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million Parkville Market food hall
on Park Street about a year ago
in the midst of the COVID-19
pandemic, after Gov. Ned Lamont
eased indoor dining restrictions.
Mouta said he was breaking even
for a while on the market, but now
that warm weather and vaccines
are here, it has seen signifi cantly
more activity, the Capital Region
Development Authority reported
this spring.
Now Mouta is working to put
together a 30,000-square-foot
second phase for the market,
envisioned to include a tap room,
gaming area, rooftop event space
and other amenities.
In May, Mayor Luke Bronin
signaled he'd like to use an
estimated $4 million in federal
stimulus money to support the
expansion, calling the market "one
of the great success stories of this
past year."
As he works on his food
hall, Mouta is also lining up
fi nancing needed to revitalize 237
Hamilton St., a mill building that
was once home to the Whitney
Manufacturing Co.
Mouta, who acquired the
property for $3.2 million in early
2019, is planning 187 apartments
with commercial and restaurant
space on the ground fl oor.
The completed Parkville Market
debuted last year.
Developer Carlos Mouta stands inside Hartford's Parkville Market when it was under construction.
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