NEW LONDON — A reported proposal for the vacant former nursing home at 89 Viets Street would turn the property into a 38-bed residential care home for older adults needing help with everyday activities.
Local reporting described an October 30 application by Eastern Connecticut Housing Opportunities for a special permit and site development plan. The proposed home would assist residents with meals, bathing, dressing and medication rather than offer round-the-clock skilled nursing.
The nonprofit’s president, Julie Savin, put renovation costs at about $5 million and described plans to seek state grants and low-interest loans, according to that reporting. ECHO would renovate the building and lease it to a care provider. An operator and resident rates had not been announced.
New London’s calendar lists a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting at 7 p.m. November 19 in the Council Chambers. That listing does not establish when the commission will hear or decide the Viets Street application. A 2027 construction schedule was described in local reporting.