January 3, 2022 - Hartford Business Journal

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🔒Lanza: Variants, supply chain issues and labor shortages still loom in 2022

Connecticut’s economy stumbled out of the gate in 2021 as the state battled a deadly winter wave of the coronavirus.Employers added fewer than 1,000 jobs in the first quarter, real GDP advanced just 1.8% on an annualized basis, and unemployment remained stuck above 8%.But as vaccines became widely available in the spring and COVID cases […]

Hospitality & Tourism

🔒With ‘Instagrammable’ food concepts and vibe, The Place 2 Be’s Luari has major expansion plans for Hartford, elsewhere

Gjinovefa “Gina” Luari was only 24 when she opened The Place 2 Be restaurant on Franklin Avenue...

News

🔒Grant program to outfit vacant Hartford retail/restaurant space draws immediate interest

Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin’s offer of up to $150,000 in grants to prepare and outfit vacant ground-floor...

Education

🔒Four years after admitting men for first time, USJ sees steady undergrad enrollment growth

The number of all-women colleges in the United States stood at more than 100 in 1961. Today, there...

Hospitality & Tourism

🔒New state tourism director Stevenson brings Sunshine State experience to CT

Connecticut has a new tourism director with almost three decades of industry experience who hopes to spur...

News

🔒Sensing new opportunities, Hartford’s Shipman & Goodwin launches data center practice group

Promising new developments in the world of data centers, both across the country and in Connecticut, have...

Politics & Policy

🔒5 to Watch 2022: Gearing up for reelection, Lamont says tackling labor shortage, shoring up state economy key focus areas

Gov. Ned Lamont may be one of the few politicians in the country to have seen his...

Politics & Policy

🔒5 to Watch 2022: DCP’s Seagull, Comer will oversee launch of CT’s recreational cannabis industry

State Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle Seagull and Deputy Commissioner Andrea Comer have a busy 2022...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒5 to Watch 2022: Salvatore will transform Hartford’s Downtown North neighborhood

These are exciting times in Hartford’s Downtown North area. Dunkin’ Donuts Park has become a civic gem. Years of...

Banking & Finance

🔒5 to Watch 2022: Brady to lead American Eagle FCU’s pivot back into small business lending

When CEO Dean Marchessault shakes the last hand and says his final goodbyes to the 333 employees...

Education

🔒5 to Watch 2022: Newly-named CSCU President Cheng looks to bolster state college enrollment, morale

At the helm as president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system for just six...

News

🔒Carstensen: CT has assets to change its economic trajectory. Can it leverage them?

Will Connecticut’s economy recover by 2025? By 2030?Connecticut faces a serious challenge to climb back to where...

News

🔒Gioia: Despite headwinds, U.S. and CT economies in good shape heading into 2022

“The sky is falling, the sky is falling!”I’ve been hearing this nonsense again, along with the complaint:...

News

🔒Rassekh: 2022 likely a return to ‘some degree of normalcy’

We still grapple with tremendous uncertainty about the economy and in many ways the economy’s performance will...

News

🔒Klepper-Smith: CT will see modest growth in 2022, but challenges persist

The Connecticut economy is expected to see positive but modest growth in 2022, coming out of a...

Economy & Labor

🔒Flaherty: CT economy will continue to rebound, as long as workers rejoin labor force

Connecticut continues to rebound from the declines of early 2020 caused by the COVID-19 shutdown.As of Nov....

News

🔒7th Annual Economic Outlook Survey

How will Connecticut’s economy fare in 2022 compared to 2021?Improve significantly: 14.10% Improve slightly: 51.92% Remain the same: 15.71% Decline slightly: 12.82% Decline significantly: 5.45%Do you...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Pandemic weighs on Hartford office market, but key deals still getting done

The Greater Hartford office market continued to “block and tackle” over the past 20 months, with landlords...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Apartment market likely to demand higher rents as housing shortage, moves to CT persist

Q&A talks with Victor W. Nolletti, executive managing director of investments for Institutional Property Advisors, a division...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Inventory will dictate 2022 housing prices

Q&A talks with Bill Arzt, a broker/owner of CT Hometown Realty LLC and the 2022 president of...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Red hot distribution market to continue as companies rethink logistics, supply chain strategies

Q&A talks with Mark Duclos, president of Hartford brokerage firm Sentry Commercial, about the outlook for industrial...

Banking & Finance

🔒M&A activity, fintech adoption, ‘talent wars’ will impact banks in 2022

Supply chain disruption, low interest rates, labor shortages and the path of the COVID-19 virus will all...

Health Care

🔒Digitization of healthcare services will be key trend in 2022

The healthcare landscape typically changes at a slow pace, but there are a few trends that have...

Manufacturing

🔒While challenges persist, CT manufacturers have new opportunities in technology, clean energy, offshore wind

Between workforce issues, the acceleration of new technology and heightened supply chain disruptions, Connecticut manufacturers have their...

Economy & Labor

🔒Here’s how to retain your talent amid the hyper-competitive labor market

Q&A talks with Meg Galistinos, a partner and CT office leader at consulting firm Mercer, about the...

Education

🔒Higher-ed focuses on hybrid, remote courses and industry partnerships in year ahead

Higher-education enrollment took a hit during the pandemic and online and hybrid programs became a much more...

News

🔒3 new employment laws CT employers must know about in 2022

Three new employment laws are forecasted to occupy a good deal of employers’ time this year.These laws...

Accounting

🔒Cybercrime, employee retention, digital transformation key trends for 2022

With the fluidity of what we all experienced the last 20 months, it’s almost impossible to call...

News

🔒Tax policy changes, hybrid workforce model key focus areas in 2022

As we enter into what (we hope) is the first new year of the post-COVID-19 era, small-...

News

🔒Survey: HBJ readers are more bullish about 2022

It goes without saying that the last 20 months have been challenging, as COVID-19 and its variants...

News

🔒Despite labor constraints and inflation, cautious optimism expressed for 2022

I think we’re all ready for some hope. At least, that’s how I interpreted the results of...

January 3, 2022Edition

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