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December 23, 2024

United Way of Central and Northeastern CT finds new downtown Hartford home

COSTAR The 24-story One State Street office tower in downtown Hartford.
By Greg Bordonaro

The United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut has a new downtown Hartford home, and it’s a homecoming of sorts. 

United Way has signed a 10-year lease to occupy 10,000 square feet of space at One State Street, a 24-story, high-rise building that is owned and occupied by Hartford Steam Boiler, which was one of the organization's founding corporate partners. 

The United Way’s new office will be located on the 17th floor. The nonprofit organization expects to complete the move by next spring, after buildout is complete, said Eric Harrison, the United Way’s president and CEO.

Eric Harrison

“Our move to One State Street is a coming home story,” Harrison said. “United Way’s new location is especially meaningful for us due to the relationship that we have with our new landlord and long-time partner HSB. Our century-long relationship with HSB began when William R.C. Corson, the then Vice President of HSB, joined two other leaders in our region to found Hartford Community Chest (now known as United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut) on June 14, 1924. 100 years later, HSB remains an extremely strong partner to United Way.”

The United Way will be moving from its former Hartford headquarters at 30 Laurel St., which the organization sold in June for $1.5 million. That building is slated to be redeveloped into multifamily housing. 

The Laurel Street building has 33,000 square feet of space, more than United Way needed as it embraces a hybrid work model that allows employees to work remotely part of the time, Harrison said.

Forty employees will report to the new Hartford office. Staff work on a hybrid model, with most employees coming into the office three days a week, Harrison said.

The new office will have plenty of sunlight and lots of collaborative spaces that encourage innovation, Harrison said.  

“We have staff that don't necessarily need a permanent desk in office, like in the past,” Harrison said. “And so, it's nice to have flexible offices for some staff, and collaborative spaces where we can be creative.” 

United Way is the latest new tenant to move to One State Street, which has 500,000 square feet of space. Law firm Robinson+Cole debuted its new 70,000-square-foot offices in the building late this past summer. 

A new high-end restaurant — “The Foundry Restaurant” — is also slated to soon open on the building’s top floor. 

United Way provides grants and other support to nonprofits with a focus on closing gaps in child literacy, housing, wages and life expectancy. It's currently celebrating its centennial anniversary.
 

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