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Elizabeth A. B. Suchy

Elizabeth A. B. Suchy

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  • Stamford
  • esuchy@carmodylaw.com

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  • Real Estate & Land Use
  • Land Use: Zoning, Permitting & Litigation

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1992
  • New York University, M.A., 1985
  • Boston College, B.A., 1983 ~ Order of the Cross & Crown, College of Arts & Sciences

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  • Connecticut
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  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

Elizabeth A. B. Suchy

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In her 30 years of practice, Liz has concentrated in the areas of planning and zoning, inland wetlands and watercourses and other land-use and development related matters. Her practice centers on residential and commercial development primarily in Norwalk and Wilton, Connecticut where she represents individual homeowners, schools, churches, industrial and manufacturing clients, medical marijuana dispensaries, private beach and golf clubs, national large-scale residential and commercial developers and others before Norwalk’s Conservation Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning and Zoning Commission, Historical Commission, Harbor Management Commission, Redevelopment Agency and Common Council, and before Wilton’s Planning & Zoning Commission, Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission, Architectural Review Board, Village District Design Advisory Committee and Zoning Board of Appeals. Liz has also represented clients on other projects in Connecticut cities and towns including Darien, Orange and Fairfield.

Her broad-based experience has led her to be lead counsel on many of the most visible and prominent development projects in Norwalk including Nuvance Health/Norwalk Hospital, Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Waypointe, SoNo Field House, Residence Inn by Marriott SoNo, F.D. Rich, Shorehaven Golf Club, MF Discala & Co., Shore & Country Club, Spinnaker Development, Malta House, Stew Leonard’s, CVS, Chick-fil-A, Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Program, The Fieber Group, Maritime Rowing Club, Guru Tech Bahadur Ji Foundation, Inc., Winston Prep, HMTX/Metroflor, Bob’s Stores, and numerous other individual and corporate clients. She also represents clients seeking liquor permits from the State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection – Liquor Division.

Affiliations

  • Fairfield County Bar Association, 1993-Present

  • Connecticut Bar Association, 1993-Present

Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers® – Land Use and Zoning Law, 2023

  • Legal Ability & Ethical Standards, Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings, 2022

  • Preservation Connecticut Merit Award, 2021

Community

  • Norwalk Town Union of Sons & Daughters/Kingsway Board of Directors 2021-Present
  • Boston College Class of 1983 40th Reunion Committee Member
  • Wilton YMCA Board of Directors – Secretary & Member, 2001-2011
  • Maria Regina High School Alumnae Association Board of Directors, 2004-2010
  • Boston College Alumni Admissions Association, 1983-2015

Experience

  • An 8-story, 48-room addition to the SoNo Marriott Residence Inn in South Norwalk, CT

  • A retail cannabis facility in Norwalk, CT

  • A 190,000 sqft. new patient tower for Nuvance Health/Norwalk Hospital

  • A 40,000 pickleball and padel center in Norwalk, CT

  • An 18,000 Sikh gurudwara religious center in Norwalk, CT

  • A 4-story, 21,000 sq. ft. “Innovation Center” for artists, craftsmen and designers to collaborate and create new products for an international flooring company headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut which included the purchase and rezoning of state land

  • Expansion of an existing Norwalk Housing Authority property to include 69 units in 18 new buildings

  • A four-story, 40-unit transit-oriented development (TOD) in South Norwalk, Connecticut for which included street abandonment, acquisition of municipal property

  • A 100,000 sq. ft. retail development in Norwalk, Connecticut containing an 85,000 sq. ft. anchor retailer, 7,200 sq. ft. of smaller individual retailers and 4,000 sq. ft. of restaurant space

  • A mixed-use TOD project consisting of the adaptive reuse of an historic former hat factory into 46 apartments, a new structure containing 149 units, office and retail space adjacent to the East Norwalk, Connecticut train station

  • A brewery and taproom in Wilton, Connecticut

  • A mixed-use, multi-story TOD project adjacent to the South Norwalk, Connecticut train station containing 122 units and retail space

  • Adaptive reuse of 29,000 sq. ft. of an existing manufacturing building in historic South Norwalk, Connecticut into an entertainment venue containing bocce, billiards, indoor food trucks, live entertainment and other activities

  • A six-story, mixed-use development containing 129 apartments and 3,800 sq. ft. of retail space in South Norwalk, Connecticut

  • A 15,000 sq. ft. new bathhouse for an East Norwalk beach club

  • The adaptive reuse of an historic building in South Norwalk in to three artist live/workspace units

  • Subdivision of 55 acres in Wilton, Connecticut into five residential lots and associated open space

  • A 15-unit conservation development in Norwalk, Connecticut

  • An 8-story, 48-room addition to the SoNo Marriott Residence Inn in South Norwalk, CT

  • A retail cannabis facility in Norwalk, CT

City of Norwalk Planning & Zoning Commission to Hold Public Hearings on Citywide Zoning Rewrite

May 30, 2023
The City of Norwalk Planning & Zoning Commission has scheduled two public hearings on the proposed citywide, comprehensive zoning rewrite and zone map revisions to provide property owners, businesses and other stakeholders an opportunity to share comments, concerns and objections. The hearings will take place on June 21, 2023 and
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P&Z questions and resident objections may not be enough to stop 12 Godfrey Pl.

May 24, 2023
Land Use partner Elizabeth Suchy is quoted in Good Morning Wilton regarding the development at 12 Godfrey Place in Wilton. P&Z Questions and Resident Objections May Not be Enough to Stop 12 Godfrey Pl. 8-30g - Good Morning Wilton

Wilton Center Lofts revised proposal presented at Planning and Zoning Commission hearing

May 22, 2023
Carmody Real Estate & Land Use partner, Elizabeth Suchy is quoted in The Hour regarding the revised proposal for a five-story, 42-unit apartment building near the Wilton town center. Click to read more

Race is on for first cannabis dispensary to open in Norwalk, as Shangri-La is second to gain approval

May 06, 2023
The Hour article quoting Carmody Land Use partner Elizabeth Suchy. https://www.thehour.com/news/article/norwalk-second-cannabis-dispensary-shangri-la-18081228.php?src=nwkartribbon

City of Norwalk Comprehensive Zoning Rewrite: Meetings Commence

April 24, 2023
As part of the next phase of the City of Norwalk’s comprehensive zoning rewrite, meetings with neighborhood groups and in Common Council districts to present the proposed zoning map and regulations will commence this week. Meetings will be a mix of in-person and Zoom formats, offering property owners, interested parties
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