by Kimberly Glassman | Jan 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last year ended with four Connecticut malls in Enfield, Meriden, Waterford and Waterbury losing tenants, a result of retailers either reducing their number of locations, going out of business or relocating stores. With high vacancy levels in those malls, retail and...
by Kimberly Glassman | Jan 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
One of two downtown eyesores will come down this spring after the City Council voted Monday to include $2.6 million in its capital improvement budget to demolish 116 Cook Ave. The spending is offset by a $2 million state grant, leaving the city to pay $600,000....
by Kimberly Glassman | Jan 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Russell will ask legislators when the 2025 General Assembly session starts Wednesday to cap the Special Transportation Fund’s emergency reserve so that once that safety net account tops 18% of the STF — nearly $412 million based on current spending — the state would...
by Kimberly Glassman | Jan 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
More than 700 former Torrington High School students took the opportunity to enjoy a final tour of the soon-to-be-demolished structures on Major Besse Drive on Saturday, Jan. 4. That was just 17 days before classes will begin for current students in the new...
by Kimberly Glassman | Jan 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
After more than a year of delay, developers advancing the roughly 400-unit “Concourse Park” luxury apartment complex in East Hartford say they expect to break ground this spring. The Council also approved several deed restrictions for the 25-acre development site off...
by Kimberly Glassman | Jan 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
The work is expected to be completed in the spring of 2028, said Joe Cooper, state Department of Transportation communications manager. Cooper said the project will address the current bridge’s structural deficiencies while designing a new span that is storm...