Berlin, CT On May 23, town manager Jack Healy and the two principals of Newport Realty Group, Mark Lovley and Tony Valenti signed the purchase and sale agreement for 861, 889, 903 and 913 Farmington Ave.
Like many of Connecticut’s mill towns, Windham experienced a severe economic downturn when the textile industry left a generation ago. Windham, the “Thread City” was not immune to the ramifications that accompany such economic flight- unemployment and a precipitous drop in property values.
Milford, CT Carl Russell, senior commercial broker at Pearce Real Estate, has closed on a lease for 2,600 s/f of light industrial and office space at 234 Depot Rd.
Hamden, CT Hoffmann Architects, an architecture and engineering firm specializing in the rehabilitation of building exteriors, has nominated Russell Sanders, AIA as company president. After 42 years as the president
Stafford, CT Tractor Supply will be opening its 18
st store in the state this fall. The store, located at 54 West Stafford Rd., is being developed by Penny Lane LLC a subsidiary of New England Retail Properties, Inc.
Hartford, CT Amenta Emma Architects has hired Andrea Olson, IIDA, Associate AIA, WELL AP, to the firm’s senior living team.
Orange, CT Lisa Zucaro with Colonial Properties, Inc. has been awarded the Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR) designation by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) of the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
Deep River, CT According to Ron Lyman, CCIM, CEO of Lyman Real Estate, AJ’s Pizza has signed a five-year lease on one of the three retail spaces at 497 Winthrop Rd. (Rte. 80), next to Rte. 145.
Fairfield, CT Beers, Hamerman, Cohen and Burger, P.C. has signed a long term lease for 6,500 s/f of office space at One Post Rd., according to Jon Angel, president of Angel Commercial, L.L.C. They have relocated from 2228 Black Rock Tpke.
Hartford, CT The question of how to jump-start economic development in the state is one that has lingered a decade beyond the 2007-2008 financial crisis. Many different solutions were proposed, with no consensus emerging.
