Nov. 19—GROTON — The town is terminating the development agreement with Respler Homes, LLC. for the Mystic Education Center property, according to a letter the town sent Friday.
Town Attorney Eric Callahan notified Respler Homes of Woodmere, N.Y. that the town is ending the agreement the company and the town signed in 2020 outlining the parameters for developing the site, also known as the Mystic Oral School property. The state last month ended its agreement to sell the state-owned vacant property on Oral School Road in Old Mystic to Respler Homes.
The town last year declared Respler Homes in default of the development agreement, and the town and the company have been in mediation regarding a dispute over each other’s responsibilities under the agreement.
“The Town completed its final mediation session with Respler Homes this week, determining that there is no resolution that would be acceptable to both parties,” Town Manager John Burt said in an email to The Day late Friday. “I thank all of the neighbors for being patient as we worked through the default process.”
Callahan wrote in the letter Friday to Respler Homes that the mediation process ended on Wednesday “without resolution between the parties with regard to the Developer Default.” He cited sections of the development agreement and said “without limitation of other remedies available to the Town,” the town has the right to terminate the agreement following the mediation.
Callahan also noted in the letter that the…
