Michael Puffer
Staff Writer at Hartford Business Journal
Reporter for the Republican American Newspaper, parent, fishing enthusiast, 6 feet tall.
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hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer
Middletown-based Liberty Bank wants to close three of its 54 branches, reflecting decreased use as customers increasingly transition to online services. The bank, which has $8.18 billion in assets, informed the Connecticut Department of Banking on May 22 of plans to close three branches this November, including: • 445 W.
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hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer
A 2.5-acre East Hartford property that was part of Stone Academy is on the market again, a little after its last sale and for significantly more money. Career training school Stone Academy closed in early 2023, disrupting lessons for hundreds of students enrolled in campuses in East Hartford, Waterbury and West Haven. In January 2024, a broker announced the two properties that comprised the East Hartford campus had been sold to different buyers. A 1.4-acre property at 763 Burnside Ave.
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hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer
Developers aiming to build a 402-unit apartment complex at the former Showcase Cinemas site in East Hartford are expected to secure financing and acquire the property from the town before May 28, or pay $30,000 to the municipality.
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hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer
A 96-room hotel on the edge of downtown Hartford across from the State Capitol building is up for sale. New York-based Upland Property Advisors listed the Capitol Hotel late last week. The 48,942-square-foot, 1961-vintage building sits on nearly half-an-acre at 440 Asylum St.Located just off Interstate 84, the nine-story, brick hotel is across the street from the northeastern tip of Bushnell Park, with a straight line-of-site to the State Capitol building.
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hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer
In his youth in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hector R. Cuadrado used to clean up around his father’s small bar, El Senorial, on Hartford’s Flatbush Avenue. In return, he could play on the pool tables. In December, Cuadrado, now 58, retired from the U.S. Postal Service and is ready for his “last phase,” opening a restaurant and bar of his own in a property adjacent to the XL Center arena in downtown Hartford.
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