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You can guess that all three are located in Hartford, the Insurance Capital of the World has the kind of investors that could fund billion dollar builds

Day Pitney, a storied law firm with Hartford roots that has grown into one of the largest firms in the region, has named a Connecticut native as its new managing partner. Gregory A. Hayes, who has spent 35 years as an attorney with Day Pitney and its predecessor, became the firm’s managing partner on April 2. In this role, he oversees all 13 offices along the East Coast, from Boston to Miami.

As available office space for lease soars, the MetroHartford Alliance has formed a group to develop viable strategies to use excess space.

Connecticut Office of the Arts announced its 2022 class of Connecticut Arts Heroes, an annual honor offered to people statewide who contribute to the arts in ways that affect their communities in the present and into the future.

The Greater Hartford office market continued to “block and tackle” over the past 20 months, with landlords and tenants adapting to the changing tides of COVID-19. By the second quarter 2020 shutdown, landlords and tenants pushed ahead and focused on business as usual. By year-end 2020, tenants began to explore work-from-home options and reevaluate office space needs. Landlords reacted by offering attractive incentives to tenants — improvement packages, rent concessions and/or flexible lease terms — due to softening office demand.