Gold Building

To convince Hartford's largest company to move away from the only home it's ever known, Farmington town officials had to do exactly nothing.

Aerospace and building systems conglomerate United Technologies Corp. plans to move its headquarters out of downtown Hartford's Gold Building by the of the year and into its Farmington campus, the Fortune 50 company announced Thursday afternoon.

A Hartford-based housing investment fund said it is ready to deploy $260 million it recently raised from equity investors.

Downtown Hartford's commercial real estate market is heating up and it's not just Connecticut investors taking notice.

The national law firm LeClairRyan – with a staff of 10 in Hartford –acquired on Friday the Houston-based law firm of Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering.

Hartford's Penwood Real Estate Investment Management has raised about half of an intended $250 million for its investment fund.

The Hartford Steam Co. loop system that provides heat and cool air to the majority of downtown buildings could lose another prominent customer by the end of this month.