Panera Bread will open its downtown Hartford cafe May 13 at 10 State House Square, its owner and operator said this morning.

The Hartford location will be open Monday through Friday, from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. The owner and operator of the Panera, Howley Bread Group, is considering opening on the weekends in the [...]

The city of Hartford has withdrawn its proposal for relocating the University of Connecticut’s West Hartford campus to now-vacant, city-owned land on the northern edge of downtown, a city official told me today.

Thomas E. Deller, the city’s director of development services, said the decision resulted from recent discussions with UConn.

“We decided the city [...]

The University of Connecticut is seeking more information from a “handful” of property owners and developers  who submitted proposals for relocating its West Hartford campus to downtown Hartford.

UConn spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz declined to identify which of the 13 proposals had been contacted. UConn has not revealed any of the proposed locations, but details have [...]

The Fremont Group closed its $22.7 million purchase of downtown Hartford’s Metro Center tower late Monday, the West Hartford-based commercial real estate firm told me this morning.

Jonathan Keller, president of The Fremont Group, told me he considers the 296,000-square-foot building on Church Street to be one of the top five downtown office buildings, enhanced [...]

LAZ Parking, which manages 2,000 locations in 25 states, has opened a national “customer care” center at its corporate headquarters on Lewis Street in Hartford.

The center is expected to employ 15 in its first months of operation.

The center will offer remote, around-the-clock assistance to LAZ parkers, linking them directly to center employees. The [...]

The city of Hartford has proposed that the University of Connecticut relocate its West Hartford campus to now-vacant, city-owned land on the northern edge of downtown.

According to the proposal provided to me this morning by the city, the city has proposed leasing the 3-acre parcel at 1214 Main St. for $1 a year to [...]

There’s a new tenant for the former Coach’s Sports Tavern space on Hartford’s Ann Street but a familiar name.

The Tavern Downtown, now located just steps away on Allyn Street, is moving to the larger Coach’s space, city officials told me today.

Furniture was being moved into the space this afternoon.

The Tavern’s owner, Jerry [...]