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Long-Vacant Hartford Building To Be Torn Down To Make Way For CVS
The office building at the corner of Washington and Park streets will be demolished to make way for a CVS. Photo by Kenneth R. Gosselin/kgosselin@courant.com The long-vacant office building at...
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Should Hartford Office Building Be Torn Down For CVS?
The imminent demolition of the former office building at the corner of Washington and Park streets to make way for a CVS struck a nerve with Property Line readers today. Some bemoaned the loss of the...
View ArticleThe Capital Grille Steakhouse Second Tenant For Hartford’s Front Street?
Speculation is heating up that The Capital Grille, an upscale steakhouse, is the second tenant that will sign on at downtown Hartford’s Front Street. For a couple of weeks, there has been buzz on...
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CRDA Seeks Executive Director; Whither Abromaitis?
The new Capital Region Development Authority is recruiting an executive director, a decision made at the authority’s first meeting two weeks ago. The search, which the authority is expected to...
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Hartford’s Constitution Plaza: Mistake Or Something Else?
Hartford’s Constitution Plaza has often been reviled as a mistake that erased an entire, ethnically diverse neighborhood, creating a raised plaza isolated from the rest of downtown. But an historian...
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Downtown Hartford Housing Projects Win State Funding
Plans to convert two major downtown Hartford buildings into apartments — the former Bank of America tower on Main Street and the old hotel on Constitution Plaza — got a big boost today, winning state...
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Wood-N-Tap: Next Name On Building Along I-84 In Hartford?
The company that operates the Wood-N-Tap restaurants and others in Connecticut has purchased the former Lyman Kitchens building in Hartford’s Parkville. Photo by Kenneth R....
View ArticleConstruction On Front Street Apartments To Begin By Early Summer
Construction on the second phase of downtown Hartford’s Front Street — 115 apartments — will begin in late spring or early summer and could be ready for occupancy in 2015, a state development official...
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Design Firms Chosen For $23 Million iQuilt Project
Last night, I attended the latest update on the iQuilt partnership for downtown Hartford and learned that the first major construction could begin early next year. The areas targeted are State House...
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Urban Planning Experts Target “The Avenue” In Hartford
For more than a decade, big-ticket redevelopment efforts in Hartford have focused largely on downtown — the idea being the success of a strong city center would ripple out into Hartford’s...
View ArticleWalmart To Expand Hartford Store Into Supercenter
Walmart will begin an expansion later this year at its Charter Oak Marketplace store in Hartford that will allow the retailing giant to add groceries to its offerings. The expansion will convert the...
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Main Street Corner Proposed for UConn Campus Relocation
One of the 13 proposals for relocating the University of Connecticut’s West Hartford campus to downtown Hartford is targeting a corner of Main Street next to the G. Fox building. The corner of Main and...
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In Sheldon-Charter Oak, CIL Chips Away At Dismal Hartford Homeownership
Hartford’s homeownership rate is among the lowest across the country for cities, but one project in the Sheldon-Charter Oak neighborhood is chipping away at that dismal standing. The Corporation for...
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State Closes On First Of Two Office Buildings For Consolidation
The state has closed on purchase of 55 Farmington Ave. in Hartford’s Asylum Hill. Photo by Kenneth R. Gosselin/kgosselin@courant.com The state has closed on the purchase of the first of two, Hartford...
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UConn Expects To Announce Campus Relocation Site In Early Summer
The University of Connecticut expects to announce a decision in “early summer” on a downtown Hartford site for relocating its regional campus in West Hartford. University of Connecticut President Susan...
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Hartford’s Capewell Factory Could Become Apartments Or Condos
Plans to convert the former Capewell Horse Nail Co. factory in Hartford into housing have stumbled for more than a decade, but the project got a $2 million boost this week, winning a state brownfields...
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Housing Authority Seeks Proposals For Complexes In Hartford’s North End
Hartford’s housing authority is seeking proposals to redevelop two, rundown housing complexes in the city’s North End. The city has long targeted the Westbrook Village and Bowles Park apartment...
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CREC Expands Into Another Building In Hartford’s Colt Complex
Work is well underway on converting a vacant office building in Hartford’s Colt complex into a magnet high school. Photo by Kenneth R. Gosselin/kgosselin@courant.com The Capitol Region Education...
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Allyn Street Property Proposed For UConn Relocation
A two-acre parking lot on Allyn Street, owned by a New York development company, is among the downtown Hartford sites proposed for a UConn satellite campus relocation. Photo by Kenneth R....
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Hartford Office Supply Building Again Targeted For Apartment Conversion
A developer that plans to convert a downtown office building into apartments is looking at another similar project that could boost Hartford’s Frog Hollow neighborhood. Plans to convert the former...
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