Hartford Business Journal

6 Hartford Business Journal • November 11, 2019 • www.HartfordBusiness.com brand name GoNetspeed, alleged that Frontier — which owns many utility poles in Connecticut — was taking too long to approve its pole attachments. Meanwhile, Frontier alleged in a Superior Court lawsuit that Netspeed had been attaching equipment without approvals, which it argued could lead to safety hazards. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority recently approved a settlement that allows NetSpeed to keep up its already installed high-speed equipment and makes it easier to install temporary equipment going forward. $12M medical-office space development underway in Middletown The city of Middletown is seeking to boost its reputation as a healthcare industry hub with a $12-million project that includes construction of two new medical-office buildings. The development will increase by 50 percent the medical-office park located on Saybrook Road, which currently consists of three buildings encompassing more than 100,000 square feet. The developer, Durham-based Medical Development Associates LLC, is adding a 20,000-square-foot building at 440 Saybrook Road, and a 30,000-square-foot facility at 430 Saybrook Road. Manchester beer garden set for debut Manchester's fourth brewery will debut Nov. 18 in the former Adams Mill restaurant building. Eli's Restaurant Group, of Hamden, said it will open Elicit Brewing Co., an American-style beer garden, at 165 Adams St. This marks the restaurant group's first foray into Hartford County. The nearly four-decade-old Adams Mill Restaurant closed in April after its owners agreed to sell the property to Eli's for $1.4 million. The 16,889-square-foot venue will reboot this month as an upscale pub serving pizza, sandwiches and small- style plates like wings and pretzels. It will sell more than 40 types of beer, and wine and cocktails, the restaurant group said. Powder Hollow Brewery nears downtown Middletown launch Enfield's Powder Hollow Brewery is weeks away from opening a second location in downtown Middletown. Owner and founder Mike McManus said his five-year-old business will open its newest brewery/taproom at 62 Washington St., on Thanksgiving eve, Nov. 27. Soft-opening events will be held there in the two weekends prior to its grand opening, he said. McManus did not disclose how much he invested in Powder Hollow's Middletown outpost. The 29-year-old spent the last four months renovating and combining two vacant retail storefronts into a 2,000-square-foot taproom and 800-square-foot "pilot" brewing operation. 'Five Corners' retail center debuts in Farmington A once-controversial commercial plaza at a key intersection in Farmington has debuted with four tenants. Groton-based developer David Lattizori said his $3.3 million retail center at the junction of Route 6/Colt Highway and Birdseye Road, known to locals as "Five Corners," is fully leased and opened its doors recently on a triangular tract. The roughly 8,500-square-foot plaza, sitting on land Lattizori's family bought in the 1950s, houses Nardelli's Grinder Shop, Oak Barrel Wine & Spirits, New York Bariatric Group and Rebel Dog Coffee Co. In 2017, the Five Corners project, Lattizori's first in Farmington, was met by fierce opposition from residents who argued the retail center would disrupt the area with traffic and noise. But the town agreed with Lattizori that the development would serve as a commercial hotspot and become a welcoming gateway to Farmington. >> Latest Headlines continued

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