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July 21, 2020

Shelbourne to demolish, replace Hartford’s aging Talcott Plaza garage

HBJ Photos | Joe Cooper Shelbourne Global Solutions LLC's One Talcott Plaza garage near Main Street in downtown Hartford.
By Joe Cooper

One of Hartford’s most prominent landlords says it plans to invest at least $4 million to raze downtown’s decaying One Talcott Plaza garage, and build a new one in its place.

New York’s Shelbourne Global Solutions LLC on Tuesday confirmed it informed city officials last week that it will demolish the long-vacant garage near Main Street after determining it was “unsafe” and “beyond repair.”

Shelbourne Chief Operating Officer Michael Seidenfeld in a statement said it will take approximately 18 months to construct a new garage, which includes three lots at 1006 Main, 30 Talcott and 36-70 Talcott streets. Shelbourne has not yet determined when construction will begin, or how much the redevelopment will cost.

Seidenfeld added that the Brooklyn-based company is committed to “restoring or preserving the historic portion of the footbridge.” 

Changes to the bridge, originally built to connect the former G. Fox & Co. department store to its warehouse building on Talcott Street, would need to be approved by the Hartford Preservation Alliance, officials say. The bridge is listed on the alliance’s top 10 list of endangered local historic properties.

The Hartford Courant on Saturday was first to report Shelbourne plans to demolish the historic garage by year-end.

Last November, the city council extended Shelbourne's deadline to determine how it planned to use the garage site until June 30. The agreement also required Shelbourne to increase its planned investment at the property, which includes vacant office space at the corner of Main and Talcott streets, to more than $10 million. 

Shelbourne previously called for the garage to be demolished in preparation of new site construction by Dec. 31, as part of a tax-break deal it inked with the city. 

Shelbourne has been aggressive in Hartford since its first $44-million purchase of the Stilts Building, at 20 Church St., in 2014.

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