Its first residents began moving into the building in August 2009, a full six years after the original developer of the project broke ground.

Late last summer, Cortex turned a significant corner when a private developer broke ground on a second building steps away from the first.

Third, low interest rates provide investment to construction technologies that enable developers to break earlier records.

As soon as one developer breaks the rules, others will follow suit.

But last month the developer broke ground for his largest project to date: a 10-story, 291,000-square-foot office tower in Shelton.

Last summer, the developer broke ground on a 44-story downtown tower with 432 condos.

In addition, developers have broken ground on a new retail building just across from the Pathmark.

It does not appear that the developers have broken any law.

It is unclear when developers will break ground or when work will be completed.

The city is expected to approve the final plans within the next few weeks, which would permit the developers to break ground this summer.