Connecticut

W&M Properties expands CIT Group's lease to 17,276 s/f

CIT Group Inc., a 100-year-old leading global commercial and consumer finance company, has expanded its space at W&M Properties' MerrittView...

New businesses open and expand or plan to open in Wallingford's downtown

Although these are trying times for retail, I am happy to report that during this winter, new businesses opened, expanded or plan to open. C...

Replacing your roof or contracting any type of building improvement need not be a bad experience

Investing in a new roofing system: Is the lowest price your best value? As a building owner or manager, you are faced with many types of rep...

Consumers are looking to be entertained and to socialize in their communities

"These are the times that try men's souls" from Thomas Paine's The Crisis in 1776 seems an appropriate quote as we work through this current...

"Shovel ready" and build-to-suit sites are abundant at New England Tradeport

If your business seeks a "shovel ready" site, or small to large un-entitled parcel for build-to-suit development, within a premier business ...

Upfront planning saves site costs allowing the project to run smoother through design development

This year promises to be a challenging one for everyone in the industry. As we all try to trim costs, we often forget that most site design ...

Connecticut takes the LEED in sustainable development - Part II

Effective January 1, 2009, the state has statutorily required, with some exceptions, that buildings constructed by both the state and the pr...

Fairfield Hills Campus has much to offer business tenants and investors

Located immediately off Exit 11 of I-84, in northeastern Fairfield County, the Fairfield Hills Campus in Newtown has much to offer business ...

LEED high performance building measurement guidelines are becoming the green bldg. benchmark

As regulations develop for a "low carbon growth economy" in response to concerns about climate change, and if energy costs resume rising to ...

The state of the commercial real estate financing market - 1st Quarter 2009

DISCLAIMER:  If you have cash flowing assets financed at 6% through 2015, and want to go skiing or off to the beach - God love you and do...