HARTFORD AND NEW BRITAIN, CONN. — Up Realty, a New York-based investment group, has purchased three multifamily properties located in Connecticut in three separate transactions totaling $6.7 million. In the first deal, the buyer acquired Mark Twain Apartments, located at 367-381 Farmington Ave. in Hartford, for $2.6 million, or $40,000 per unit. The property features 65 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. In the second transaction, Up Realty purchased Candlewood Apartments, located at 123-131 Clinic Ave. in New Britain, for $2.6 million, or $66,250 per unit. Situated on 1.7 acres, the property features 40 two-bedroom apartments. In the third deal, the buyer acquired Cardinal Hill Apartments, located at 265 Kensington Ave. in New Britain, for $1.5 million, or $51,724 per unit. The 29-unit property features large studio units with private balconies. Steve Pappas of Chozick Realty represented the undisclosed sellers and procured the buyer in all three transactions.
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WILTON, CONN. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a development site located at 200 Danbury Road in Wilton. The Kent House LLC sold the parcel to 200 Danbury Road LLC for $1.2 million. The buyer plans to develop a mixed-use residential and retail center on the site. Sean McDonnell and Alison Luisi of Avison Young represented the seller in the deal.
DANBURY, CONN. — A joint venture between Quincy, Mass.-based The Grossman Cos. and Southport, Conn.-based Summit Development has completed the disposition of Lee Farm Corporate Office Park in Danbury. CT Property Realty LLC acquired the property for $31.7 million. The five-story building features 215,649 square feet of Class A office space. The joint venture originally purchased the property in 2013.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Bedford Hall Apartments, an apartment property located in downtown Stamford. TR Eastview LLC sold the property to Navarino Acquisitions LLC for $24.5 million. Located at 545 Bedford St., the six-story property features 82 apartments in a mix of one-bedroom/one-bath and two-bedroom/two-bath apartments ranging in size from 441 square feet to 1,056 square feet. Victor Nolletti and Eric Pentore of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
NORTH HAVEN, CONN. — Pearce Real Estate has arranged the sale of an industrial building located at 395 State St. in North Haven. Trilot 7 Enterprises acquired the 18,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price from Funaro Realty. The buyer operates Nelson Ambulance, Access Ambulance, Connecticut Handivan, Nelcon Towing and Recovery, and The Limo Group. Trilot 7 Enterprises will renovate the property, which is situated on 2 acres. Phil Barber of Pearce Real Estate represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
NORWALK, CONN. — RHYS has arranged the sale of an office building located at 14 Westport Ave. in downtown Norwalk. Watermill Westport LLC sold the three-story Class B building to Philipos Properties for $2.9 million. Constellation Health Services occupies the 32,000-square-foot building, which was built in 1985. Christian Bangert, Cory Gubner and Alex Haendler of RHYS represented the seller, while John Zervos of DVB Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction.
Jacobson Properties, RE/MAX Choice, Cushman & Wakefield Broker Sales of Three Medical Office Buildings in Connecticut
by Amy Works
PLAINFIELD AND DANIELSON, CONN. — A national healthcare real estate company has purchased three medical office buildings in Plainfield and Danielson in two separate transactions for an undisclosed price. Two of the properties were sold by Day Kimball Healthcare as part of a sale-leaseback, while the third property was sold by PGLC LLC, a physicians group. Day Kimball Healthcare also executed a long-term lease for the third property. The three properties offer a total of 45,000 square feet. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties, John LaBella of RE/MAX Right Choice and Leo Jones of Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Co. advised Day Kimball in the transaction.
Press/Cuozzo Negotiates $3.1M Sale of Two-Building Mixed-Use Portfolio in Hamden, Connecticut
by Amy Works
HAMDEN, CONN. — Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services has arranged the sale of a two-building mixed-use portfolio located at 2340-2348 Whitney Ave. in Hamden. Town Hall Center LLC sold the portfolio to a private investor for $3.1 million. Totaling 23,320 square feet, the properties were 100 percent occupied at the time of sale. The properties feature a mix of retail and office tenants. Stephen Press of Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services represented the seller in the deal.
Jacobson Properties, RE/MAX Right Choice Broker Sale of 80,000 SF Medical Office Portfolio in Connecticut
by Amy Works
TRUMBULL AND STRATFORD, CONN. — Jacobson Properties and RE/MAX Right Choice have arranged the sale of Fairfield County Medical Office Building Portfolio, a two-building medical office portfolio in Trumbull and Stratford. A private healthcare REIT acquired the portfolio for an undisclosed price. Advanced Radiology anchors the 80,000-square-foot portfolio. Additional tenants include Yale New Haven Health and Ascension Health. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 94 percent occupied. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties and John LaBella of RE/MAX Right Choice represented the undisclosed sellers in the deal.
HARTFORD, CONN. — RBH Group has acquired a long-vacant commercial building, located at 370 Asylum St. in Hartford, for $20 million. RBH Group plans to redevelop the building into Teachers Corner Hartford, a mixed-use space. The development will feature market-rate and affordable residential units, space for educational opportunities and cultural performances, as well as restaurant and retail components. Laurie Grasso and Douglas Hoffmann of Hunton & Williams advised in the acquisition. Teachers Corner Hartford represents the first transaction in RBH Group’s national rollout of its Teachers Village concept following the first Teachers Village project in Newark, N.J., a $150 million, 23-acre mixed-use community. Teachers Corner Hartford is a realization of RBH Group’s continued joint venture with the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group and its partnering with Hartford’s Community Solutions and The Prudential Social Investment Group, with funding provided by the City of Hartford and various Connecticut state agencies.