Norwich ― Hartford HealthCare has signed an agreement to purchase American Ambulance Services and its American Professional Educational Services, landmark businesses founded by prominent city busines.
A lawyer representing the owner of West Hartford’s largest office complex says plans to open a Starbucks are a prelude to a mixed-use redevelopment that will expand a medical building and, eventually, include new housing.
Corporate Center West Associates LLC owns a 140,370-square-foot office building on nearly 14 commercially zoned acres at 433 South Main St. It has filed an application to amend a special development district and break off a 1-acre parcel for use by a new Starbucks.
Hartford HealthCare is seeking to have a federal judge dismiss the landmark antitrust lawsuit filed by Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, arguing that its competitor has chosen not to engage in fair competition despite being the much larger hospital chain.
The two large hospital systems, Yale New Haven Health and Hartford HealthCare, argue that consolidation makes for more efficient services, allowing patients statewide access to higher-level care.