CONNECTICUT'S BUSINESS NEWS WWW.HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM VOLUME 32 • NUMBER 9 $3.00 APRIL 29, 2024
Corner Office
With new leader,
Makiaris Media
looks to future
amid changing
media, advertising
landscape.
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Looking Ahead
International travel, cargo expansions
could be points of emphasis in a
post-Kevin Dillon Airport Authority.
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'Be Prepared'
Some CT businesses keep wary eye
on proposed federal TikTok ban.
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Deal Watch
New Haven remains bullish
on apartments as record
year — with 1,000+ units
coming online — projected.
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Focus: Higher Ed
As UConn's 10-year, $1.5B NextGenCT
initiative wraps up, school eyes additional
investment in STEM facilities.
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HBJ PHOTO | MICHAEL PUFFER
'Immersed
In Nature'
Here's how a once-rundown
Portland quarry is being
transformed into an upscale
Nordic-style spa.
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Dean Soucy and his wife, Darlene M. Rice, spent years reviving a rundown
former brownstone quarry in Portland slated for new development.