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On Monday Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra will deliver his annual state of the city address. on Face the State Sunday, the mayor will give us a preview of what he’ll tell citizens.
In a nutshell, Segarra said the capital city is on the right track, and cited declining crime numbers and an increase in new business. I asked him about Hartford’s addition to the “most dangerous cities in America” list that sadly made the news this week and he was quick to explain the irrelevance of that dubious distinction to Hartfordites and those who work and play in the city.




We also talked about the new housing popping up in the city and some bigger projects that could dominate the headlines and bring cranes to the skyline. The mayor talked about his desire to build a new city hall across town, that would house all city offices, which are now scattered in several different buildings. Also in our discussion, we talked about rebuilding and lowering I-84, the Coltsville National Park proposal, iquilt, car insurance and taxes, the restoration of the Hartford Whalers and much more.




Segarra Sees Big Growth for Hartford in 2014 | The Hartfordite

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Hartford seeing a New addition to the skyline

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Tenants Welcome: Hartford, Suburbs Headed For Apartment Building Boom




Good News for Hartford Nearly 1,000 New Units Planned In Downtown Hartford Alone


The addition of nearly 1,000 new apartments over the next few years could be what downtown Hartford needs to secure a long-elusive vibrancy beyond the work week.
Five apartment projects are now underway — four conversions and one new complex— and the first of this wave of new rentals are expected to be ready by early fall. Work on an additional half-dozen apartment projects could begin in the next year.
The stakes are high for downtown Hartford. More apartments would foster greater street activity at night and on weekends and provide a key element to revitalizing the city.
Now, finding an apartment downtown isn't easy. The new units are intended to ease the crunch and provide more housing for an expected influx of thousands of state workers and more college students. Developers are also banking on the national trends of people moving back to cities, young people delaying home purchases and baby boomers downsizing.

Tenants Welcome: Hartford, Suburbs Headed For Apartment Building Boom - Courant.com

[wma152]

This new housing will be interesting. Since it is new, it's going to be costly, I'm thinking $1300+ for a 600sf apartment.
It will be interesting to see the occupancy rate.

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Originally Posted by wma152

This new housing will be interesting. Since it is new, it's going to be costly, I'm thinking $1300+ for a 600sf apartment.
It will be interesting to see the occupancy rate.

Take a look


Funding for the $18 million apartment building at the former WFSB site in Hartford is falling into place, and construction could get underway this summer, the developer says.
The new, 10-story building — christened “Residences at River View” — is expected to have 48, upscale one- and two-bedroom units.

The builder, Abul Islam, also plans about 50,000 square feet of commercial space in the building. Islam plans to relocate his company, AI Engineers, from Middletown into the space.






What the site could look like in a preliminary rendering:



Pictures: Apartment Developments In Greater Hartford

PICTURES: Apartment Developments In Greater Hartford - Courant.com

[APersonLivingInCT]

Good to see Hartford trying...maybe it will regain and surpass Stamford.

[jaydez]

So instead of a large surplus of office space that Hartford has now they are going to throw on top of it a large surplus of living space. Even with all the living space planned Hartford still isn't a livable city. I noticed only 1 or 2 of the planned projects for downtown include parking. In Hartford that is a necessity. There is still no place downtown to buy groceries.

One of these developments needs to include a grocery story on the street level.

[Mr_250]

As much as I like Hartford, it will never be a New Haven or Stamford. The influence from Yale & hipster in NH and NYC in Stamford are major forces to overcome. Two major issues..as pointed out Hartford is not a livable city (no grocery stores, no parking and terrible schools). Two is that the majority of rents will be around $1,300 for a one bedroom. Granted they will be grand and beautiful but convincing young people (a majority of folks moving into DT will be young) to one STAY in CT and two pay $1,300/mo (not including utilities) for an apartment in HARTFORD (the City has to clear its reputation).

I spoke with a family member who is familiar with Hartford current and present and he said this sounds like the same story back in the 80's where the City had a great hockey team and Hartford was going to build and grow and become this wonderful City, but it just never happened and he said it never will happen (in our lifetime).

Hartford will always be a commuter city.

[EUPL]

This is some sort of a joke, this mayor does nothing for the city. All he does is collect a pension, Hartford is as big of a dump as it was before and nothing will change.