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March 18, 2024

New regulations that limit ‘forever chemicals’ will cost water utilities hundreds of millions, while raising concerns for businesses

Andrew Larson

Connecticut’s water utilities are bracing for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new limits on PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, which are at the center of lawsuits, health problems and, what some say is an environmental crisis.

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Focus section
In growing outpatient bone and joint care market, Orthopedic Associates debuts storefront clinic

David Krechevsky

If you’re seeking a location for a new orthopedic clinic, it makes sense to open it just down the street from the Shops at Evergreen Walk, an upscale retail center in South Windsor that invites people to leisurely stroll from store to store while
After years of work, state leaders say they’re close to replacing burdensome Transfer Act

Michael Puffer

Three years after state lawmakers agreed to replace the state’s burdensome system that governs environmental cleanups of potentially contaminated properties, Gov.
Deal Watch

Deal Watch
More multifamily developments sprout in Berlin, as town inches closer to affordable housing goal

Hanna Snyder Gambini

The town of Berlin has been experiencing an apartment boom, with hundreds of new units coming online or set to break ground this year.
CT lawmakers propose new restrictions on private industry’s use of PFAS

Andrew Larson

While water utility companies await new PFAS regulation from the federal government, state lawmakers are also looking to crack down on the use of forever chemicals by private industry.
Federal, state incentives drive solar farms to landfills, other brownfields

Harriet Jones, Hartford Business Journal Contributor

West Hartford-based Verogy has struck deals to develop solar farms on three landfill sites in Connecticut, marking an increasing trend in such projects around the country.
Market Reset: Hartford landlords’ successful property tax assessment appeals will cut millions from city tax rolls; more office sector storm clouds hover

Michael Puffer

The city of Hartford is poised to lose millions of dollars in property tax revenues, after successful court challenges by two downtown landlords who accused the assessor’s office of overestimating the values of their struggling office towers follo
Fighting foreclosure, Shelbourne says lenders are withholding rents needed to keep 23-story Hartford office tower running

Michael Puffer

Shelbourne Global Solutions is claiming lenders trying to foreclose on its 23-story “Stilts Building” office tower in downtown Hartford are denying access to the property’s rental income, which is used to pay basic operating expenses.
Major downtown Hartford office complex faces foreclosure

Michael Puffer

A lender is seeking to foreclose on much of the Constitution Plaza office complex in downtown Hartford.
Focus section

Focus section
As telehealth popularity persists, CT sees growth of virtual care clinics

Hanna Snyder Gambini

Hartford HealthCare has launched a second OnMed telehealth site in the Capital City, after opening its first virtual care clinic in Killingly in late 2023.
Focus section

Focus section
Bill to allow chambers, trade groups to pool members for health benefits gains support

David Krechevsky

Legislation that would allow trade associations and chambers of commerce to pool their members and offer them self-funded health benefits received broad private-sector support last week.
Editor's Take

Editor's Take
Bordonaro: A solution looking for a problem? Tipped wage debate raises restaurant industry concerns

Greg Bordonaro

The March 5 issue of the Wall Street Journal had an eye-catching, front-page headline: “Costs Drive Menu Prices Up And Restaurants Owners Out.”
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Opinion: CT’s disconnected youth crisis has an enormous human, economic cost

Barbara Dalio, Chris DiPentima and Andrew Ferguson

Connecticut finished 2023 with 94,000 job openings — about where we began the year and 27,000 more vacancies than in February 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world.

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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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New regulations that limit ‘forever chemicals’ will cost water utilities hundreds of millions, while raising concerns for businesses

Hartford’s struggling office sector shows cracks with new foreclosure, falling property values

CT market is attracting more big, small coffee retailers

Women-led cannabis startup looks to make its mark in Connecticut

CT’s AI bill could be model for U.S., but businesses wary of reporting requirements

In growing outpatient bone and joint care market, Orthopedic Associates debuts storefront clinic

After years of work, state leaders say they’re close to replacing burdensome Transfer Act

More multifamily developments sprout in Berlin, as town inches closer to affordable housing goal

CT lawmakers propose new restrictions on private industry’s use of PFAS

Federal, state incentives drive solar farms to landfills, other brownfields

Market Reset: Hartford landlords’ successful property tax assessment appeals will cut millions from city tax rolls; more office sector storm clouds hover

Fighting foreclosure, Shelbourne says lenders are withholding rents needed to keep 23-story Hartford office tower running

Major downtown Hartford office complex faces foreclosure

As telehealth popularity persists, CT sees growth of virtual care clinics

Bill to allow chambers, trade groups to pool members for health benefits gains support

Bordonaro: A solution looking for a problem? Tipped wage debate raises restaurant industry concerns