Michael Puffer

3 days ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer

Focus | Construction & Design Developer RMS Cos. last March cut the ribbon on its conversion of the top half of the 22-story former Hartford Hilton Hotel into 147 apartments. The Stamford-based developer in 2024 also completed a 228-unit downtown Stamford apartment building, and a 112-unit multifamily property in New Haven. This year, RMS has several apartment projects in the works, including a 237-unit development in Hartford and a 204-unit building in downtown Norwalk.

3 days ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer

The Capitol Region Education Council recently paid $2.1 million for a roughly 52,000-square-foot office and warehouse building converted to educational use. CREC acquired the 1968-vintage, masonry-sided building on 3.2 acres at 245 Locust St., according to a deed recorded by the city on April 15. The seller was 245 Locust Street LLC, which is controlled by George De Pasquale, of Niantic, according to state business records.

3 days ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer

Focus | Construction & Design After nearly $1 million in renovations over the past year, a new events space adjacent to Hartford’s Parkville Market opened its doors in late March. The roughly 12,000-square-foot space was created on the lower level of a warehouse-style building, at 1390-1400 Park St., immediately next door to the market.

3 days ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer

Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam, on Monday, announced he has filled the newly created position of marketing director for the city. Shannon Frost, who started Monday, spent the past three years and six months as an assistant director with the economic development arm of Buda, Texas, a suburb of Austin with a population of about 16,000.

3 days ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer

A Pennsylvania-based development group has purchased 157 acres from the city of Waterbury for $2.5 million, setting the stage for construction of a roughly 3.2 million-square-foot logistics center. Waterbury and Naugatuck officials, on Monday, confirmed the sale of the site – which stretches over the city’s southern border and into Naugatuck – to Bluewater Property Group. “They want to start site work immediately,” Waterbury Mayor Paul Pernerewski said.