Developer Joseph Klaynberg in Hartford, CT.
Developer Joseph Klaynberg in Hartford, CT.
From Belarus to New York, apartment developer Klaynberg makes big bet on Hartford
NOVEMBER 15, 2021 • BY MICHAEL PUFFER
"Joseph Klaynberg and a partner have added or renovated 559 apartments to Hartford’s downtown over the past decade, making him one of the city’s busiest developers. [...] But Klaynberg says Hartford’s promise is far from tapped and is pursuing several new developments. “I believe so much in Hartford,” Klaynberg said. “I said: ‘No, I am staying,’ I’m not leaving Hartford; I plan to do more.”
Photo Credit: SAM RODRIGUEZ | ALL AMERICAN AERIAL LLC
Photo Credit: SAM RODRIGUEZ | ALL AMERICAN AERIAL LLC
Apartments, restaurant could be on deck for historic downtown Hartford firehouse
AUGUST 19, 2021 • BY ZACHARY VASILE
"The city of Hartford is moving toward a deal with New York-based development firm Wonder Works Construction that could see the historic former fire station at 275 Pearl St. redeveloped into a mixed-use apartment project. Wonder Works, which has built 560 housing units in Hartford, mainly under the Spectra banner, was selected as the preferred developer for the site [...]"
101 Pearl Street - In Progress
101 Pearl Street - In Progress
Hartford's Spectra owners covet building downtown 'communities'
FEBRUARY 4, 2019 • BY GREGORY SEAY
"Dubbed Spectra Pearl, both buildings, like Spectra Plaza, will offer their occupants more than just a place to lay their heads and store their stuff. Spectra is selling a lifestyle to prospective tenants, who could begin moving in by late spring or early summer, according to Ravetz. "We don't think about it as developing apartment units,'' he said. "We think about it as expanding a community.''
Source: Hartford Business Journal Photos / STEVE LASCHEVER
Source: Hartford Business Journal Photos / STEVE LASCHEVER
Pet stations, cafés, bars — Apartment amenities climb along with occupancy, rents
MAY 21, 2018 • BY GREGORY SEAY
"A bonus for Spectra residents, Waddell said, is that they will have access to amenities, including a rooftop patio and a bocce ball court, in a pair of former Pearl Street office buildings that Spectra's landlords — New York developers Girona Ventures and Wonder Works Construction and Development Corp. — are converting into 290 apartments, with the first due on line in 2019."
Source: Hartford Business Journal Photos / CONTRIBUTED
Source: Hartford Business Journal Photos / CONTRIBUTED
KeyBank stakes $12.6M for 101 Pearl redo
FEBRUARY 08, 2018 • BY GREGORY SEAY
"The New York development partnership converting two derelict downtown Hartford office buildings into apartments has gotten $12.6 million in bank financing for work on one of them, an Ohio lender says."
Source: Hartford Business Journal Photos / STEVE LASCHEVER
Source: Hartford Business Journal Photos / STEVE LASCHEVER
Spectra Boutique Apartments developers lure downtown tenants with amenities
DECEMBER 11, 2017 • BY MATTHEW BRODERICK
"This past September, two years after the completion of Ravetz's Spectra Boutique Apartments project — which was developed in tandem with Joseph Klaynberg's New York-based Wonder Works Construction — Spectra Wired Café debuted, a modernly designed venue with cement floors, wooden shelving and partitions and ample casual seating."
Source: Wonder Works Construction Corp
Source: Wonder Works Construction Corp
Hartford's 101-111 Pearl office bldgs. sold
JUNE 19, 2017 • BY GREGORY SEAY
"Two of downtown Hartford's last vacant office buildings finally have a new owner who says it's eager to press ahead with a $50 million conversion of both to 258 apartments, its latest offices-to-housing development in the center city."
