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222 Pitkin Street

222 Pitkin Street
222 Pitkin Street, East Hartford .....
Property Type: Incubator, Office, R&D
1,500 sq ft
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Success Stories

East Hartford has a long, proud history of success achieved through hard work, commitment and innovation. From our origins as a farming community…to our growth as a home for defense and aerospace industries…to today’s growth in fuel cell research, photonics and other emerging technologies, East Hartford has a solid track record of working in partnership with business.

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Goodwin College, our premier workforce development institution, was granted accreditation in 2004 by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Goodwin College is the fastest-growing institution of its size in Connecticut, and to that end the college has purchased over 700 acres of property and has built a new $90 million riverfront campus on 30 of those acres between Route 2 and the Connecticut River in East Hartford. This expansion enables the college to respond to the needs of the region’s employers by providing a skilled workforce for high-demand jobs. The Town supported this important brownfields redevelopment by providing grants for assessment and clean-up of their site.

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The close of 2009 saw a dreadful accident in the form of a fire that consumed the warehouse at 71 George Street. Faced with this misfortune, the property owners - New Boston Fund - and the Town of East Hartford rallied and worked tirelessly to see the building reconstructed in fewer than 6 months. 

The Town arranged weekly meetings with New Boston Fund, their design professional from Freeman Engineering, representatives from the Metropolitan District (MDC), Northeast Utilities, AT&T, and others to move the application smoothly through the permitting process so that this building could be approved and constructed in record time. The result is a 53,325 sf, high-quality warehouse with 2 stories of office space and additional amenities.

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Cabela’s 185,000 sq ft destination retail center was permitted in under two months, thanks to the town’s Planning & Zoning and Inland Wetlands Commissions, which held joint public hearings to expedite the process.

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Corporate Translations, one of the leading providers of translation solutions to the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech industries, made the move to East Hartford. Their new home, 9,890 sq ft of professional office space, houses 53 editorial, managerial and sales staff members, who support the more than 400 freelance translators Corporate Translations also employs. The town's central location was a major draw for the company, which has since expanded into another 2,500 sq ft of available space and added another 15 in-house employees.

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East Hartford

“The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of East Hartford generates local value through job creation and taxes paid to governments. We also increase employment through the business we conduct with thousands of customers and suppliers. Through over 500 employees located in our East Hartford Market Service Center, our community programs in education & youth development improve the quality of life in both the city of East Hartford and throughout the state
of CT.”

Jay Margnelli
Sales Manager, Coca-Cola Bottling Company