Amazon pays $20M for roughly 200 acres in Enfield
Michael Puffer | Hartford Business Journal
Developer Adam Winstanley, of Winstanley Enterprises.
Online retail giant Amazon has paid $20 million for two undeveloped parcels in Enfield totaling around 200 acres, one of which had recently been approved for development of an 819,000-square-foot warehouse.
In a deed recorded April 23, Amazon bought a 181.4-acre undeveloped property at 35 Bacon Road, and a neighboring 22.1-acre property from Massachusetts-based Winstanley Enterprises.
Winstanley is one of the most active developers in Connecticut, particularly in the industrial sector. In 2023, the company won a court battle against a group of Enfield residents who had challenged local land-use approvals of an 819,000-square-foot warehouse at 35 Bacon Road.
The property once belonged to the campus of greeting card maker Hallmark.
Winstanley Principal Adam Winstanley initially anticipated breaking ground on a $135 million speculative development in early 2024, but later opted to wait until a user was identified. On Tuesday, Winstanley confirmed the sale of his property.
The 22.1-acre site has a conservation restriction on it and will remain as open space, he noted. He referred any additional comment to Amazon.
Amazon confirmed the purchase and said its plans for the property are in the early stages. The company said it would provide more information at a later date.
The Enfield sale was recorded just two days after the announcement of Amazon’s $2.5 million purchase of a 157-acre wooded site spanning the border of Waterbury and Naugatuck.
There, Amazon plans to build a roughly 3.2 million-square-foot logistics center. The building, which has been approved for up to 130 feet in height, will use robotics to help sort merchandise.
Construction is expected to begin imminently.
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