Connecticut Studios

Proposed Site and Facilities

Connecticut Studios will include a total of 495,000+/- square feet of newly constructed facilities including:

  • Nine sound stages totaling approximately 175,000 square feet of space.
  • Approximately 104,000 square feet of executive offices.
  • Approximately 75,000 square feet of mill and storage facilities.
  • Sufficient space for location shooting.
  • Room for expansion as business grows.
  • A 125-room, 75,000 square-foot hotel.
  • Four restaurants occupying 30,000 square feet of space.
  • Retail building with 16,000 square feet of space.

Connecticut Studios will be a good neighbor in South Windsor

  • Connecticut Studios is a well planned and responsible project that is consistent with the town’s goals for real estate and economic development.
  • Movie studios are clean, environmentally friendly businesses.
  • Movie studios are quiet businesses with operations typically limited to Monday through Friday.
  • The studio would be a secure, self-contained facility with all parking on premise and a 24-hour security staff.
  • The studio’s close proximity to major highways will offset local traffic issues.
  • The studio would contribute to the local economy and tax base helping to keep property taxes down and will create new opportunities for local business growth and individual employment.
  • The studio will support local projects and organizations.
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Studio Site Plan Filed; Work May Begin In April

Hartford Business Journal

March 1, 2010

Connecticut’s Hollywood dreams are coming closer to a reality.

The developers of the state’s first major film studio in South Windsor have completed a site plan for the project, and are prepared to begin construction as early as June, pending approval from the town, developers said.The plans for Connecticut Studios call for eight sound stages of approximately 20,000 square feet each, a 75,000 square-foot mill building, and 104,000 feet of production and executive offices. A 30,000 square-foot digital media/post production facility will also be erected as part of the project.

The owners of CT Studios are negotiating with production companies to occupy the sound stages by the end of 2010, developers said.

Signs signaling the coming construction were also recently erected along Interstate 291.

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