HARTFORD, Conn. –Plans to move the University of Connecticut’s satellite campus in West Hartford to downtown Hartford were finalized Tuesday by the Board of Trustees after 18 months of negotiations.
University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst estimated that the Hartford campus would cost about $115 million, but she warned that the figure was just an early estimate.
The project, which uses the facade of the old Hartford Times building, will be developed by HB Nitkin Group, along with the Capital Region Development Authority, and the state Office of Policy and Management.
“I think it was wrong that UConn didn’t have a major campus in downtown Hartford. It was a mistake,” Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday at a ceremony formalizing the plans. “That mistake is being corrected thanks to the leadership of President Herbst and the Board of the University.”
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