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A Hop Haus gastropub and craft brewery restaurant will soon occupy the main floor of the new Steele Center mixed-use development in Berlin’s burgeoning transit area. Hop Haus owner Mike Miller said the new Berlin location — his third in Connecticut — is under construction to custom design the space for his eatery. He’s aiming for an early 2023 opening, with seating for 165 patrons, creating close to 18 new jobs. Above the Hop Haus are two floors with 16 market-rate apartments that are all leased and ready for occupancy this month.

Bulldozers are moving earth in a field behind Acura of Berlin, preparing the land for a 72-unit apartment development tied to the dealership and neighboring shopping plazas along the Berlin Turnpike. The luxury Turnpike Ridge Apartments — the work of Executive Auto Group owner John Orsini — is one of several multifamily developments underway in Berlin, a largely suburban, upper middle-class town of about 20,000. Two additional multifamily projects approved by the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission in May will add dozens of additional units.

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Updated on February 22, 2021 at 7:31 pm NBC Universal, Inc. A competition will soon be underway in Berlin. You can win a prize, but organizers hope you’ll participate to help support local businesses too. It’s called “Berlin Bingo.” Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. To check off a box on your game sheet, a unique task needs to be completed at a business in town. “Everything from buy a coffee, burger, pizza, even visit a martial arts or a dance school, just to go in and see it, or a showroom,” said Berlin Economic Develop...