July 24, 2023 - Hartford Business Journal

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Commercial real estate loans are coming due — what lenders, property owners, tenants and managers need to know

Commercial real estate loan portfolios are facing a tidal wave of maturities at a time when certain commercial real estate classes are potentially entering a crisis. Countless properties were purchased and/or refinanced at a time when interest rates were historically low, and occupancy levels and operating expenses were stable and predictable. All of this has […]

Energy

🔒EV growth represents electric opportunity for CT’s commercial businesses

Electric vehicles are expected to experience significant growth in the next 10 years, ushering in the EV...

Economy & Labor

🔒BLS data finds slight decrease in working from home

Arecent survey from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the majority of employees (69%) are doing “some or all” of their work at their workplace, while 34% of workers are continuing to perform at least some of their work functions from home.

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Return-to-workplace strategies: If you build it, will they come?

People have changed over the last few years, as have their needs and expectations regarding the workplace.The...

Education

🔒Expanded human capital tax credit aims to help employers boost worker perks, including child-care reimbursements, job training

A new law that increases tax credits for employee training and child care is being touted as...

Economy & Labor

🔒What do employers want to know about office space design? ‘How do we get more people back to work’

One of the more common questions Tony Amenta receives from existing and prospective clients these days is...

Legal & Courts

🔒Carrot or Stick? Federal prosecutors offer CT companies incentives to disclose wrongdoing

Maybe you discovered one of your company’s employees offered a bribe to secure a key contract.Or, you...

Logistics

🔒Hartford Truck Equipment’s $8M-plus expansion sparked by pandemic growth, new business

On the heels of steady growth over the last decade, South Windsor-based Hartford Truck Equipment is investing...

Health Care

🔒Amid debt covenant breach, consultants recommend AI, efficiencies to improve Bristol Health’s financial position

Bristol Health has been working with consultants in recent months to get advice on how to turn...

Politics & Policy

🔒Nearly a decade after CT established benefit corporation legal structure, few companies embrace it

With the state’s benefit corporation law nearing its 10th anniversary, a new nonprofit is hoping to boost...

Education

🔒Choate private school leader Curtis focuses on new revenue streams, sustainability and student safety

For most businesses, competition boils down to a mix of price, product quality, brand reputation, customer service...

Economic Development

🔒Prolific affordable housing builder tools up to buy older stock

Hundreds of thousands of apartments built across the country decades ago with federal assistance will exit affordable...

Economic Development

🔒Texas developer hopes New Britain mixed-use redevelopment is one of many in Hardware City

After sitting vacant for more than 20 years, a historic New Britain industrial property will soon have...

Energy

🔒After decades-long decline, advocates hope hydroelectric power could see rebirth as clean energy solution

Hydroelectric power, produced through carbon-free and efficient technology developed in the late-1800s to provide mechanical energy for...

Economic Development

Bronin: Potential state office building consolidation could help grow Hartford’s tax base

The state of Connecticut is evaluating the office footprint of state agencies, looking for cost savings and efficiencies, as it plans a consolidation at 450 Columbus Blvd., a sprawling complex along the Connecticut River on the outskirts of downtown Hartford.

July 24, 2023Edition

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