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The final hurdle that will turn the old Colt manufacturing complex in Hartford, Connecticut into a national historic park was completed on Monday.

Two apartment conversions in Hartford’s Coltsville are pointing to the need for new alternatives for an abundance of office space in the pandemic’s aftermath.

Some in Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood want to see a brownfield on Hawthorn Street used for homeownership.

Connecticut defines brownfields as “any abandoned or underutilized site where redevelopment, reuse or expansion has not occurred due to the presence or potential presence of pollution in the buildings, soil or groundwater that requires investigation or remediation before or in conjunction with the restoration, redevelopment, reuse and expansion of the property.”

Larry Dooley is the developer behind one of the most significant redevelopments in Hartford over the past decade-plus.  He has spearheaded the Colt Gateway project, the redevelopment of Colt Firearms’ former 600,000-square-foot manufacturing complex into a mixed-use residential, office/commercial and retail development.  This 17-acre property features 10 distinct buildings that were historically used as industrial properties from the 1860s through 1930s.