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For now, mall operator Westfield Corp. is only an interested party in proceedings before the Planning and Zoning Commission regarding plans to build a 500,000-square-foot shopping center and residential complex near Interstate 691.
But if history is any indication, the Australian company is prepared to do whatever it takes to protect the market that its Westfield Meriden mall has to itself, including going to court to block the project being proposed by W/S Development of Newton, Mass.
Westfield submitted three reports to the PZC this week questioning the impact of the W/S Development project. The reports question how the project would affect the town's long-term economic outlook, its overburdened wastewater treatment system and the water quality of Ten Mile River, which runs down the middle of the property.
"We're following this application as an interested corporate citizen in the region," said...