The Board of Selectmen has taken initial steps to press for development of the former Showcase Cinemas property using eminent domain.
The Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegans, under the joint tribal venture of MMCT, currently own the land.
“We have tried to be reasonable with the tribal nations, meeting with them on several occasions, to discuss how to develop the parcel,” First Selectman Jason Bowsza said in a press release.
As a result, the board feels that the only solution is to use eminent domain – meaning that the town has the right to take the property for public use.
