Feb. 24, 2025 - Hartford Business Journal

Politics & Policy

🔒Bordonaro: Assessing Gov. Lamont’s ‘pro-business’ policy record

There was a rare sighting at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s annual economic breakfast in January.When Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, took the stage to give his annual state-of-the-state report to top business leaders, he was greeted by a standing ovation.Given Connecticut’s economic performance for a large portion of this century, particularly the lost […]

Banking & Finance

🔒Landlords, lenders face complicated paths navigating Hartford’s struggling office market

In another sign of trouble for downtown Hartford’s office market, M&T Bank is trying to sell a...

Banking & Finance

🔒Here are CT’s fastest-growing commercial lenders

As higher interest rates hung over the economy for most of 2024, banks and borrowers faced tougher...

Nonprofits

🔒For well-known New Haven nonprofit exec Erik Clemons, ambitious $200M Dixwell Avenue mixed-use redevelopment takes shape

“People here have been promised things that just never happened,” Erik Clemons said, looking at the city-block-sized...

Economic Development

🔒CT economic czar: $50M ‘Greyfields Revitalization’ initiative, $150M in manufacturing funding are ‘down payments’ on growth

Some of Connecticut’s struggling retail malls and vacant office towers could find new life, or be demolished...

Cannabis

🔒Under new leadership, cannabis industry’s troubled Social Equity Council looks to relaunch community grants program, create closer ties with marijuana entrepreneurs

While he was a state legislator representing Hartford, Brandon McGee helped draft the bill to legalize recreational...

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🔒Law firms create AI teams to help businesses navigate ‘Wild, Wild West’ of artificial intelligence, as states mull regulations

As state legislators debate how to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in Connecticut, law firms are...

Bioscience

🔒Proposed R&D tax credit boost ‘a huge win’ for CT bioscience firms

When Gov. Ned Lamont addressed BioCT’s 2025 legislative breakfast on Jan. 27 in New Haven, his keynote...

Bioscience

🔒Despite setbacks, investors remain bullish on CT’s bioscience sector, but changes in Washington raise uncertainty

The state’s bioscience sector is a lot like that box of chocolates in the film “Forrest Gump”...

Economic Development

🔒Amid broader market struggles, here’s why one developer is building over 100,000 sq. ft. of new office space in this CT town

The pandemic ushered in a work-from-home trend that has caused office building vacancies to soar in many...

Economic Development

🔒Middletown’s vibrant downtown, geographic strengths attract new developments

By the close of January, about 30 tenants had moved into Springside Middletown, a roughly 480-unit luxury...

Economy & Labor

🔒CT exports surged 10% in 2024, as lawmakers propose trade commissions to broaden international trade efforts

Connecticut international exports surged by nearly 10% in 2024, and now lawmakers are looking to broaden the...

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