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www.HartfordBusiness.com January 9, 2017 • Hartford Business Journal 7 WHAT'S AHEAD: HBJ will not publish a regular issue on Jan. 16. The next weekly print edition will publish Jan. 23. Stay up to date with breaking news at HartfordBusiness.com. CALENDAR THURSDAY, FEB. 27 Protecting Data from Cyber Threats The World Affairs Council will hold a breakfast event Jan 26 featuring analysis from two Connecticut experts on international risk sensing and advanced analytics. They will discuss data protection in our rapidly-evolving global technology landscape. The even will feature: Lew Nescott Jr., member of the intelligence unit at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and strategic advisor with TradeFlow21, a Connecticut-based trade intelligence solutions firm; and John Lucker, a market leader at Deloitte & Touche LLP's global advanced analytics and modeling segment. Attendees will learn the secrets of gathering risk-sensitive information, how to thwart threats and identify opportunities, why you should demand disruptive thinking, and ultimately recognize that you don't have to be "big" to possess game-changing "big" data. The event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Metro Hartford Alliance, 31 Pratt St., Hartford. Cost to attend is $15 for members, $25 for nonmembers. For more information or to register go to: http://www.ctwac.org/. HOSPITALITY & TOURISM Foxwoods diversifies entertainment offerings with Broadway Series Foxwoods Resort Casino is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a first-ever Broadway Series that debuts in April. The so-called "Broadway Series at Fox- woods" will feature four shows at its Fox Theater: "Jesus Christ Superstar," "42nd Street," "Pippin" and "Mamma Mia!" Foxwoods officially turns 25 in Febru- ary. Shows run, respectively, in April, May, June and July. The Broadway Series will diversify Fox- woods entertainment offerings, just as com- petition from nearby casinos heats up. REAL ESTATE Warren: CT's Nov. home sales strong Connecticut home and condo sales were indeed strong in No- vember, a separate home-sale tracker confirms. There were 2,616 single-family houses sold statewide in November, a 19.3 percent increase, Boston's The Warren Group said last week. Warren's town-by-town sales and price tally is generally in line with the Connecticut Association of Realtor's November home sales tally, which is tied to sales registered via its proprietary Mul- tiple Listing Service. Warren Group's data is derived from each town's individual assessor's office. Year-to-date, sales were up 9.3 percent with 29,579 transactions, compared with 27,057 during the same time a year ago, Warren said. The median price of a single-family home rose 3.9 percent in November to $238,000 vs. $229,000 a year ago. Year-to-date, prices are flat at $247,000 vs. $248,000 a year ago. Condo sales rose in November by 6.9 percent, with 618 units sold — highest since 2009. Year-to-date, condo sales were up 4.4 percent to 7,551 units. The median condo price that month was flat at $158,500. Year- to-date, condo prices were down 1.5 percent to $162,450. CT housing permits plunge late in 2016 Connecticut communities issued in November fewer than half the home-building permits of a year earlier, virtually assuring 2016's permit total will fall well short of the previous year's pace, fresh data shows. There were 209 permits issued for single- and multi-family housing in 104 cities and towns across the state surveyed by the federal Census Bureau vs. 509 permits granted in Nov. 2015, the state Department of Economic and Community Development said. November's permit total also was less than half the 452 granted in October. From Jan. to Nov. 2016, there have been 3,905 permits granted vs. 4,584 issued in the first 11 months of 2015, DECD said. With 419 permits issued in Dec. 2015, the latest December tal- ly — due later in January — almost certainly will fall short of the year-ago permit count. There were 4,903 permits issued in 2015. John Lucker You can't dabble in tax. You have to live it. Tax is a specialty, and it requires a special person. That is why at Federman, Lally & Remis LLC we have a dedicated group of ten tax specialists who do only tax work. It is their calling. Our team tracks new developments, court decisions, and administrative releases. Every day. For us, it is a year-long concentration. Does that make us different? We think it makes us better. Federman, Lally & Remis – Not Your Typical Bean Counters. We think about taxes all the time – so you don't have to. 231 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06032 | 860-678-7100 | www.flrcpa.com P H O T O | H B J F I L E Foxwoods Resort Casino.