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Message: [QUOTE="Drew, post: 2271976, member: 3723"] [URL='http://m.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20170724/PRINTEDITION/307209916']UConn’s Front Street arrival sets off a retail feeding frenzy[/URL] [I]Nixs, the restaurant-bar in downtown Hartford's Front Street retail-entertainment district, plans an exterior facelift around the time UConn's adjacent new campus opens there in late August. The eatery will create an outdoor cafe and internet lounge outside its 40 Front St. location, where an anticipated 2,000 or so UConn faculty, staff, pupils and other downtown patrons can relax with a sandwich, salad or espresso latte, or use free Wi-Fi and charging stations to phone-chat or surf online, says proprietor Abner Kurtin. To further entice UConn's faithful, Nixs will open with a 15-percent discount for all Husky students and is joining other Connecticut restaurants and entertainment venues in pursuing approval to accept "Husky Bucks'' — the school's cashless debit card for meals and other retail purchases. "We are excited about UConn opening and serving their community," Kurtin said. "We hope this will bring Front Street the long-awaited foot traffic that will help boost local retailers." Nixs is among a raft of downtown Hartford retailers, restaurants, apartment landlords and operators of public and cultural venues in the center city eagerly anticipating UConn's opening. The impending influx of thousands of new potential customers daily — a single shot in downtown Hartford's arm not seen in generations — is coaxing many nearby venues to retool or makeover their businesses, particularly as they seek to cater to a younger college crowd.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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