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Spinnaker Real Estate Partners’ plans for a dense redevelopment of a former state office property at 55 Elm Street in Hartford is advancing with praise from city staff.
A master plan heading before the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission Tuesday details the size of residential buildings Spinnaker plans to add to the 3.2-acre property.
The plan comes with the blessing of city planning staff, who said the project meets Hartford zoning rules and “would greatly advance” the city’s development goals, according to a report accompanying Spinnaker’s application. ....
Spinnaker Real Estate Partners could begin physical work transforming a massive former state office building at 55 Elm St. in Hartford by February.
Spinnaker co-partner Matthew Edvardsen said demolition and abatement work in the building could begin in the next 30 to 45 days.
The Norwalk-based developer purchased the century-old, 200,000-square-foot office building in Jan. 2020 for $6.8 million. It also purchased a trio of nearby parking lots at 71 Elm St., 94 Hudson St. and 108-110 Capitol Ave. ....