By Neena Satija
Almost 30 years after city officials in Bridgeport started talking about developing a little peninsula on the water next to I-95, the first tenant has finally committed to moving in. The outdoor goods store Bass Pro Shops will open a retail outlet at Bridgeport’s Steelpointe Harbor as early as next year, officials have announced. (See WestportNow July 8, 2012)
This is what the developers envision Bridgeport’s Steelpointe Harbor will look like when it is completely built out. Ctmirror.org/image courtesy of Bridgeport Landing Development LLC.
The news will help jump-start a development crippled by litigation, corruption scandals and a financial crisis.
Once it is built at an expected cost of $1 billion, Steelpointe is meant to be a modern mixed-use development with 1,000 to 1,500 housing units; a million square feet of retail and office space; a hotel and a 250-slip marina. Officials say it will redefine a city once known for its rich industrial heritage, which is now largely lost.
But decades of empty promises and a sputtering economic recovery mean many are still skeptical about Steelpointe’s future.
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