July 26, 2021Edition

Humility. Purpose. Compassion. Determination. These are some of the key characteristics of Level 5 Leaders.

Under Connecticut’s cannabis legalization law, most businesses applying for licenses will only be considered if they’re picked in a lottery drawing.

Before Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law the bill that legalized recreational cannabis in Connecticut, legislators and advocates spent months painstakingly laying out nearly 300 pages of legislation that detailed how the new industry will work. And that was the easy part.

New rules allowing college athletes to profit from the use of their name, image or likeness could turn out to be a mixed bag for sports agents, lawyers, marketers and others in Connecticut looking to snatch up a piece of the new market, with industry insiders pointing to a long list of legal uncertainties and likely meagre earnings for all but the most elite college players.

A growing number of college students, both in Greater Hartford and nationally, are participating in hybrid internships this summer that take place both in a traditional office and remotely. The mixed model mirrors the way many workplaces are operating as more people get vaccinated and employers increasingly ask workers to come back to the office, at least a few days a week.

Hartford has been known as a dominant home to the insurance industry for decades, but quietly the city may be able to boast another title: parking capital of the U.S.

David Pelizzon has grown Squadron Capital from an organization that recorded a roughly half-million dollar loss in 2008 — the company’s first year of operations — to a business that he says will generate nearly $100 million in revenue this year and be valued at $1 billion within the next three years.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the commercial real estate industry, propelling some sectors, like...