Construction Starts On FedEx Warehouse In South Windsor
Construction of a $50 million FedEx Ground distribution center in South Windsor is now underway, with completion expected by the fall of next year. FedEx told me it is building the 222,000-square-foot...
View ArticleDollar Tree Secures All Approvals To Build In Windsor
Windsor may be losing the FedEx Ground distribution center, but it could gain a massive 1-million-square-foot Dollar Tree distribution center. My colleague Steve Goode reports: Following the...
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Scenes Of Coming Attractions: Hartford’s Front Street Movie Theater
Construction on the Front Street movie theater in downtown Hartford has been up-and-running for about two months now. A peek inside doors that were open along Columbus Boulevard today gives a...
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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...
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‘Five Guys’ No Longer Potential Tenant For Glastonbury Redevelopment
What’s going to happen to building that formerly housed the Chikurin restaurant on Main Street in Glastonbury couldn’t be clearer. The former Chikurin restaurant on Main Street in Glastonbury is...
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Busway “Ancillary” Projects: Pork Or Good Fiscal Management?
A little over a week ago, a sign appeared at the gravel parking lot at the corner of Capitol Avenue and Broad Street in Hartford declaring it closed until Sept. 9 — but with no other explanation....
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Redevelopment of New Haven’s Route 34 Connector Gets Crucial Boost
The urban renewal movement of the 1950s and 1960s left its mark on cities across Connecticut, but perhaps one of the most painful examples is in New Haven. The Route 34 connector was built only after...
View ArticleHigh Hopes For $220 Million Storrs Center Near UConn
A decades-old vision for bringing a vibrant downtown area just south of the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs is starting to become a reality. It will still take years to fully complete the...
View ArticleArchitects Skype Their Way In Designing Chinese Prep School
Centerbrook Architects has landed its first assignment in China: designing the interior spaces for a sprawling, one-million-square-foot prep school in Beijing. But the Essex-based firm won’t step...
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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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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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Mohegan Sun Palmer Shopping Area Plans Dwarf CT Casino Retail Space
Mohegan Sun’s plans for a $775 million resort casino in Palmer, Mass. include shopping, dining and entertainment space that would be more than twice the size of its Connecticut venue, the casino...
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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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Return Of A Nighttime Landmark In Waterbury
There are plans to bring back a lighted cross that stood for decades on a prominent hill in Waterbury. The cross is shown in this photo from 2008. Photo by Stephen Dunn/sdunn@courant.com. My colleague...
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Private Financing For ‘Bioscience Connecticut’ At UConn Health Center
The state’s Bioscience Connecticut initiative — aimed at building the industry’s stature in the state — is getting a $203 million boost in private financing for construction at the University of...
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New Haven Coliseum Site Redevelopment Set To Begin Next Year
The redevelopment of the former New Haven Coliseum site is set to begin next year, now that a key agreement with the developer has been approved by the city. Rendering of planned redevelopment of old...
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Michigan Company To Develop Outlet Center On Rentschler Field
An outlet mall would be built near The Stadium at Rentschler Field under a development agreement. Map Courtesy of Horizon Group Properties Inc. with additions by The Hartford Courant. A Michigan...
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