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Mixed use retail leads growth in Connecticut, even as some malls fall on hard times

Mixed use retail leads growth in Connecticut, even as some malls fall on hard times

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...
Mixed use retail leads growth in Connecticut, even as some malls fall on hard times

Flood control work, demolition to change Meriden’s downtown

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....
Mixed use retail leads growth in Connecticut, even as some malls fall on hard times

Treasurer: CT saves big by not stashing transportation funds

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...
Mixed use retail leads growth in Connecticut, even as some malls fall on hard times

Alumni tour the old Torrington High School at Raiders Reunion before demolition: ‘Very sentimental’

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...
Mixed use retail leads growth in Connecticut, even as some malls fall on hard times

$115M-plus East Hartford apartment development expected to launch this spring

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...
Mixed use retail leads growth in Connecticut, even as some malls fall on hard times

Groton Long Point Road bridge construction slated to begin next year

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...
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