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Committee backs sending sale of 17 and 21 Wells Street to full council with conditions

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Summary

Hartford’s Planning, Economic Development and Housing Committee voted to recommend the sale of two lots at 17 and 21 Wells Street to a developer, subject to a revised term sheet that explicitly includes a 20% workforce-affordable set‑aside and a good‑faith parking discount for those renters.

The Planning, Economic Development and Housing Committee on July 2 voted to forward a resolution to the full Hartford City Council recommending approval of the sale of 17 and 21 Wells Street to the developer that previously built at 525 Main Street, subject to a revised term sheet.

The sale would allow Spectra Construction/Window Works to build a mixed-use project behind the Cornerstone (Donahue) Building at 525 Main Street that includes parking on the first levels and four stories of residential units above. Daniel Kleinberg, a project representative, told the committee the development would total roughly $20.8 million and include about 129 residential units: 56…

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