August 24, 2020 - Hartford Business Journal

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Office, retail development coming to South Windsor’s Evergreen Walk area

Vacant land across from South Windsor’s Evergreen Walk shopping center will soon become home to a four-building complex with a mix of medical office and retail space.

News

Bordonaro: Surviving 2020 requires entrepreneurial mindset

Hartford Business Journal’s 90 Ideas in 90 Minutes event has become extremely popular in recent years.

News

🔒CT, U.S. must invest more in wastewater infrastructure

We can all agree that wastewater treatment doesn’t make for a great conversation starter.

News

🔒Assessing the role of a good manager

“Bedtime Stories for Managers — Read about managing with soul, organizing like a cow, growing strategies likes weeds, being a keynote listener … and more” by Henry Mintzberg (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, $19.95).

Nonprofits

Pandemic upends nonprofit therapy treatment model

Jane Garcia has gone on scavenger hunts with her young clients, played board games and even traveled around the world via Google Earth.

Energy

🔒Facing scrutiny over rate increases, power outages, Eversource quietly files $500M smart-meter plan

Utility giant Eversource has filed an approximately $500 million plan with state regulators to install 1.2 million smart meters across Connecticut.

Energy

🔒Bloomfield bearing pioneer sets sights on wasted energy market

Technology is becoming increasingly energy efficient, but the fact remains that plenty of devices, from a simple light bulb to an industrial boiler, emit waste heat into the environment.

Logistics

🔒Amazon’s growing CT distribution footprint set to top 4 million square feet

Many Connecticut towns and cities, including Hartford and East Hartford, in recent years were among hundreds of applicants that tried to lure e-commerce giant Amazon to build its second headquarters in the state.

Education

45% of UConn students will receive remote learning only this fall

Q&A talks to Carl W. Lejuez, UConn’s provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, about the fall semester.

Education

🔒Unique college co-location deal in CT could serve as national model

After a merger deal with Vermont’s Marlboro College fell through last year, the financially troubled University of Bridgeport was on the hunt for a much-needed partner.

Manufacturing

🔒Amid heightened hygiene concerns, Otis puts focus on touchless elevator technology

Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of social distancing and heightened hygiene concerns.

Real Estate & Construction

🔒$50M apartment proposal at Showcase Cinemas site leads East Hartford development project trio

For most development directors in Connecticut, having one major project in the pipeline is a big deal.

August 24, 2020Edition

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