BUSINESS CLIMATE

 Located in the heart of Southeast Connecticut, Norwich is an ideal location for new businesses. Easy access to the Interstate system, rail transport, and two international airports gives your business a number of transport options. Norwich also boasts a picturesque harbor at the city center suitable for large and small pleasure craft. Just a few miles from downtown is Norwich’s Stanley Israelite Business Park; a modern, mixed-use 450 acre compound that includes over 1.5 million square feet of commercial, industrial, and residential facilities as well as a AA Ballpark. Norwich is booming with major revitalization efforts from end to end. From restoration of its old mills in the Greenville and Taftville neighborhoods, to the recent construction of an 80,700 square foot class A office building - The Mercantile Exchange in downtown, and the construction of an Intermodal Transportation Center near the Harbor, Norwich is positioning itself as a destination city.

Downtown Norwich, sitting charmingly on the waterfront, is an area ready to become an intimate yet lively center for arts, entertainment, and shopping. The historic building facades and city square arrangements are ideal for downtown office, retail, and residential mixed uses. In addition, as one of the few downtown enterprise zones in Connecticut, repurposing the historic structures downtown and at the beautiful mill sites, creates unique opportunities for the creative and enterprising.  For those seeking a move-in ready site for business, the Stanley Israelite Business Park is the place to be.  With underground electric service and access to natural gas, city water, and city sewer, spaces in the park are ideal for the business looking to get up and running fast!