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no clue, but it seems we are ripe for either LA or San Fran. Jet blue serves both right, maybe we could snag a direct through them? that would be awesome! I mean if we had both that would have to give us additional prospects to Europe and it would be a huge help for our business travelers heading to the pacific rim. the problem is that jet blue is not really a business airline

no word on the identities of the new leases, but there are absolutely 2 new signed leases as you indicated. The one next to teds is pretty large, the one in the new building is smaller. if I were to guess id say the smaller one is some kind of subway or duncan donuts type the larger one would likely be a resturant based on its footprint

it seems the city demanded it though... UGH 1279 is clearly not this parcel. did you see that post I made where I looked up the tax parcels and the owner?

Beerbeer, not sure its 300 apartments. when I went through that giant PDF this is what it said about the residential component in phase 1 E Block buildings - Permits 6-1-2015 E1: 5 stories 45 Apartments 25,000 SF retail -Grocery Store E2: 6 stories 104 Apartments 20,800 SF retail E3: 6 stories 88 Apartments 17,600 SF retail In total the first phase includes 237 Apartments and 63,400 SF of retail including the 25,000 SF grocery store. E1 is located on Ann street and the road that sits along the Northern Edge of 84 It includes a parking garage also which contains parking for the 3 apartments and the grocery store/retail totals 375 Spaces so, its 237 apartments but maybe someting has changes the timing has not though, and I suppose thats good! regarding the low income component, I agree, its absurd that every building needs low income in a city dominated by rent subsidized apartments. Market rate is what we need to subsidize

It will be extremely interesting to see what kind of secondary development this stadium plan generates According to the city assessors office 1279 is actually 2 parcels http://assessor1.hartford.gov/Default.asp?br=nav&vr=5 http://assessor1.hartford.gov/Summary.asp?AccountNumber=14230 this is the structure on one of the lots Owner of both lots is "san Juan Center" last sold in 1983 that owner is listed with the address at 1293 Main street, its a little over 10k sf and has 5 apartments in it now 1293 Main is owned by Margarita Torro and is next door. its a nearly idential building Im thinking this is all one entity is this the person that Dan Harr interviewed in that summer series he did explore 44 where he walked albany? it was a ladyt that owned a few businesses and the buildings near the ballpark site and that supported it.

Had to load that huge thing up again Its C-1 which honestly I agree with the article is a nothing special building with surface parking. they could easily change the alignment and build on the corner between the building and north chapel(I 84) and along that road. since this phase is ages off, they need to protect the building and to be frank demand a redesign of the bluck nbecause its the lamest part of the development and is suburban in nature. it needs to aim a little higher in my opinion and needs to include the existing historic buildings.

based on thsat giant PDF this is what I have taken away. They provide breakouts on the structures including floors, retail space, units per floor etc... REading this it lists a building at 4 stories... but holding 11 units per floor and a total of 45 apartments.. the building also has 25000 SF of retail which is a bit larger than the floor plates.. based on this info I am assuming its 4 floors of apartments above the retail, and therefore actually a 5 story building. see the breakout below and the phases of each Phase 1: Parcels A & E Baseball Diamond - Permits 1-15-2015 The stadium will have a sunken field which is nice. Not sure, but some of the concourse vendors might be open on non game days as a result because they are at street level etc.. Includes Parking garage 420 Spaces S of Stadium West of Raddison Plaza hotel E Block buildings - Permits 6-1-2015 E1: 5 stories 45 Apartments 25,000 SF retail -Grocery Store E2: 6 stories 104 Apartments 20,800 SF retail E3: 6 stories 88 Apartments 17,600 SF retail In total the first phase includes 237 Apartments and 63,400 SF of retail including the 25,000 SF grocery store. E1 is located on Ann street and the road that sits along the Northern Edge of 84 It includes a parking garage also which contains parking for the 3 apartments and the grocery store/retail totals 375 Spaces Phase 2: Parcels F & G Parcel F Permit expected 1-1-2017 210K sf Office for a city hall with 24000 SF of retail space This block is what connects the ball park to downtown as does 1000 Main. Until Parcel F and 1000 Main are developed, the ballpark will absolutely be kinda floating out in limbo. Parcel G 9-1-2017 The area they call Parcel G is the data center they bought. Parcel G includes the brewery a garage and what will become an apartment building The apartment building will have 228 units Phase 2 should be complete by Feb 2019 thats a damn long time from now... thats all I gotta say abhout that. I wonder of Hooker will have to wait that long or if they are more incorporated into the ballpark than the G apartments I have to assume its the stadium Phase 3 Parcels B,C,D no guarantees at all that these building will be built as planned or at all even. but... most are pure residential with no retail. and stand 4 stories B-1 50 units C-1 50 Units D-1 84 units D-2 is on the corner of Main and pleasent so it has retail. Still 4 stories, but its 8000 SF retail with 3 floor of apartments totalling 24 units above. These 4 buildings are all on the small side and are to be built at once. Completion date 7-1-2020 Now obviously we will never know until they are built, but this is pretty much what is proposed I can see alterations to Phase 2 and 3 depending on market conditions, but I suspect Phase 1 is pretty well ironed out and nearly guaranteed to come out as indicated at this point. how and when Phase 2 is implemented is really what will make or break this whole thing. that Parcel G is really alot of the housing component (228 Units) and the Municipal office building adds some height and therefore connects downtown across the highway. it also connects through the retail space and the ofice workers that would be there 1000 Main street is going to see some development pressure as is the surface lot that church uses over on Ann

Feb 1 start date is the target from the builder accrding to the HBJ http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20150112/PRINTEDITION/301099938 I really have to say that this is pretty damn awesome to think we went from nothing, to a possible grocery store/ apartment building to a baseball stadium only to a baseball stadium, apartent, grocery and many aan additional 500 or so apartments and a brewery. all since June 2nd not too shabby Hartford.

With this article about 777 Main I guess I might have been premature. it seems taking aplications is different than actually leasing. It will be extremely interesting to see how leasing goes for these first 4 players on the market. Coltsville is pretty unique and different, so I dont think it competes so much with the existing downtown places, or the new places. Ann street is pretty unique too. I doubt someone is going to leave an existing downtown apartment and move into a more expensive apartment that is not nevessarily better but just more interesting. either way the 21 units wont hurt anyone else. and since they are first are likely to be a non issue on the greater market 179 Allyn and 777 Main absolutely compete with existing products. I am curious to see how 915 Main does with 179 Allyn being nearly identical in concept. I know there are many at 915 that are unhappy with the old management team there. Not sure if thats all resolved now, but a year ago it was a big issue. 777 will absolutely pull tenents away from Hartford 21, Trumbull on the Park Sage Allen and 55 on the Park. I hope it takes on the fell of new vacancies taking longer to fill rather than a loss of occupancy for those buildings. On the Plaza will be getting ready this year also, and that will totally blow up the studio apartment and 1 BR market. If any of you hear any info, even if rumors about the rate of occupancy or absorption of any or all of these buildings, please share it here.

i downloaded and quickly looked that PDF over and its loaded with interesting tid bits that previously I had not seen. Mainly the number of units in each building, the number of floors and the parking makeup

they have approval at zoning for the most part already. I get the invites to meetings and updates as such. That initial ruling was not actuyally formal, but rather a reccomendation which was published in the paper because they were trying to make the "protests" seem more warrented. its all kinda silly really because their objection was over the stadium not conforming with the suggestion by the One City one plan... as someone who contrinuted to OCOP, I can say that no one ever at any time said they didnt want a stadium there... just that we all wanted mixed use mid rise development there. had a stadium been mentioned, I am certain the folks involved, myself included would have said.. Yeah, but only if it includes mixed use development and ideally a lot of it and ideally a grocery store.... since then they have gotten the full proposal and they approved most of the motions accordingly. Regarding a construction manaher and Architect, they have that already. it was front page in the paper when centerplan teamed up with some stadium designer early in the process. I am confident that this is happening and thankful as such. taking a dead area and adding 650 apartments and retail would have been fantastic all by itself. adding a grocery store and the brewery will act as attractions to the area also.... the stadium is the biggest win of all. 75 home games a year at a time when we have no basketball or hockey... 75 home games where there are thousands of parking spaces right near by. my only concern about the whole thing is that the project might not include a new city hall and consolidated offices. to me the maximum density that would include the city hall and all city offices is critical. This would create so many efficiencies that the city CLEARLY lacks today... and it would allow the Wadsworth to acquire the current city hall. this would not only allow Wadsworth to expand to a more appropriate size for its collection, but also to preserve and protect this amazing building from the ravages of daily use as an office.

777 Main http://www.777mainstreet.com Coltsville http://www.coltgateway.com/List/Available-Apartments 179 Allyn http://www.179allyn.com/179-allyn-hartford-ct/contact-us apparently its targeting bearded white dudes and girls with atheletic butts 201 Ann (the Grand) http://www.forrent.com/apartment-community-profile/1000844029.php

no real difference I think that ultimately there will be bonding from the state to help this along. I like the idea of a stadium authority though. its one I have expressed here a few times as well as in communication with the CRDA or the preceding authority anyways. Ideally the region should have a stadium authority which governs the XL center, the ball p[ark Dillon Stadium and the Rent

Wadsworth also has a colt baby crib carved from the actual charter oak..

So Im sure you guys saw it.. but its official, we have a national park in Hartford! this will be cool to see it materialize.

It has begun..... 201 Ann is now open and renting up Allyn street is seemingly also open for leaving now too... not sure about move in yet though on Allyn and yes, 777 Main is now leasing. not yet open for move in though It will be extremely interesting to hear back as to how they are doing. I am confident that the success of Allyn street is pretty critical. Ann street will be a little slow because its kinda expensive and its funky but being first it should do well enough... Allyn Street however is in a quiet part of downtown that is honestly a long cold walk to someone working at Travelers Prudential. Its also in a loud area on weekend nights... If this building does well, first and foremost, i think the owners will move quickly to begin their other project (the Lofts on Capitol) Also I think it will help other developers to get motivated to push though and begin almost a second phase of development in the city.

a complete ton of items came through zoning about a week ago. so much so that there was a need to have a follow up meeting the next day. it seems as though everything got approved, and so this overall development seems much closer to green lit!

http://touch.courant.com/#section/2224/article/p2p-82374229/ spot on Jacobs... spot on. I sam very interested in the CRDA report and what the result will be for Hartford. I am also sincerely hoping that the downtown improvements underway now will ve evident enough to allow people to be more open to the big idea, the thinking big concept of a replacement arena. Hartford can and will be a mid major city. its already economically much larger than its peers, it just needs the continued assistance of the demographic shift back to the cities... if the next 4 years pan out the way they look like they might.... the city should continue to develop during the next down cycle.... and thats critical...

The Wadsworth had a picture taken from Im thinking a quad coptor of their building with front street in the background. The apartment building looks good there. I mean its obviously nothing special, but it looks great to see about what the final product will be.

Its about time someone tried to please me. Success! It is all nice stuff but ya know most of it does seem pretty low density. Its OK I am OK with that but i do much prefer 5+ story busilding this close to a city center. HT its transformative, thats for sure, but It wont connect much. that section of Albany is really dead ... DEAD DEAD DEAD from the train tracks North for a decent while. Im not sure how it will really play out along other roads such as Walnut either. thats kind of a wasteland the big win though is that residents in the near North will be able to walk here to shop work and play. So to that extent surely there is a huge improvement

The Grand seems a bit expensive for what you get based on what I read in that article. Now I do think it will rent up by summer, but it is not a fair barometer of the market. 179 Allyn is going to be a better barometer as its a larger building and opens just a month later. these 2 are going to compete and I think the lower rents at 179 will prove attractive to many first time downtown residents. lets not forget that its not quite "the place to be" yet. I think that these buildings will help to create the atmosphere that makes downtown the place to live and therefore rents will go up. Timing wise, we have about 100 apartments that will be coming online between December 1 and say February. these are really tough times to get people to move house. Im not sure what comes next, Constitution plaza or 777 Main but Im sure those buildings will begin to start kicking the tires in spring. Lets hope these first 2 buildings are able to do well in the dark of winter. The bigger buildings will ensure a nice mix of options and competition during the summer months im sure. I am Also hoping that 179 Allyn does well right off tht bat because the owners are prepared to start work at the Lofts on Capitol. Success will lead to additional investment in my opinion and i want that long vacant building to be redeveloped. Id hate to see them lease slowly and have that affect their plans for Cap Ave.

Id totally agree if A-330s were their only long haul equipment its not http://corporate.aerlingus.com/companyprofile/fleet/boeing757/ they have leased aircraft that include 757-200 which include business class this is as you stated much more realistic for BLD and honestly im glad I looked because I kinda lost hope there a monute. the layout is 12 business and 168 econemy, some of those being an upgraded version of econ

http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20141112/NEWS01/141119959 Aer Lingus Yes please here are their code shares http://www.aerlingus.com/help/help/aerlinguspartnerships/ They partner with both United and Jet Blue this could really help our continued jet blue growth United flies to Cleveland, Newark, Washington DC Dulles, Houston and Chicago O hare Jet Blue does Orlando, San Juan, West Palm, Ft Lauderdale, Ft Myers, Tampa and Washington DC Regan airport no real overlap except DC and that gives a total of 11 cities that could potentially feed this route!! thats fantastic!

And here is some info on the state providing 20+ mill to support the project (mainly road stuff http://touch.courant.com/#section/2282/article/p2p-81826993/ I really like the result here. Its New Haven appropriate nothing too tall but also plenty of retail and housing and a much needed hotel Id love for the ballpark development to end up with this kind of density in Hartford.

The things I really want to see about this greater project are more finished renderings and site plans I think its pretty darn important to see what buildings exactly are going to be built where and when. The most detail we have is about that parcel which is currently the data center