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The net taxable grand list, which reflects new growth and $163.5 million in exemptions, grew by $330.1 million in 2008. Real estate revaluation was largely responsible for the double-digit increase from 2007.

Grand List Total: $2.92 billion

Growth From 2007: 12.74 percent

Top 10 Taxpayers: (taxable value of property)
1. Griffin Land and Affiliates, $70,713,429
2. IBM and Affiliates, $67,794,346
3. Walgreen Eastern, $63,005,731
4. CIGNA, $42,976,477
5. Hartford Financial Services Group, $41,755,723
6. Northeast Utilities & Affliliates, $35,422,251
7. ING, $26,533,344
8. Ferraina and Affiliates, $25,698,914
9. GPT Windsor LLC/Rivers Bend Condos, $25,408,260
10. Valassis and Affiliates, $24,879,074

What Changed? The real estate portion of the grand list grew by $294 million, or 14.45 percent. Personal property also grew by $408,000, or 10.95 percent.