Meriden, Conn.'s Planning Commission received an application on Oct. 14, 2026, to convert 109 Hanover St. from glass manufacturing to tortilla manufacturing, Patch reported from the agenda. No applicant, size or start date has been disclosed.
Address
109 Hanover St., Meriden, Conn.
Request
Change of use: glass to tortilla manufacturing
Zone
TOD-Hanover
Status
Received by Planning Commission Oct. 14; no decision reported
Applicant
Not named in public coverage
A tortilla maker wants to set up shop in a former glass manufacturing building in downtown Meriden, Conn. According to the Oct. 14 Planning Commission agenda, as summarized by Patch on Oct. 11, the commission was set to receive an application to change the permitted use of 109 Hanover St. from glass manufacturing to tortilla manufacturing. The property sits in Meriden's TOD-Hanover zone.
Receiving an application means the commission formally accepts it for review; it is not an approval. Patch's summary did not name the applicant, and no information on production volume, products, hiring or an opening date has been made public. Tortilla News has not seen the application itself.
The building is modest in size. Its most recent sales listing describes a two-story 1900 building with about 2,700 square feet of warehouse space with 16-foot ceilings, plus a storefront, offices and two apartments, a short walk from the train station. Listing records show it sold July 27, 2026, for $600,000. Whether the project is a wholesale plant or a smaller tortillería-style operation should become clearer if the application moves to a hearing.
