Windsor’s Great Pond Village mixed-use development experienced more than a decade of delays and many plan changes before its first phase debuted in 2019, with the opening of the 230-unit Preserve at Great Pond luxury apartments complex.
Now, additional development on the 653-acre site is accelerating, with construction set to begin this June on a 750,000-square-foot distribution center; fill-up/retail plaza; and $15 million in road and infrastructure work.
Traditional cable companies have been under intense pressure in recent years from various new types of competitors, including subscription-based streaming services like Netflix and Disney+, which have contributed to a cord-cutting trend.
There’s another growing niche that former ESPN executives Brendan Canning and Anthony Bailey see as a major opportunity, spurring them to strike out on their own and launch a startup.
Hartford officials, on Tuesday, announced 15 grants of up to $150,000 to help open new retail and restaurant businesses, or expand new ones.
The city announced its “Hart Lift” grant program in December, using $6 million in federal stimulus funds to revive a retail and restaurant scene ravaged by the pandemic.
Under the program, property owners can qualify for up to $150,000 to outfit first-floor spaces for retail and restaurant businesses.
There was a line at the door when the Rundown sneaker shop opened on Pratt Street in downtown Hartford for the first time on Saturday.
On Sunday, Bloom Bake Shop announced it had leased one of the shops on the historic brick-lined Pratt Street.
The short and historic commercial street is a particular focus for revitalization by officials trying to regain retail momentum stolen by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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