Large West Hartford office complex plans mixed-use redevelopment, starting with new Starbucks

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A lawyer representing the owner of West Hartford’s largest office complex says plans to open a Starbucks are a prelude to a mixed-use redevelopment that will expand a medical building and, eventually, include new housing.

Corporate Center West Associates LLC owns a 140,370-square-foot office building on nearly 14 commercially zoned acres at 433 South Main St. It has filed an application to amend a special development district and break off a 1-acre parcel for use by a new Starbucks.

This is the first step in a broader mixed-use development of 433 South Main St. and two abutting properties, according to a letter Attorney Lawrence S. Shipman, of Shipman, Shaiken & Schwefel LLC, submitted for Corporate Center West Associates’ application. The properties are owned by affiliated limited liability companies.

That redevelopment will include a 24,306-square-foot expansion of the existing 12,400-square-foot Hartford HealthCare facility at 445 South Main St., and plans for an unspecified residential development, according to Shipman. The application for an expansion of the Hartford HealthCare building will be filed shortly, Shipman wrote.

Both the Hartford HealthCare building and the larger office building rely on parking at the 1.3-acre property at 439 South Main St.

The principals of Corporate Center West Associates are Bruce Simons, Harris Simons and Sharon Cammisa. State business records list Bruce Simons as principal of Corporate Center West Associates II and Corporate Center West Associates III, the owners of record for 445 South Main St. and 439 South Main St.

Attempts to reach Bruce Simons were not successful.

Hartford HealthCare’s offices in a retrofitted restaurant at the Corporate Center West complex are among the healthcare provider’s “longest-running and busiest,” according to Hartford HealthCare spokeswoman Tina Varona.  Hartford HealthCare has agreed to occupy an additional 12,000 square feet as part of a planned relocation and expansion, she said.

“We will be adding to existing specialty offices, including primary care, occupational medicine and physical therapy,” Varona wrote in a response to questions. The new offices will improve efficiency and the overall patient experience, she wrote.