Nonprofit real estate developer Corporation for Independent Living announced Thursday that it is moving its headquarters from one building to another on Charter Oak Avenue in Hartford.
CIL will relocate from 157 Charter Oak Ave. several blocks west to the Atlantic Works Conference Center at 57 Charter Oak Ave.
The Atlantic Works Conference Center is a shared workspace for nonprofit tenants of the Atlantic Works office complex at 75 Charter Oak Ave.
The upgraded conference center, funded by a $31,850 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, provides a space for organizations to use, as the Connecticut Nonprofit Center ceased operations earlier this summer.
“With the closing of the Connecticut Nonprofit Center, we wanted to be able to provide an alternative space for organizations at the Atlantic Works campus to be able to use,” said CIL Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Maria Green. “The more we thought about it, the more it made sense for us to move our office to share that space as well.”
The center provides office tenants with a space where they can work cooperatively while sharing in the cost of operations, CIL President and CEO Kent Schwendy said.
More than 15 organizations are using the center, including Interval House and Connecticut Green Bank.
The Atlantic Works Conference Center is about 5,400 square feet, and offers members seven conference rooms, a copy center and shared kitchen space with tables and seating for 20 to 30 people.
CIL acquired the Atlantic Works building in 2013 for $4.75 million.
CIL moved to 157 Charter Oak Ave. in 2011. It will continue to lease the space through July 1, but we will be operating out of the Atlantic Works Conference Center.
Klingberg Family Centers is taking over 157 Charter Oak Ave., currently the largest tenant of the building, which also houses SCRIPS and the Peace Center of Connecticut.
