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"We're seeing a lot of people setting up their
lease, but not moving in right away,'' he said.
Some are waiting to sell a home. Others, he
said, are in no hurry but wanted to act now to
preserve a space for themselves in the building.
"We kind of designed this building for
young professionals,'' Koutouvides said. "We
bring an urbanized, new kind of product.
There's nothing that's really contemporary
here. I think it fits well with the center."
Even the Kaoud apartment building
underway just three blocks east, on North
Main, doesn't faze Koutouvides. He says he
recently met with Abraham "Abe'' Kaoud and
offered him construction and other advice to
help with his residential project.
"We're just as happy for him or the next
guy,'' Koutouvides said. "We want everybody
to succeed.''
Healthcare boom
Sessions harbors similar sentiments
about his office building. Compared to the
50,000 square feet and larger medical-office
buildings that dominate Casle's development
backlog nowadays, his North Main Street
office building is small.
But its compactness and amenities, even
its tenant base, are ideally suited to the West
Hartford market, Sessions says.
"A very prominent site in this market.
Walking distance to shops,'' he said. It also
comes with one other much-in-demand sub-
urban-office amenity — free parking.
Regus, for instance, caters to entrepre-
neurs, traveling professionals and companies
looking for a temporary, affordable office out-
post. It occupies around one and a half of 15
N. Main's three floors, he said.
About 40 percent of the building, he said,
was pre-leased before construction got
underway. Collecting tenant commitments
in advance also helped with financing, which
was done through Berkshire Bank.
"We've hit our projections,'' Sessions said.
Common design
Despite being newly constructed, both
Loft 24 and 15 N. Main share some design
elements for which the developers won town
approval to incorporate into their projects, to
give both a sense of continuity with the sur-
rounding neighborhood.
Both are sheathed in red brick and fea-
ture light-hued masonry elements that match
almost identically with surrounding brick
structures dating back a half-century or longer.
With 15 N. Main, the "contextual design''
that a Casle architect incorporated dovetailed
with the town's insistence that it convey an
"urbanist feel.'' The result was a building that
sits closer to the curb than most suburban
buildings, Sessions said.
It also presented the developer with some
interesting challenges. First, there was the
unexpected rock, or ledge, that the contrac-
tor found. Also, there was the obstacle of
building next door to the older pair that it
replaced, but keeping the older structures
occupied until the very last minute.
"This was,'' Sessions said, "the most dif-
ficult logistical project we've ever done.'' n
Foundation work is underway for the Delamar West Hartford Hotel, opposite Whole Foods and the town police station.
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