City of New London, Connecticut, and the New London Development Corporation (NLDC)
Respondents
Wesley H. Horton, Counsel of RecordThe City of New London, Connecticut, once a center of the whaling industry, has suffered through decades of economic decline. When the drug company Pfizer agreed to locate a $300 million research facility in New London in 1998, the City began plans to redevelop the nearby neighborhood of Fort Trumbull, improving infrastructure, creating a waterfront park, and attracting office space, high-end condominiums, and a luxury hotel. To make room for this project, the City gave the New London Development Corporation authority to buy out homeowners in Fort Trumbull and, if some would not sell their…
