New apartments aim to transform landscape in downtown New Haven NBC Connecticut [Video]

More than 100 apartment units have been completed in the heart of Downtown New Haven. 

On Thursday, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker along with community partners and project developers held a ribbon cutting event for the new Archive Apartments. 

The Archive Apartments have taken around five years to be completed, from its initial concept to its total completion. 

“An architecture that will stand the test of time, highly consistent with what we had shown the community at the beginning,” said Michael Piscitelli, New Haven’s Economic Development Administrator.

The Archive Apartments provides 166 market value units, spanning across two buildings. 

The main building is located at 848 Chapel St. and includes 120 units. The second building is around the corner at 108 Orange St. and has 46 apartment units. 

Mayor Justin Elicker said the units are helpful in the grand scheme of addressing housing in the city and state. 

“There’s so …