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February 19, 2024

Amid post-pandemic rebound, Max Hospitality eyes growth with expanded Hartford presence, new golf simulator concept

Michael Puffer

In a little over four years, Max Hospitality has swung from laying off almost all its staff during the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, to sales of about $60 million in 2023 — topping pre-pandemic

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Growing Footprints: Out-of-state banks eye continued expansion in CT

Harriet Jones, Hartford Business Journal Contributor
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Fintechs urge action after new banking regulations drive ‘earned wage access’ services from CT

Michael Puffer
CT has an engineer shortage; some colleges are working to address the need

Hanna Snyder Gambini
As CT preps for increase in beverage container recycling, grocers worry they’ll be inundated with cans, bottles

David Krechevsky

Cheshire-based company builds broadcast stages, mobile sets for ESPN, MLB Network and Court TV; after recent sale, it has even higher ambitions

Hanna Snyder Gambini

Cheshire-based Creative Dimensions is a growing company with humble beginnings that was recently acquired by a national experiential marketing agency, which could further raise the profile of its work.
Travelers Championship to feature more challenging course, upgraded amenities in 2024

Greg Bordonaro

The Travelers Championship announced that it will be welcoming golfers and fans to this year’s tournament in June to a more challenging course and upgraded venues and concession areas.
Deal Watch

Deal Watch
$85M factory redevelopment will add 154 new apartments in New Britain

Skyler Frazer

The massive redevelopment of a former factory building in New Britain will add more than 150 new apartments to the city early next year, city officials and developers said.
Deal Watch

Deal Watch
NY investor pays $9.5M for Waterbury industrial complex; will ‘work with the city to tidy things up’

Michael Puffer

Brooklyn-based industrial real estate investor Snowball Developments recently paid $9.5 million to add a nearly 11-acre Waterbury property with three industrial buildings to its growing Connecticut portfolio.
After helping launch CT’s largest cannabis grow facility, Rino Ferrarese spearheads startup micro-cultivator

Skyler Frazer

Rino Ferrarese’s cannabis career has come full circle — literally.
Hospitals, insurers eye value-based care deals to cut costs, improve patient outcomes

David Krechevsky

Trinity Health Of New England in January announced a new contract agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield that prominently mentioned an increasingly common payment model for modern health care.
Pandemic Bonus: Traveling attractions fuel comeback for Hartford’s major event venues

Andrew Larson

After the pandemic lull, Hartford’s major event venues have returned to, or eclipsed, pre-pandemic levels of attendance and revenue, partly due to a boost from traveling shows and attractions that helped fill a void during their downtime.
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West Hartford becomes breeding ground for bank expansions

Harriet Jones, Hartford Business Journal Contributor

Many banks have made headlines in recent years by trimming their branch footprints as more customers use digital services. But that hasn’t stopped some banks from expanding in one particular Connecticut town: West Hartford.
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Chase Bank to add 5 new CT branches as part of national expansion

Greg Bordonaro

New York-based JPMorgan Chase Bank is eyeing further expansion in Connecticut and nationwide.
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Opinion: CT’s technical high schools bridge gap between opportunity and workforce needs

Ellen Solek

As leaders driving the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS), we are witnessing a critical juncture in our state’s economic landscape.

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A recent CBRE study ranked Hartford as the 43rd best market for tech talent in the United States and Canada.

The study found that Hartford has 28,430 tech workers, an increase of 3.7% from 2018 to 2023.

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Amid post-pandemic rebound, Max Hospitality eyes growth with expanded Hartford presence, new golf simulator concept

Growing Footprints: Out-of-state banks eye continued expansion in CT

Fintechs urge action after new banking regulations drive ‘earned wage access’ services from CT

CT has an engineer shortage; some colleges are working to address the need

As CT preps for increase in beverage container recycling, grocers worry they’ll be inundated with cans, bottles

Cheshire-based company builds broadcast stages, mobile sets for ESPN, MLB Network and Court TV; after recent sale, it has even higher ambitions

Travelers Championship to feature more challenging course, upgraded amenities in 2024

$85M factory redevelopment will add 154 new apartments in New Britain

NY investor pays $9.5M for Waterbury industrial complex; will ‘work with the city to tidy things up’

After helping launch CT’s largest cannabis grow facility, Rino Ferrarese spearheads startup micro-cultivator

Hospitals, insurers eye value-based care deals to cut costs, improve patient outcomes

Pandemic Bonus: Traveling attractions fuel comeback for Hartford’s major event venues

West Hartford becomes breeding ground for bank expansions

Chase Bank to add 5 new CT branches as part of national expansion