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Tyco plans to add facility in Newington
By Dave Choate
November 06, 2010 2:00 AM
NEWINGTON — Tyco Electronics plans to move one of its manufacturing facilities to Newington, bringing one of the world's largest electronics components manufacturers to town.
On Monday night, the Planning Board will welcome representatives for Tyco as it seeks a site plan amendment for 120 Shattuck Way in the town's industrial district, one that will allow it to construct a 102,400-square-foot single-story manufacturing facility. Town planner Tom Morgan said the development would take place on a currently empty lot in the industrial sector.
"I think it's exactly the type of use the town's (planners) had envisioned when they invested in their industrial corridor," Greg Kirsch of Opechee Construction Corp. in Belmont said.
Kirsch is heading up the project's charge to the Planning Board, and his firm will also construct the building. The creation of the facility was preceded by Tyco selling the property to Kirsch, and now Kirsch is selling it back to Tyco Electronics.
"It's a long story," he said.
It began when Kirsch purchased several parcels of land in Newington owned by Tyco, including 120 Shattuck Way. Reeling from the theft of millions of dollars by former Chief Executive Officer Dennis Kozlowski, Tyco was in the midst of selling off assets and later split into three divisions, including Tyco Electronics.
Kirsch went through an extensive planning review process for the site before securing approval in 2007, which involved moving the historic Louis deRochemont house off the lot in order to construct a 136,140-square-foot industrial building. Unfortunately for Kirsch and Opechee, the economy tanked and while Morgan said he heard from Kirsch about potential tenants and even sent a few his way, nothing was built.
However, Kirsch was approached again by Tyco Electronics, which expressed interest in purchasing the land and building a new facility. The single-story facility will be presented to the board as a scaled-down version
According to Morgan, the presence of prime-designated wetlands off-site to the property may be the most significant hurdle the project faces, given that Kirsch and his crew had addressed several issues during the previous approval.
"The town has made stormwater standards more stringent," Morgan said, adding later that "if the two parties agree on stormwater, I think this will sail through fairly quickly."
The company would bring an undetermined number of employees from its current Lowell, Mass., facility — Morgan said he had heard north of 100 — though Kirsch said he was not sure how many would be brought to the new location. He said he was unsure how many new jobs might be created if the facility is built.
Kirsch also declined to comment on the cost of the building. Because the company's lease on its current facility in Lowell ends in December 2011, Kirsch said the building must be constructed by that time for the plan to be viable.
A proposed walkway will connect the new facility with its sister Tyco Telecommunications campus on the next lot over, he said.
The Planning Board meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Town Offices.
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