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www.HartfordBusiness.com August 24, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 7 WHAT'S AHEAD: ■ 8/31 Focus: Manufacturing ■ The List: Largest Manufacturing Companies ■ Nonprofit Profile: Corporation for Independent Living CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9 Annual Employment Law Update The Human Resource Association of Central Connecticut (HRACC) is hosting a Sept. 9 dinner reception featuring an employment law update by Jackson Lewis lawyers. The reception, which runs from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Sheraton,100 Capital Blvd., Rocky Hill, is targeted at HR professionals. Jackson Lewis' Beverly Garofalo and Holly Cini will provide a practical overview of the key developments in workplace law over the past 12 months including Connecticut's new "Pay Equity and Fairness" legislation and the legal status of interns in the workplace. Cost to attend is $45 for HRACC members; $60 for nonmembers. For more information or to register go to http://www.hracc.org/events/ event_details.asp?id=669387. REAL ESTATE Downtown Y moving to State House Sq. The downtown Y has a new center-city home. The YMCA of Greater Hartford said last week that it has leased space for a 51,580-square-foot fitness center — double its cur- rent footprint — in State House Square, replacing its current home on the second floor of the XL Center, 241 Trumbull St. downtown. The move is set for this fall following a million-dollar renovation of the new space, officials said. "A decade ago, the members of YMCA of Greater Hartford's Real Estate Committee facilitated our move to Trumbull Street — and at the same time planned for our long-term needs,'' said local YMCA President/CEO Harold Sparrow. "Our current location at the XL Center has served us well, and was under consideration as we looked forward to our next era of service to the capitol region. However, after careful examination of several Hartford options, it became apparent that a partnership with State House Square would best suit our future service to our neighbors in Hartford and to the 52 towns we serve in the region." FBE Ltd. owns the new YMCA space at State House Square, 50 State St., which had been Club Longitude. The Y's new home will feature, among other things, a street-level entrance and reception area with two floors of fitness: three car- dio areas, weightlifting, boxing, group exercise, spinning, Pilates, and mind/body studios, stretching area, lap pool, whirlpool/Jacuzzi, locker rooms (each with steam and sauna), and laundry service. Jones Lang LaSalle represented State House Square in lease talks; Bartram & Cochran represented the Y. RETAIL A&P aims to sell CT stores Retail operator Great Atlantic & Pacific Company Inc., more commonly known as A&P, said in a bankruptcy court filing that it has received the go-ahead to try to sell its remaining 153 stores, including 10 in Connecticut. Two of the stores are in Newington and another is in Bristol. A&P, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month in New York, previously announced that Pennsylvania-based Acme Mar- kets bid on four of its Fairfield County stores. Those purchase con- tracts are subject to court approval. A&P has 444 employees at its Connecticut food and liquor stores who are facing potential layoffs, should they not receive job offers from buyers, the company wrote in a letter received by state labor officials last week. The largest employee groups are clerks and cashiers. Stop & Shop and Key Food Stores have also bid on pieces of A&P's holdings, though none in Connecticut. Beverly Garofalo Holly Cini The downtown Hartford YMCA is moving to Hartford's State House Square office tower this fall. P H O T O | H B J F I L E