A lot can happen in a century. The Commercial Record has been in print for more than 130 years. In that time the publication has covered the cutting edge of real estate and finance trends and told the tales of market booms and busts. From a broadsheet to a tabloid to a magazine, from a weekly to a monthly to an online daily – whatever its format, The Commercial Record is the best source for real estate and finance news in Connecticut.
The intrepid staff of The Commercial Record has reported the stories vital to the success of the finance, insurance and real estate industries, digging at the roots of economic issues and sharing the resolutions. All the while the staff has been shepherded by the Warren family, now in its fourth generation of ownership.
On a parallel track, the entire staff of The Warren Group, publisher of The Commercial Record, has weathered the advent of the Internet and its related technology – and the resultant shattering of the status quo experienced by every other business in the world.
The print industry has suffered in this new paradigm and the effects of technology on data-driven businesses have been nothing short of revolutionary. The Warren Group is both a media company and a data company. The changes to our industries – the ones we are, and the ones we cover – have been staggering in just the last 10 years.
Publish or perish, as they say in the academic world, and CR refuses to perish. It took longer than we might have liked – and in some cases, longer than we had planned – but The Commercial Record is stepping up its game as another year comes rapidly to a close.
The new commercialrecord.com launched earlier this month and the response from readers has been overwhelmingly positive. With a fresh, new, mobile-optimized layout, the site is easier to read from wherever you are, and whatever device you’re on. New features bring our readers the news in new and innovative ways, and allow the staff to do what we do best – but better.
An updated Records page on the new site brings our data to life in an easily navigable way. The real estate records, credit records and town stats are all interactive, and the search function is much improved. The recent sales feature has been updated and now allows readers to search by town, street, property, price range and sale date.
If ever the direction of data-driven reporting was unclear, it’s a crystal ball now. Gone are the days of 2,000-word articles – our readers want up-to-date information in easy-to-understand formats. We hear you, readers! The Warren Group has the information you need to know, and one of the most recent staff additions is hard at work analyzing the vast stores of our data to bring to light the stories that matter to you.
There’s a lot more in store later this year and into next. Whether you get your news from The Warren Group in print, online, via our social media channels or by attending our events, stay tuned for more of what we do best, as we do our best to do it even better.
