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Michael Puffer

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
58
Latest publication
Oct 1, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Hartford Business Journal
Top 500K sites
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Michael Puffer

    East Hartford Catholic school turned into apartments fetches $5.65M (opens the original)

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    A Stamford-based affordable housing developer recently paid $5.65 million for a former Catholic school that was converted into 56 apartments decades ago. In a deed recorded Aug. 31, a limited liability company controlled by multifamily investor Garden Homes Management sold the St. Mary’s apartments on 1 acre at 1451 Main St. to another LLC controlled by affordable housing developer New Neighborhoods Inc. The buyer and seller are both based in Stamford. The Garden Homes-controlled LLC paid $450,0

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Michael Puffer

    Bristol agrees to buy Chippanee Country Club for $4.75M, taking potential housing development site off market (opens the original)

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    Bristol officials have agreed to pay $4.75 million for the Chippanee Country Club, a deal that would turn the private 18-hole golf course into a public amenity while taking roughly 140 acres that had attracted housing developers off the market. During a Sept. 22 meeting, Bristol’s City Council unanimously authorized Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu to move ahead with the purchase of the golf course, function hall and other buildings near the Plymouth town line. The deal, expected to close Nov. 1, also in

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Michael Puffer

    $9M state grant advances $90M East Hartford office-to-apartment conversion, leaves funding gap (opens the original)

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    Officials and developers gathered in East Hartford Tuesday to mark $9 million in state grant funding for the planned conversion of a 19-story office tower along the Connecticut River into more than 200 apartments. The state funding, however, falls $6 million short of the $15 million developers and local officials had sought for the roughly $90 million conversion of the mostly vacant office tower at 111 Founders Plaza. Even so, developers and officials expressed confidence Tuesday that the projec

  4. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Michael Puffer

    CRDA seeks to double annual state bond funding to $50M; cites robust development pipeline, rising costs (opens the original)

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    The Capital Region Development Authority is asking the state to double its annual allocation of new bond funding to $50 million, arguing that a strong pipeline of Hartford housing projects and rising development costs justify the increase. The 14-year-old quasi-public agency is tasked with spurring development and economic growth in Hartford, East Hartford and nearby communities. Much of its work has involved providing low-interest loans to help make apartment projects in Hartford financially fe

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Michael Puffer

    Waterbury shopping center lands national tenant, nears full occupancy (opens the original)

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    Ross Dress for Less is coming to Waterbury’s Wolcott Street retail corridor, leasing 28,500 square feet at Waterbury Shopping Center. Subscribe to Hartford Business Journal and get immediate access to all of our subscriber-only content and much more. Click here to purchase a paywall bypass link for this article A Ross Dress for Less store is coming to Waterbury’s busy Wolcott Street commercial corridor next spring, filling one of the largest spaces in a shopping center that has recently attracte

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