Dunkin' Donuts Park in Hartford. File photo.

The jury in a lawsuit holding up several redevelopment projects around Hartford’s new Dunkin Donuts Park took little time to decide in favor of the plaintiff, the city of Hartford.

Centerplan Construction Co., the original builder on the Dunkin Donuts Park project, sued the city for $90 million after being kicked off the project. Centerplan blamed the city for change orders and claiming delays in receiving official authorization to make changes to the stadium caused the delays which kept the Hartford Yard Goats from playing their first season at the park.

In statements after the jury’s verdict Tuesday, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and City Council President Glendowlyn Thames took a victory lap.

“Today’s ruling is a complete vindication of our work to protect taxpayers from bearing even more cost to finish the stadium project we inherited,” Bronin said. “When we took office, the stadium project was far behind schedule and way over budget, and instead of asking the taxpayers to pay for the developer’s failures, we drew a line in the sand and held the developer accountable. This is a major victory for the city of Hartford, and we are eager to move forward with the development of the parcels around the ballpark.”

“First and foremost, I want to thank our legal team and city staff who worked so hard to bring us to this point,” Thames said. “We stood our ground and protected the interests of Hartford residents in this important litigation. Now, with this significant hurdle behind us and a developer already in place, the city is well positioned to accelerate the development of the Downtown North parcels around the ballpark. I look forward to getting shovels in the ground on the first parcel.”

The ruling clears the way for Stamford-based RMS Cos., the city’s new choice to develop parcels around the ballpark, to get underway with 200 units of apartments and 11,000 square feet of retail space in a $46 million 200,000-square-foot building next to the park.