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Home furnishing giant restarts abandoned development on New Haven waterfront.
In 1999, the City of New Haven pulled the plug on a proposal to build a megamall in the city's Long Wharf waterfront district. "The city wanted the mall," says leasing agent Lou Proto, founder of the Proto Group, "but Westfield, which owns all the major malls in the area, appealed every step of the way." The Australia-based developer owns malls in Meriden, Trumbull and Milford, all within a...