“With Bridgeport rapidly rising and turning into a forefront for brand spanking new companies and reside leisure, making these tasks and infrastructure enhancements a actuality has the potential so as to add important momentum to the revitalization of our metropolis in addition to enhance the standard of life for neighborhood residents on the east and west sides of Bridgeport,” Mayor Joe Ganim mentioned in a information launch.

The brand new location — at Fairfield Avenue and Mountain Grove Avenue on the town’s west facet — has its metal framing up and needs to be enclosed earlier than winter arrives, metropolis workers mentioned. Two different areas exist within the metropolis. One, situated within the north facet’s Brookside Buying Middle, opened this yr. It was the town’s second location, regardless of Bridgeport being the biggest metropolis within the state and surrounding cities, like Fairfield, having as many as 4 areas.

The truth is, Bridgeport didn’t get its first Starbucks till 2015 when the Steelpointe location opened at 255 Fundamental St. Town’s Regional Enterprise Council President Dan Onofrio informed Hearst Connecticut earlier this yr that improvement throughout the town and an inflow of residents from New York, together with the amphitheater and marina, have boosted Bridgeport’s profile.