[Downtown Hartford Residential Projects]

Kyle did some research and wrote a blog post about the progress of Common Ground's residential/retail development at 410 Asylum Street in Downtown that you guys might find of interest...

http://www.amybergquist.com/blog/2009/03/1...er-progressing/

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Thanks Amy, Good stuff!

I would counter that the affluent sexy people never lived downtown, so by their addition, downtown is now becoming diverse. Ok so I wrote that in an inflamatory way, but my point is that your observation might be more of a misinterpetation of a poorly quoted statement by a guy that the courant loves to take sound bytes from.

and HOLY HELL was downtown packed tonight with the Obama rally

Cheers!

Yeah, in the comments I mentioned that I took the quote with a grain of salt. The Courant likes to get people all riled up.

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http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-retai...0,7194061.story

Over half the prospective retail tenants Gottesdiener has dealt with have said they don't want to stay open at least one day of the weekend. For him, that's a non-starter.

"Why are you wasting our time? Come back to us when you're willing to come back seven days a week," Gottesdiener said. "You have to stay open on the weekends. You can't have a 24/7 city when you're only open 5. ... That's just not the vision."

Spiritus opens this week.

Market still progressing.

I posted this yesterday in response to the article... http://www.amybergquist.com/blog/2008/02/0...-the-groceries/

[XL Center Renovation/Replacement Plans]

I like it. That would be a boost for the city any way you look at it.

Just as long as my taxes don't go up...