- December 16, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
ESSEX – After spending several months revising plans for two large commercial buildings on Bokum Road to address concerns about runoff into the nearby Mud River, the town’s Inland Wetlands Commission approved a permit for the project Wednesday night.
The George C. Field Company is proposing to build the Bokum Road Business Park – a 28,000 square feet and 24,480 square feet commercial building next to a wetland and the Mud River.
The larger building is intended for one tenant, while the smaller building is a “flex” building that could be adapted to include spaces of various sizes depending on what the lessee needs for their business, Bob Doane, the engineer representing the George C. Field Company, said.
The project will still need to have a special exception approved by the Essex Planning and Zoning Commission before it can be built.
The project will have two primary impacts on the wetlands, said Mike Ott,…
