Danbury Road Developers plan to break ground next month on Litchfield Crossings, located on Rte. 7 with Kohl's Department Store as the anchor retailer. Kohl's currently operates over 1,060 stores nationwide, has been ranked one of the top department stores by the National Retail Federation and will join existing tenants AT&T, Housatonic Internal Medicine & Pediatrics and Union Savings Bank.
"We are grateful to mayor Pat Murphy and the Town of New Milford for their dedicated support in helping us to bring this retail center to life. As in any project of this magnitude there have been challenges to overcome. The mayor and her team have been with us all the way in meeting those challenges head on. With the addition of Kohl's, we are confident that Litchfield Crossings will provide a much needed shopping destination for New Milford residents and the surrounding communities. We anticipate announcing other major retailers in the weeks and months to come," said Paul Scalzo, one of the principals of Danbury Road Developers, LLC which owns the shopping center.
New Milford Economic Development supervisor Vin Nolan said, "The signing of Kohl's to lead the next phase of development in this important project is exciting. Kohl's decision sends a positive signal to business throughout the region, that New Milford is prepared to lead the way out of the recent recession. This will not only create short-term and long-term employment opportunities for our citizens, but will add an estimated $750,000 of new tax revenue to the town once completed"
Litchfield Crossings is situated on approximately 40 acres with 30 acres zoned for retail, with 1,792 ft. of frontage on Rte. 7, and 12 acres zoned for industrial. Danbury Road Developers is comprised of multiple individual owners who have developed more than three million s/f of commercial and residential space in the N.Y. / Conn. Metro area.