Located five minutes off the main I-95 highway, the property is next to Mead Point, a private association with some of Greenwich's most prominent estates.

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The property faced a four-lane highway, but Serenola was tucked behind a brick wall and a modest electric gate.

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"Once the highway is gone, all this is going to be waterfront property overnight, " he said.

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