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Editorial Greg Bordonaro | Editor, ext. 139 gbordonaro@hartfordbusiness.com Drew Larson | Web Editor, ext. 121 alarson@hartfordbusiness.com Michael Puffer | Staff Writer, ext. 145 mpuffer@hartfordbusiness.com Beats: Real Estate, Economic Development, Banking & Finance Hanna Snyder Gambini | Staff Writer hgambini@hartfordbusiness.com Beat: Economic Development Robert Storace | Staff Writer, ext. 127 rstorace@hartfordbusiness.com Beats: Health Care, Higher Education, Arts & Culture Skyler Frazer | Staff Writer, ext. 145 sfrazer@hartfordbusiness.com Beats: Manufacturing, Cannabis, Technology, Transportation Stephanie R. Meagher | Lead Researcher Heide Martin | Research Assistant Steve Laschever | Photographer Business Tom Curtin | Publisher, ext. 124, tcurtin@hartfordbusiness.com David Hartley | Senior Accounts Manager, ext. 130, dhartley@HartfordBusiness.com Daniel Schilke | Senior Accounts Manager, ext. 135, dschilke@HartfordBusiness.com Emily Paskind | Senior Accounts Manager, ext. 133, epaskind@hartfordbusiness.com Tracy Rodwill | Human Resources Manager trodwill@nebusinessmedia.com Production Bartosz Zinowko | Production Director, ext. 147 bzinowko@hartfordbusiness.com Hartford HealthCare debuts new offices in downtown Hartford H artford HealthCare, which is moving its headquarters to 100 Pearl St. in downtown Hartford, recently debuted its newly renovated office complex. Hartford HealthCare will even- tually occupy about half of the 280,000-square-foot building, mov- ing about 700 employees there, including workers from offices in Hartford, Newington, Farmington and Wethersfield. As of May, Hartford HealthCare had nearly 200 people in 100 Pearl St. Hartford HealthCare spent about $14 million renovating the space and is moving its executive offices from the 19th floor of the One State Street tower on Columbus Boule- vard to 100 Pearl St. Mixed-use development proposed for former West Hartford UConn branch campus The buyers of the former UConn satellite campus in West Hartford have forwarded several possible design schemes for the 57-acre property, predominantly focusing on a mix of multifamily housing, retail, restaurants, med- ical office, research space and a neighborhood market. Plans also call for walking trails and public park space. The devel- opment site is composed of two properties on opposite sides of the intersection of Trout Brook Drive and Asylum Avenue, 1700 and 1800 Asylum Ave. Five development options were shared with West Hartford's Design Review Committee. The "preferred" option shows seven large residen- tial buildings ranging from three to five stories, along with a club- house, at 1700 Asylum Ave. This option also includes residential development at 1800 Asylum Ave., with some mixed retail and resi- dential buildings, townhouses and multifamily buildings. This version includes a laboratory/research build- ing, organic market, parking structure and retail building. Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce's longtime leader McHugh to retire After 39 years, Larry McHugh is retiring from the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce. Following McHugh's retirement at the end of the year, Johanna Bond will take over as the new president and CEO. McHugh first joined the chamber in 1983. He cited a desire to spend more time with his family as his reasoning for retiring. Food-waste plant opens in Berlin A new plant is up and running in Berlin, the first in Connecticut that processes food waste into animal feed. Bright Feeds, a New England- based green technology company with offices in Worcester, Mass., opened its Berlin processing plant about three months ago. The facility takes food waste primarily from commercial facilities and converts it into a "high-quality, nutrient-rich animal feed replacement for soy and corn." Bright Feeds CEO Jonathan Fife said the company was inspired when looking at the environmental conse- quences from food waste ending up in landfills and incinerators, especially after the shuttering of the MIRA incin- erator that serviced about one-third of Connecticut's waste. The plant currently takes in about 60 tons of waste daily and puts out 45 tons of feed. Mass. company plans cannabis growing, retail operations on Brainard Road in Hartford Massachusetts-based cannabis company Insa plans to build a large marijuana cultivation facility and retail shop on Brainard Road in Hartford. According to applications to the city's Planning and Zoning Commis- sion, Insa plans to retrofit existing buildings at 165 and 167 Brainard Road. One property currently hosts the Chowder Pot of Hartford restaurant. The second is a vacant retail building that previously hosted Restoration Lighting Gallery. Connecticut granted Insa a provi- sional cultivator license in August, making the company the first to get the green light to establish recreational cannabis operations in the state. UConn announces new 'sports- centric' streaming network UConn is launching a new streaming service that will feature live sports, highlights and original content from the school's various athletic programs. School officials announced that UConn+ will be available through streaming services such as Apple TV, Amazon and Roku in addition to the UConn phone app and website. The sports-centric streaming application will showcase original and exclusive content such as "features, live events, profiles, coaches' shows, highlights and other on-demand content," according to the university. The service is expected to launch in late November. Hartford HealthCare's new headquarters at 100 Pearl St., Hartford. PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED West Hartford 1 LLC's preferred option for a development on opposite sides of the intersection of Trout Brook Drive and Asylum Avenue. PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED Bright Feeds is a New England-based green technology company. PHOTO | CONTRIBUTED A rendering of Massachusetts-based Insa's proposed retail and cultivation/production facilities along Brainard Road in Hartford. RENDERING | CONTRIBUTED