OCTOBER 2, 2017 • HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL | 45
2017
New Britain's Stanley Black & Decker
agrees to buy the Craftsman brand
from Sears Holdings Corp. in a deal
valued at $900 million
New York landlord Shelbourne
Global Solutions quietly becomes one
of downtown Hartford's most prolific
landlords, after it reached a deal to
buy the Metro Center office tower on
Church Street for $49 million.
After long delays and cost overruns,
Dunkin' Donuts Park — home of the
Hartford Yard Goats — debuts and
becomes an instant fan favorite.
Aetna announces it will move its
corporate headquarters — and
200 or so top executives — to New
York City.
Hartford's latest revaluation finds
commercial property values in the
city rose 20 percent, on average,
while the overall the grand list grew
to $4.07 billion, up from $3.7 billion
a year ago.
Paris pharmaceutical company
Sanofi is buying Meriden-based
Protein Sciences for up to
$750 million.
Hartford's Trinity College
announces it will open its first of
two downtown campus sites in
Constitution Plaza in December.
Oz Griebel, a stalwart in Hartford's
business community for decades,
announces he will be stepping
down as president and CEO of the
MetroHartford Alliance at the end
of the year.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signs
legislation allowing a joint venture
run by the operators of Mohegan Sun
and Foxwoods to open a new casino
gaming facility in East Windsor.
Two of downtown Hartford's last
vacant office buildings (101 and
111 Pearl Street) finally have a new
owner — New York City developer
Girona Ventures — who says
it's eager to press ahead with a
$50-million conversion of both to 258
apartments.
In a deal valued at $1.7-billion,
Eversource Energy plans to buy
Bridgeport-based Aquarion Water
Co., the region's largest private
water utility, from Macquarie
Infrastructure Partners.
UConn's $140-million downtown
Hartford campus debuts.
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