Plug Pulled On Planned East Hartford Outlet Shops

[huskymedic]

Sure...

Throw in the Courant's take.. Anger, Disappointment Over East Hartford Outlet Stores

 

[Showballot]

Literally a movement to turn the Enfield mall into Amazon HQ2. It's hilarious. Are we going to waste our time with that nonsense? The only shot CT would have is Stamford or New Haven, and even that is a long shot

Lol - if by long shot you mean 0 percent chance than yeah definitely a long shot.

 

[06029]

Time to create a tech incubator space there. both Fintech and Aerotech. Both play into UTC/Pratt and Uconn with the Hartford campus nearby. Add in the financial services firms and health care companies, it is the opportunity that should be explored.

Augment with affordable, workforce housing and entertainment/restaurant district. Couple with the innovation corridor (what they call Springfield to New Haven), Hartford office and loft space, with the right tax incentives, and there may magically be growth.

 

[uconnbill]

I would say it is about 80% dead no matter what the developer states. The backing is not there which means it won't get done. I was rooting for it, but I actually think Connecticut has a better chance to get Amazon than for this project to get done.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Time to create a tech incubator space there. both Fintech and Aerotech. Both play into UTC/Pratt and Uconn with the Hartford campus nearby. Add in the financial services firms and health care companies, it is the opportunity that should be explored.

Augment with affordable, workforce housing and entertainment/restaurant district. Couple with the innovation corridor (what they call Springfield to New Haven), Hartford office and loft space, with the right tax incentives, and there may magically be growth.

This is a great idea 06029! It makes so much more sense than more retail outlets. Your idea would create real jobs so people working there could afford going to Macy's rather than waiting for sales at outlets. It will be great for UConn, too, and expand its cooperation with the business community, similar to the way Texas A&M does in Texas.

 

[Nostical]

Connecticut has a better chance to get Amazon

The only chance CT has at getting anything called Amazon is if the Army corps of engineers diverts a wide swath of the Connecticut River, throws in a few hundred snakes and crocodiles, and erects statues of 8ft tall women.

 

[Waquoit]

The only chance CT has at getting anything called Amazon is if the Army corps of engineers diverts a wide swath of the Connecticut River, throws in a few hundred snakes and crocodiles, and erects statues of 8ft tall women.

Sounds crazy but it just might work.

 

[polycom]

Good now give this money to UConn & Yale students with startups and beg them not to move to Boston. There are enough dying malls in America we don't need more.