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95 | DOING BUSINESS IN CONNECTICUT | 2018 2018 | DOING BUSINESS IN CONNECTICUT | 95 opened at nearby 1429 Park Street. In addition, there are proposals to convert the former Spaghetti Warehouse into 30 apartments and to redevelop the former Bishop Ladder Company at 1400 Park Street into a 20,000-square-foot food hall. Near West Hartford's Elmwood Station, a 54-unit apartment building with first-floor retail is under construction at 616 New Park Avenue, next to the station. Near West Hartford's Flatbush station, New Park Brewing opened at 485 New Park Avenue, across the street from the station. The economic impact brought by CTfastrak has perhaps been most felt in New Britain, one of the first places to have a station, Redeker said. Adjacent to the downtown station in New Britain, a former police station is slated to be redeveloped into 160 residential units with first- floor commercial space. The project, called Columbus Commons, is at 125 Columbus Boulevard. Elsewhere in the city, the second and third floors of the Raphael Building Apartments, at 99 West Main Street, have been redeveloped into 16 luxury apartments; and the former New Britain Herald building at 1 Herald Square has been redeveloped into a 31,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, multi-tenant medical building. Also, the historic Courtland Arms apartment building at 57 Court Street will be rehabilitated into 24 units, including four apartments dedicated to veterans. "CTfastrak has been an unequivocal success," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said in March while celebrating the service's third anniversary. "What was once a controversial and politically charged proposal has become an economic lifeline for many residents, giving people access not just to transportation, but to jobs and economic opportunities. And it has been a catalyst toward revitalizing communities." If ridership gains continue on their current path, Redeker said, there's no telling what further development lies ahead. A new 54-unit apartment building with first-floor retail, dubbed 616 New Park, has been constructed adjacent to West Hartford's Elmwood CTfastrak station. [Photo: Ron Dresner] TRANSPORTATION