Connecticut

Trends of the second half of 2007 provide us with several clues for 2008

As I meet with my fellow brokers, institutional and private clients, and lenders, I get two questions more than any others: 1) When is Joe P...

Southeastern Connecticut commercial RE market is in good shape with cautious optimism toward 2008

A look back at 2007 finds the SE CT commercial real estate market in good shape. A cautious eye towards 2008 finds optimism despite some new...

The vibrant New Haven economy, with growth in businesses of all types, continues to grow

As the late Speaker of the US House, Tip O'Neil said many times "All politics is local". So it is with commercial real estate. While there...

A shift in favor of property development rights in municipal wetlands permitting

After a long period of expanding discretion of municipal wetlands agencies to halt development based on conjecture that work taking place in...

Complexity of the visual impact analysis should fit the size and scope of the project

When designing a new project or rehabilitating an existing project, what the potential visual impacts of the project will be varies dependin...

Commercial real estate is a viable asset class and economic conditions over the long term are positive

As we head into 2008 there are mixed signals for the industrial real estate market in central Connecticut. If this were a weather forecast i...

East Hartford is on the brink of a period of economic growth and development

As we realize our Master Plan of Development for Rentschler Field, support the expansion of Goodwin College, and attract technology-based co...

Choyce Peterson negotiates 12,200 s/f lease for O'Shaughnessy Asset Management in Stamford

Choyce Peterson, Inc. has negotiated a new, 12,200 s/f lease for O'Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC at Six Suburban Ave. O'Shaughnessy Asset...

Calcagni Commercial sells 30,000 s/f for $2.7m

Tom Worth, president of Calcagni Commercial Real Estate, represented the buyer, Masonicare in the $2.7 million sale of 110-120 South Turnpik...

Strong employment growth to fuel Connecticut's multifamily market in 2008

The apartment sector in Fairfield and New Haven counties will continue to record low vacancy and steady rent growth in 2008, helping to attr...