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Sackett & Elm in the News: CT Insider Covers the Vision
CT Insider took a close look at the Sackett & Elm Development and the team behind it — the same developer that built Quarry Walk in Oxford. Here is a quick recap, and a link to the full story.
In June 2026, CT Insider real estate writer Alexander Soule reported on Haynes Development's plans for the former Plasticrete site at 300 Elm Street in North Haven — a 30-acre property just off Interstate 91, alongside the historic Bruces Ice Pond. The piece frames the Development as a walkable village of apartments, retail, and dining, drawing a direct line to the developer's success one valley over in Oxford.
The coverage confirms the shape of the plan: as many as 400 apartments and roughly 150,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, a daycare, walking trails, and a community green with a bandstand set against the pond — a place, in the developer's words, for the whole community, not just the people who live there.
"People can live — go have an ice cream, sit out on the green, listen to some music, enjoy a spring night. Come walk your dog, even if you don't live here. It's a place for the community."
— Patrick Haynes, Haynes Development, in CT Insider
— Patrick Haynes, Haynes Development, in CT Insider
The article also revisits what Haynes built in Oxford: Quarry Walk now supports more than 50 businesses and roughly 2,000 jobs, and its residents fill more than 160 apartments at The Residences at Quarry Walk, with more on the way. It is the track record that makes the North Haven vision credible.
Read the full story. CT Insider's complete report has the full picture, including the developer's plans for traffic improvements along the Elm Street corridor and the history of Bruces Ice Pond. Read it here →
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View the Development Get in TouchCoverage summarized and quoted in part from CT Insider (Hearst Connecticut Media); full reporting and quotes belong to the original article, linked above. The Sackett & Elm Development is in the approval process; details may change as the Development advances.
