new stretch of road connecting Wayfarer Street to Wintergreen Avenue, as well as new playgrounds, site lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, rain gardens, and an outdoor education gathering space.
Thomas Breen contributed to this report.