Connecticut

Thriving neighborhoods continue to attract mixed-use - by Melinda Agron

In a city of 130,000 people, New Haven consistently stands out among its similarly sized peers in New England and across the country. Certainly along the heavily trafficked New York-Boston corridor, no other city can claim to be at once a global tastemaker in the arts and culinary scenes and a diversified leader in four major industries–

Patten of The Proto Group brokers $575,000 sale

East Haven, CT The retail center located at 9-15 Foxon Blvd. has sold for $575,000. The 7,845 s/f fully leased center includes five tenants and is located on 0.56 acres. The listing agent was Steve Patten CCIM from The Proto Group. Vance Taylor from Commercial Services Realty assisted on the sale.

Niznick, Prestige Hospitality Group break ground for hotel expansion

Bristol, CT The owners and managers of the DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, September 17th, 2020 to officially kickoff the construction of an expanded hospitality complex featuring a new 50,000 s/f Bristol Event Center

Colonial Properties, Inc. brokers two sales totaling $4.7 million

West Haven, CT Michael Richetelli, president and designated broker of Colonial Properties, Inc., completed the following transactions.  Richetelli and Fred Messore, SVP, represented the seller, Bart Realty, LLC, in the sale of 855 Boston Post Rd., consisting of three commercial buildings

Invictus Real Estate Partners lands $107.25 million financing for The Waypointe - arranged by JLL Capital Markets

Norwalk, CT JLL Capital Markets has arranged $107.25 million in acquisition financing for the purchase of The Waypointe, a multihousing property located at 515 West Ave. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Invictus Real Estate Partners, to secure the loan through Freddie Mac. The loan will be serviced by JLL Real Estate Capital, LLC, a Freddie Mac Optigo

Cronheim Mortgage arranges $13 million in leasehold mortgage financing for the acquisition of 8-10 Wright St.

Westport, CT Cronheim Mortgage has arranged $13 million in leasehold mortgage financing to facilitate the acquisition of 8-10 Wright St., an 84,000 s/f, class A office building in the heart of downtown. The financing was arranged for a 10-year term with a 25-year amortization and has a rate reset at the end of the seventh year

Press of Press|Cuozzo Commercial arranges $2.7 million sale in Hamden

Hamden, CT Stephen Press, SIOR, of Press|Cuozzo Commercial Services, has completed the sale of 335 Putnam Ave., a 46,500 s/f industrial building on 3.45 acres.  The building had been converted to a call center in 1999 and operated in that capacity for many years, most recently by Frontier Communications.

White joins Spinnaker Real Estate Partners as VP of construction

Norwalk, CT Spinnaker Real Estate Partners has appointed Barry White to the new position of vice president of construction. Based in the New Haven Spinnaker office, White will lead the overall execution, budget, schedule and quality control from pre-construction to completion and close-out of primarily residential and mixed-used projects throughout the state.

Hartford Habitat for Humanity selected as grand prize winner in Dept. of Energy’s Housing Competition

Hartford, CT Hartford Habitat for Humanity has been selected as the Affordable Housing–Single-Family Detached category grand prize winner in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2020 Housing Innovation Award Competition. The grand prize award was given in recognition for the work completed on Hartford Habitat’s Roosevelt St. home, which was the non-profit’s first Zero Energy Ready Home.

Empire State Realty Trust secures 63,173 s/f lease at Metro Center

Stamford, CT According to Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., (ESRT) Berkley Insurance Co. (BIC), a subsidiary of W. R. Berkley Corp., has signed a new lease through 2033 for 63,173 s/f at Metro Center. BIC, A+ rated by both Standard & Poors and A.M. Best, will occupy 1.5 floors in ESRT’s suburban 285,258 s/f flagship property, located at I-95’s exit 7, at the Stamford Transportation Center.