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June 24, 2024 / 2024 Power 25 Real Estate

2024 Power 25 Real Estate: Avner Krohn & Brian Zelman

Avner Krohn
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Developer Avner Krohn has been one of the most active multifamily developers in Greater Hartford.

While most of his attention has been on New Britain, Krohn has branched out to other communities including West Hartford, East Hartford and Bloomfield. As he expands his focus in Connecticut, the New Yorker has also partnered with West Hartford-based developer Brian Zelman on a string of commercial and apartment developments.

One of their biggest projects is a plan to build more than 300 apartments on the former Showcase Cinemas site in East Hartford.

The duo hoped to be further along with redevelopment of the 25-acre site off Silver Lane, but higher construction costs and interest rates made finding financing more difficult.

In West Hartford, they are partnered with Rich and Zach Korris on a roughly $20 million, 48-unit apartment development with more than 10,000 square feet of first-floor commercial space on Farmington Avenue.

Krohn’s ongoing developments in New Britain include:

  • Redevelopment of the former Burritt Bank property on Main Street into a 107-unit apartment building with 5,450 square feet of restaurant space;
  • Turning the former Amato’s Toy & Hobby building into 114 apartments with 3,000 square feet of restaurant space and another 3,000 square feet of retail;
  • Construction of a new 100-unit apartment building on a city-owned lot near the corner of Main and Chestnut streets that used to house the Strand Theater.

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