I know several people in the 23-32 year old demographic that live in the Hartford buildings I mentioned. Yes, there are also “older” people that live there, but young professionals do make up quite a bit of the rental population.

I believe Hartford 21 is at around 70-75% occupancy right now.

In agreement- no grocery store and the parking situation are issues that need to be addressed, sooner rather than later. They really are (understandable) deal breakers for some people.

i went to look at a few of those apartments, the people that lived there were 40+ and divorced. there was nothing young about them, albeit they were professional.

i think hartford 21 is one of the biggest failures. i see that building every evening, and i doubt it’s even 25% full. the developer claimed their goal was 33% occupancy in one year, which i can’t believe is true.

hartford shot itself in the foot. and i can’t imagine anyone, myself included, in their 20’s paying 1500$+ for a one bedroom apartment and 1700-3200$ for a two bedroom. someone does live in one of the 4 penthouses at 6k+/month though. funny thing is, at their opening party, i distinctly remember the woman in-charge of leasing telling me all 4 of them were rented even before people were allowed to move in…

does downtown have a grocery store… does downtown have resident parking? the *only* way those rent prices will seem reasonable to anyone in gen y, if ever, is that you won’t need a car. that you don’t need to rely on a car to get you your food, that you don’t need a car to get the hell out of downtown on the weekend because the city is a ghost filled with bums.

my work actually pays for ct transit tickets if you wanted to take a bus to work. why should it? parking my car in the lot during the day will cost me 2x than i spend on gas a month. i was a big fan of hartford, moving to downtown 2 years ago — to be honest, i now can’t wait for my lease to run out in january. it’s great to visit , but, it’s not worth the stay.