The Norwalk Redevelopment Agency (RDA) of the City of Norwalk (“City” or “Norwalk”) is soliciting Requests for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) from qualified development companies and urban infrastructure and real estate investors for the redevelopment of 55 Martin Luther King Jr Drive (“55 MLK Drive” or “the site”). The site, a City-owned public parking lot known as the Webster Street Lot is centrally located in the heart of South Norwalk. This growing, diverse, and thriving neighborhood hosts a plethora of economic, social, cultural, and entertainment amenities. The site also boasts transit adjacency, greenway system linkages, a grocer neighbor, urban hotels within walking distance, a large indoor shopping mall nearby, and access to Interstate 95.
We are actively pursuing a public-private-partnership (“P3”), and leveraging City assets and financial resources to realize a transformative mixed-use, mixed-income, and transit-oriented urban development project that will add to the attractiveness and vitality of Norwalk’s remarkable historic downtown. We look forward to your response and consideration.
Expressions of Interest will be reviewed by the RDA on a rolling basis throughout the 2025 calendar year, unless otherwise determined by the RDA. The RDA will begin reviewing Expressions of Interest the first week of January 2025, so respondents interested in receiving priority consideration are encouraged to submit their Expressions of Interest by Tuesday, December 31, 2024 electronically to the attention of Brian Bidolli: bbidolli@norwalkct.gov. The RDA will continue to accept and review Expressions of Interest until a preferred Developer or set of preferred Developers have been selected to proceed.