CONNECTICUT'S BUSINESS NEWS WWW.HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM VOLUME 33 • NUMBER 4 $3.00 FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Capital
Pipeline
Find out CT's fastest-
growing business,
commercial real
estate lenders.
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Safety Rails
Law firms create AI teams to help
businesses navigate the 'Wild, Wild West'
of artificial intelligence.
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Working It Out
Landlords, lenders and city face
complicated paths navigating Hartford's
struggling office market.
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Second Act
Under new leadership, cannabis industry's troubled
Social Equity Council looks to relaunch community grants
program, build closer ties with marijuana entrepreneurs.
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Keeping Promises
For New Haven nonprofit exec Erik
Clemons, ambitious $200M Dixwell Avenue
mixed-use redevelopment takes shape.
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HBJ PHOTO | STEVE LASCHEVER
Under The
Microscope
Despite setbacks, investors remain
bullish on CT's bioscience sector, but
changes in Washington raise uncertainty.
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Kat Kayser-Bricker is the chief science officer of New Haven-based Halda Therapeutics,
which is developing a novel class of therapies for prostate and breast cancer.
