In the four years since buying Connecticut’s tallest skyscraper, Boston investor/landlord Paradigm LLC has patiently but intently built up occupancy at CityPlace I in downtown Hartford.
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In the four years since buying Connecticut’s tallest skyscraper, Boston investor/landlord Paradigm LLC has patiently but intently built up occupancy at CityPlace I in downtown Hartford.
Among tenants who have lifted occupancy of the tower’s 884,000 square feet of rentable space are newcomers consultancy Slalom LLC and management consultants Robert Half International, both of whom relocated from the nearby 100 Pearl office building.
Slalom’s 10,500 square feet, housing as many as 140 staffers on the 32nd floor, has emerged as a showpiece to existing and prospective CityPlace I tenants for how interior layout and design touches, such as ample natural and artificial light, colorful, functional furnishings, and installation of “cellphone booths” to curtail noise, can be blended into attractive workspaces. Hartford’s Infinity Group designed Slalom’s interior.
Paradigm President John Caldwell said the landlord listened closely to what Slalom and Robert Half wanted in their new spaces, and worked hard to accommodate them. It’s part of Paradigm’s effort, Caldwell said, to be more of a “services provider’’ than just filling office space.
For instance, Seattle-based Slalom, a transitional-business and organizational-change consultancy, needed more than the 4,800 square feet it occupied for five years at 100 Pearl, to accommodate its growing staff, said General Manager Jim Goldschlager, a Bloomfield native.
“We wanted to build our space for clients, too, and community organizations,’’ Goldschlager said. “We use our space in a way that has little to do with work. We want our space to be inspirational … to create good ideas … .”
Paradigm regularly tours tenants and prospects through Slalom’s quarters, which also feature exposed ceilings, a "wellness" room for mothers, and a game room with a shuffleboard table. Paradigm also has redesigned its three-story atrium and recruited Cosi sandwich shop earlier this year.
“It was a nice confluence of their vision and our vision,’’ Caldwell said.
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Hamden’s King’s House Church acquired the 17,981-square-foot sanctuary on 0.6 acres at 410 Colony St., said buyer’s broker Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services of Hamden.
Mikasa Realty represented the seller.
