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HBJ Photo | Joe Cooper JCPenney at Westfarms mall in Farmington.

Two Connecticut nonprofits have been named to the 2024 Forbes list of America’s Top 100 Charities.

A subsidiary of the Tampa-based investment company Carter Funds has acquired a data center in Trumbull for $10 million.Aphorio Carter Critical Infrastructure Fund LLC announced Monday morning that it had completed the purchase of the data center, located at 80 Merritt Blvd. It was previously owned by Digital Realty.The data center, built in 1960 for the Nasdaq, spans 227,552 square feet and sits on 8.4 acres. It contains two data center pods and one disaster recovery pod.The facility provides 15 megawatts of power along with access to four fiber networks.

City Trust Collection, one of Bridgeport's early office-to-apartment conversions, is for sale.The mixed-use property at 955 Main St., near Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater and Total Mortgage Arena, is seen as a major piece of the city’s downtown redevelopment efforts.The 12-story historic bank building spans a full city block and consists of 117 market-rate apartment units. Average residential rents are projected to be $1,989 a month, according to a marketing brochure from the broker, Northeast Private Client Group in Shelton.

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The second-generation owner of Middletown-based Best Cleaners, William J. McCann III, died peacefully last Wednesday, the family-owned business announced.McCann, 82, was known as an industry leader who worked to grow and streamline his business, while also helping other people.McCann started Best Cleaners’ annual Coats for Connecticut collection, which provides free cleaning and delivery of hundreds of thousands of donated coats to needy residents.

FuelCell Energy on Thursday reported a net loss of $156.8 million during its 2024 fiscal year, which ended Oct. 31 – 45% higher than its net loss of $108.1 million in fiscal 2023.The struggling Danbury-based company said it will reduce spending on new product development in 2025 as part of an effort to cut operating costs by 15%.

Photo | Spectra Venue Management UConn basketball at the XL Center.

You can still buy tickets for the UConn women’s basketball game against the University of Southern California Saturday night at the XL Center.But it will cost you.The average ticket price for the game is $127 on the secondary market – the highest ever for a UConn women’s home game, according to Victory Live, a ticketing technology company tracking secondary market sales.Demand for tickets is especially high because of the rivalry between UConn star Paige Bueckers and the USC Trojans’ JuJu Watkins.

HBJ PHOTO | ANDREW LARSON Webster Bank's office at 145 Bank St., Waterbury.