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Front Street: Progress, or Just Frontin’?

By Kerri Provost

February 27, 2012

A peek inside the space destined for use as a cinema shows slow progress.

The floor is still gravel. Sheetrock has been installed, yet the space appears far from life as an entertainment venue.

Chain-link fencing around part of the building, along with a portable toilet, indicates some work is happening somewhere on site. The cinema is now slated to open this summer; its opening has been delayed several times.

In mid-February the Hartford Business Journal reported that the HB Nitkin Group, which is the developer of Front Street is seeking to build apartments on a surface lot between Prospect Street and Columbus Boulevard. Last week, an asbestos and lead abatement company was spotted on Front Street, presumably to check out a mold issue.

The Front Street District website has not been recently updated; it still states that an upscale movie theater will be opened by the end of 2011.