Will it be Lights, Camera, Action in South Windsor?

Plans for a state-of-art movie and television studio in South Windsor are moving forward but cameras aren’t ready to roll just yet.

Connecticut Studios, LLC presented the plan to the South Windsor Town Council Monday night.

South Windsor Mayor Saud Anwar told NBC Connecticut the project will be broken down into two phases (the first is the construction of the fuel cell and one of the large stages) and the second phase all depends on the success of phase one.

Town Manager Matthew Galligan told NBC the money for Phase 1 is already in place but Phase2 depends heavily on funds generated by a fuel cell selling excess energy back to CL&P.

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The proposed studio will be located at the intersection of I-291 and Route 5 in South Windsor.

Connecticut Studios will include a total of 495,000+/- square feet of newly constructed facilities including (via the Connecticut Studios, LLC website):

• Nine sound stages totaling approximately 175,000 square feet of space.
• Approximately 104,000 square feet of executive offices.
• Approximately 75,000 square feet of mill and storage facilities.
• Sufficient space for location shooting.
• Room for expansion as business grows.
• A 125-room, 75,000 square-foot hotel.
• Four restaurants occupying 30,000 square feet of space.
• Retail building with 16,000 square feet of space.

Read more at NBC Connecticut here.

Read the complete handout of the Connecticut Studios presentation here.

Image via CTStudios.com

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