HBJ’s midyear recap: Top 10 stories of 2024

Just like that, we’ve already reached the midyear point of 2024.

During the first six months of this year, numerous business and economic stories across Connecticut have stood out and resonated with readers. 

Here is a look back at some of the most popular stories on HartfordBusiness.com so far this year. 

This is a countdown, so please check back to see the evolving list.

The top 10 stories through the first half of 2024 are:

10. Lamont admin. plans to consolidate innovation investor CTNext into state agency; $450K lined up for employee severance

9. Vacant downtown Hartford church to get new life as HR consulting firm HQ; minority business support center

8. With major projects in the queue, Enfield could finally find its economic development ‘stride’

7. Doro Restaurant Group plans aggressive expansion with new restaurants, commercial kitchens

6. Here’s how a once-rundown Portland quarry is being transformed into an upscale Nordic-style spa

5. Lexington Partners plans ‘eye-opening’ $425M redevelopment of Westbrook Outlets into apartments, townhomes, plus commercial space

4. Bloomfield aerospace giant Kaman, a major CT-founded manufacturer, to be acquired by private equity firm

3. Celebrated Hartford restaurant entrepreneur Gina Luari contends with several eviction proceedings

2. New Aetna President Kane embraces insurer’s history and future: ‘There are no plans for Aetna to leave Hartford’

1. Amid CT mall struggles, the Shoppes at Buckland Hills has quietly been mired in a years-long foreclosure

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