[BPt111]

Downtown Hartford CT next upcoming area with 258 more apartments.

http://www.courant.com/real-estate/p...404-story.html

[JayCT]

It looks like the redevelopment of Dillon Stadium for professional soccer is another step closer to reality. Jay

Hartford city council approves Dillon Stadium redevelopment | HartfordBusiness.com

[Mike 75]

Originally Posted by JayCT

It looks like the redevelopment of Dillon Stadium for professional soccer is another step closer to reality. Jay

Hartford city council approves Dillon Stadium redevelopment | HartfordBusiness.com

Hopefully they did a background check this time.

[beerbeer]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Downtown Hartford CT next upcoming area with 258 more apartments.

Spectra Developers Will Add 258 Apartments On Prominent Downtown Hartford Corner - Hartford Courant

I truly believe this is the most important project in the city in years. Turning on the lights with 250 apartments at the dead corner of Trumbull and Pearl would give the city the kind of pedestrian traffic and 24-hour activity that would make Trumbull Street a destination and would do wonders for image of the city. And I do not think that I am over-stating this.

The Trumbull Street corridor has immense potential. It is anchored by Dunkin Donuts Park at one end and Bushnell Park at the other. The XL Center, Hartford Stage and Theater Works are on or within yards of the street. So are some of the of the best restaurants in the city, it has retail, connects to the Pratt Street mall, and has an assortment of drinking establishments.

There are already 400+ apartments on the street along with a major hotel. Hundreds more units are within a block. We are getting close to something that looks like critical mass. If Northland got off it's butt, they could probably find some interest for their frontage along Trumbull. They are squating, the city will have to make a decision.

Regardless, in a couple of years it will be hard to ignore that Trumbull has become the hub of the city. Naysayers beware.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by beerbeer

I truly believe this is the most important project in the city in years. Turning on the lights with 250 apartments at the dead corner of Trumbull and Pearl would give the city the kind of pedestrian traffic and 24-hour activity that would make Trumbull Street a destination and would do wonders for image of the city. And I do not think that I am over-stating this.

The Trumbull Street corridor has immense potential. It is anchored by Dunkin Donuts Park at one end and Bushnell Park at the other. The XL Center, Hartford Stage and Theater Works are on or within yards of the street. So are some of the of the best restaurants in the city, it has retail, connects to the Pratt Street mall, and has an assortment of drinking establishments.

There are already 400+ apartments on the street along with a major hotel. Hundreds more units are within a block. We are getting close to something that looks like critical mass. If Northland got off it's butt, they could probably find some interest for their frontage along Trumbull. They are squating, the city will have to make a decision.

Regardless, in a couple of years it will be hard to ignore that Trumbull has become the hub of the city. Naysayers beware.

It's still not at critical mass to support a real grocery store. It's tough to attract tenants to a food desert. The Greenway Market is only 2,500 square feet and priced appropriately to that kind of low volume.

[beerbeer]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

It's still not at critical mass to support a real grocery store. It's tough to attract tenants to a food desert. The Greenway Market is only 2,500 square feet and priced appropriately to that kind of low volume.

They are having no problem attracting tenants and filling the apartments. Every time they convert or build new downtown living space every last unit is snatched up. Has been since this wave of apartments started

Besides, if these folks are like my wife, they never goes to a grocery store, she orders on-line and our groceries are delivered.

[MrGompers]

Originally Posted by beerbeer

They are having no problem attracting tenants and filling the apartments. Every time they convert or build new downtown living space every last unit is snatched up. Has been since this wave of apartments started

Besides, if these folks are like my wife, they never goes to a grocery store, she orders on-line and our groceries are delivered.

Grocery delivery isn't free. Amazon fresh is only available in Fairfield and New Haven counties. Maybe that will change since they bought Whole foods.

C-Town has at least 3 grocery stores in Hartford although none are close to downtown and would require a car or bus to get to them.

[WILWRadio]

Downtown Cincinnati now has around 15,000 residents. Kroger is building a new grocery store in the downtown area. I suspect Hartford would need to have at least 10,000 to 15,000 people living in the downtown area to have a local grocer build a full service supermarket.

[davwve]

Originally Posted by MrGompers

Grocery delivery isn't free. Amazon fresh is only available in Fairfield and New Haven counties. Maybe that will change since they bought Whole foods.

C-Town has at least 3 grocery stores in Hartford although none are close to downtown and would require a car or bus to get to them.

We're in Hartford County and my wife used Amazon Fresh a couple times in Q4 '17.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by MrGompers

Grocery delivery isn't free. Amazon fresh is only available in Fairfield and New Haven counties. Maybe that will change since they bought Whole foods.

C-Town has at least 3 grocery stores in Hartford although none are close to downtown and would require a car or bus to get to them.

Downtown Hartford is the center of the region's mass transit so there are literally hundreds of buses fanning out to the suburbs and all of the major shopping areas. I know a few people that live downtown and they have no problem finding their groceries. As beerbeer noted, they use a grocery service (Peapod from Stop & Shop). When they need something in a pinch they will go to Greenway Market which is right downtown. It is small but it has all the basics needed to live. Besides they do not normally do any large scale cooking since they do not have big families living there. They mostly go out to eat at the MANY great restaurants that are right there. They even use a laundry service. It is a very different lifestyle than the suburbs. Jay