Ahead Of Move, CareCentrix Space In East Hartford Gets A New Tenant

When CareCentrix accepted a state “First Five” incentive package in late June to move to downtown Hartford, there was the prospect for a good size chunk of office space opening up at the company’s current headquarters in the 111 Founders Plaza tower in East Hartford.

CareCentrix space at 111 Founders Plaza in East Hartford is leasing up. Photo Courtesy of Goman + York.

The company isn’t moving to Hartford until later this year, but a broker for the high-rise said the 32,000-square-feet now occupied by CareCentrix is already starting to lease up.

CDM Smith Inc., a Cambridge, Mass-based consulting, engineering and construction firm, has leased 13,200 square-feet of the CareCentrix space, according to Tom York, a broker at Goman + York Property Advisors, which oversees leasing in the tower.

In addition, two leases totaling 14,500-square-feet are likely to be signed in the near future, York told me.

York told me the activity is promising, especially considering CareCentrix, which manages patient home health care, hasn’t moved yet.

“And given the current activity, we expect to lease the balance in the very near term,” York said.

CareCentrix will move more than 200 jobs to the 20 Church St. tower in downtown Hartford by the end of the year and add 300 more in the next five years. The company could qualify for up to $24 million in grants for retaining and growing its job base in the city.