Visible Progress at 179 Allyn in Hartford

179 Allyn Apartments

Dakota Partners is in the process of rehabilitating the historic Judd & Root building at the corner of Allyn and High streets in Downtown Hartford into 63 one bedroom apartments over ground floor commercial space. The developer’s project page notes that tenants are expected to begin to move into the units in the summer of 2014. The above photo was taken on Wednesday, July 30th, 2014 and shows that work is well underway. Windows on

Kane Street: A CTfastrak Station in the Making

Kane Street Busway Stop

This is the current status of the Kane Street stop of the CTfastrak transit system that is under construction between Hartford and New Britain. Enough work has been completed to imagine what this station will be and how it will work. This stop will be a quick pull-off for the buses covering non-express routes, meaning they stop at each station. The shelter in the left foreground is for passengers on their way towards New Britain,

Paying Attention to Your Surroundings

Orchard

When you’re looking at a property, how much time do you spend outside looking at the surroundings? What are the adjacent properties? How do they look? Are you near a major road? Are there commercial or other non-residential parcels near you? Is there a farm or undeveloped land abutting or near the property? When we view homes with buyers we try to spend some time evaluating the adjoining and nearby spaces. This isn’t necessarily to

A Ride on Walnut and Homestead

09 Welcome

The first thing I learned about central Connecticut was that all roads lead to Hartford; literally. I was out at UConn Storrs for a summer program during college. When I looked at the map to try to figure out how to get somewhere, anywhere really, it appeared as though all the major roads radiated from the City of Hartford like the spokes of a wheel. The City itself is set up the same way –

Positive Developments on the Plaza

Hartford's Consitution Plaza

Constitution Plaza is one of the centers of redevelopment in Downtown Hartford. A number of projects have been on the drawing board for years, and recently there seems to be signs that they will begin moving forward. The former hotel in the back right of the photo is slated to become apartments. Ken Gosselin, author of the Courant’s CT Property Line blog recently wrote about his encounter with the developer at the site after noticing