Business & Tech
Fairfield-Based Bigelow Expanding, Buys 25 Acres In Shelton
The Fairfield company plans to build a large warehouse in the next five years to meet its distribution needs.
FAIRFIELD, CT — Fairfield-based Bigelow Tea Co. is expanding to Shelton and beyond.
The company announced in a news release it had reached an agreement with the city of Shelton to buy about 25 acres on the former Mas property, with plans to build a large warehouse in the next five years to meet its distribution needs.
“We are blessed to be a growing family company,” said President and CEO Cindi Bigelow in the news release. “We are also expanding our other two facilities in Louisville, Kentucky, and in Boise, Idaho.”
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Bigelow’s headquarters and production facility have been located in Connecticut for more than 70 years.
The former Mas property is a vacant 70-acre parcel in Shelton, the New Haven Register reported Friday. The city has plans to apply for a zone change to the property, extending Constitution Boulevard West at a cost of up to $10 million as part of the development, and creating a manufacturing park, according to the Register.
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