Four historic homes on Lincoln Street in Hartford will be placed on truck beds and relocated Thursday, to make room for the Connecticut Children’s new 900-space parking garage.
Two of the homes will be moved to Putnam Street, one to Lawrence Street and one to Hungerford Street. They will be renovated and used to provide future housing.
The $60 million, nine-story parking garage will also include retail spaces and potential future businesses.
J Restaurant Bar at 297 Washington St., which is near the homes that are being relocated, closed in July. The owner, Jordan Dikegoros, said he will have it cleaned out by Sept. 1 so construction can begin.
Dikegoros has been negotiating with LAZ Parking, which bought his and the residential properties last year, to potentially lease space in the new parking facility.
The garage, across from the Connecticut Children’s campus, will be accessed from Washington Street.
The home relocations are scheduled to occur between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The project is a collaboration between Connecticut Children’s, Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance and LAZ Parking.
