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Farmington will soon have its first Indian Restaurant and the town’s economic development director already predicts the eatery will be a hit. Director Rose Ponte said she’s received many calls through the years from people looking for Indian cuisine. Part of her success prediction is because the main man behind the project is Neeraj Goyal, owner of the town’s Annpurna Indian Farmers’ Market, ...

Farmington companies add perks like food courts and podcast rooms as they seek to bring workers back to the office.

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

United Healthcare and Prudential Financial are dramatically reducing their downtown Hartford footprints, giving up hundreds of thousands of square feet of leased office space. Voya Financial recently put up for sale its 470,000-square-foot Windsor headquarters. The Hartford, in June, announced plans to sell or lease its 457,396-square-foot office building, also located in Windsor.

With a plethora of stately homes and modest dwellings, both new and old, Farmington’s housing stock includes options for people at different stages of life, at various price points — as long as they’re willing to take out a mortgage. The dearth of multifamily construction in this town where business is booming has made it difficult for people seeking to relocate without the means or inclination to buy property, developers say. That’s about to change.