Hartford Business Journal

06/07/2025

https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/uconns-1st-nil-collective-executive-director-steps-down

Jared Guy Thomas, who served as the first executive director of the University of Connecticut’s nonprofit name, image and likeness (NIL) collective, Bleeding Blue for Good, has resigned to accept a position in Indiana. In a letter emailed Friday to subscribers of Storrs Central — a for-profit, w...

06/07/2025

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06/07/2025

https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/developer-proposes-305-unit-affordable-apartment-building-in-downtown-stamford-in-large

Stamford's skyline will get a new look if a developer gets its wish. St. John Urban Development Corp. has filed a proposal with the city to demolish two, 17-story cylindrical apartment towers that it built in 1971, at 109 Tresser Blvd., that have a total of 240 affordable units, and replace them wit...

06/07/2025

https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/while-traditional-office-space-struggles-broadly-coworking-giant-iwg-expands-rapidly-in-ct

The post-pandemic world has been a struggle for many owners of traditional office buildings, as broader acceptance of remote work translated into far less demand for space. Conversely, for Switzerland-based International Workplace Group — a provider of small office and coworking space in over 120 ...

06/07/2025

https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/hartfords-xl-center-has-a-new-name-sponsor

After nearly two decades as the XL Center, Hartford’s roughly 16,000-seat sports and entertainment arena has a new name: the PeoplesBank Arena. Holyoke, Massachusetts-based PeoplesBank has acquired the naming rights for the arena as part of a new sponsorship deal. The bank, with $4.5 billion in as...

06/06/2025

A two-story retail building with 19,440 square feet of space in Wilton has sold for $1.48 million, according to the town’s land records.

A two-story retail building with 19,440 square feet of space in Wilton has sold for $1.48 million, according to the town’s land records. Dean Realty, of Norwalk, has bought the property, which was built in 1961, from Chel Associates LLC, controlled by Vbill Trudeau of Norwalk. The building, which ...

06/06/2025

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06/06/2025

The Goods THC, a minority woman-owned and family-led cannabis cultivation company, said this week it has completed developing its facility in Hartford.

The Goods THC, a minority woman-owned and family-led cannabis cultivation company, said this week it has completed developing its facility in Hartford. The 32,000-square-foot micro-cultivation facility is located at 275-287 Homestead Ave., in the city’s Upper Albany neighborhood, and expects to la...

06/06/2025

Breeze Airways on Friday will debut its latest new route from Bradley International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Breeze Airways on Friday will debut its latest new route from Bradley International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

06/06/2025

A group of 20 state business organizations on Thursday sent a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont urging him to veto a bill that allows striking workers to collect unemployment benefits.

A group of 20 state business organizations on Thursday sent a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont urging him to veto a bill that allows striking workers to collect unemployment benefits.

06/06/2025

A Massachusetts company that invested in the conversion of a downtown Hartford office building into 63 apartments is moving to hand-off its debts and control of the building to new ownership.

A Massachusetts company that invested in the conversion of a downtown Hartford office building into 63 apartments is moving to hand-off its debts and control of the building to new ownership. In 2013, Dakota Partners borrowed $6.5 million from the Capital Region Development Authority to help fund th...

06/06/2025

With return-to-office on the rise, employers must face the challenge of making the office somewhere employees want to be, even without lavish budgets or long timelines.

The workplace tide is shifting yet again. After years of remote and hybrid work transforming professional norms, major corporations like Amazon and AT&T have announced full-time return-to-office mandates. The Trump administration followed suit, and now federal workers are under their own five-day of...