Demolition of the aging 795-car parking garage at One Talcott Plaza owned by Hartford’s largest commercial landlord may not happen until next year, as talks with historic preservation officials continue. The Historic Preservation Commission, according to Bronin, has raised questions and concerns about a two-story pedestrian footbridge attached to the garage and offices above it. Under that tax settlement reached in 2018, the city agreed to fix property taxes on Shelbourne’s 20 Church St. and 100 Pearl St. downtown office towers for a period of five years. In exchange, Shelbourne agreed to demolish the parking garage, pay about $3 million in back taxes on One Talcott Plaza, and invest approximately $10 million downtown. The original 2018 tax settlement deal between Shelbourne called for demolition by the end of 2019, but the company received an extension late last year, to the end of 2020, giving it time to determine whether the garage could be salvaged rather than demolished and requiring it to increase its $10 million commitment.
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