WESTBROOK, CONN. — Jacobson Properties and RE/MAX Right Choice have arranged the sale of Lakebrook Medical Center in Westbrook. An institutional healthcare real estate investment firm acquired the Class A medical office building for $6.1 million. At the time of sale, the 24,500-square-foot property was leased by Yale Heart & Vascular and Middlesex Hospital. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties and John LaBella of RE/MAX Right Choice handled the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
AVON, CONN. — E.N.E. Realty Associates has acquired an office building located at 172 W. Main St. in Avon. Avonwood Enterprises LLC sold the 10,318-square-foot property for an undisclosed sum. The multi-tenant investment property was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale. The main tenant is Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties. Gayle Erickson and Bruce Cagenello of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices were the sole brokers in the transaction.
WATERBURY, CONN. — Great American Aquaculture has signed a long-term lease for 54,426 square feet of industrial space at 64 Avenue of Industry in Waterbury. The 66,400-square-foot building is situated on 10.3 acres. Sentry Commercial, in association with Hartford Group International, represented the landlord, 64 AOI LLC, while Colonial Realty represented the tenant in the transaction.
WILTON, CONN. — JRT Realty Group, working in conjunction with Cushman & Wakefield, has arranged four leases totaling 23,595 square feet at Wilton Woods Corporate Campus, located at 10 and 20 Westport Road in Wilton. The two-building, Class A office park is owned by TIAA-CREF. Property Group Partners has signed a five-year, 6,874-square-foot lease on the third floor of the 341,207-square-foot building at 20 Westport Road, and Stonebridge Advisors has inked a 10-year deal for 6,642 square feet of first-floor space at the 197,512-square-foot building at 10 Westport Road. Property Group Partners, which serves as property manager of the complex, represented itself in transaction, while Stonebridge Advisors was represented by Thomas Pajolek of CBRE. Additionally, at the 10 Westport Road building, Sierentz Fund renewed its 5,879-square-foot lease and Louis Dreyfus Family Office renewed its 4,200-square-foot lease. TIAA-CREF was represented by Greg Smith of JRT Realty Group and Kevin Foley and William Montague of Cushman & Wakefield in the transactions.
MIDDLETOWN, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of a two-property multifamily portfolio located in the Westlake District of Middletown. The 650-unit portfolio sold for $92.5 million, or $142,000 per unit. The portfolio includes Madison Chestnut Hill, which was built in 1986 and features 314 apartments, and the 336-unit Madison Northwoods, which was also built in 1986. Both properties offer a variety of community amenities, including clubhouses, billiards rooms, libraries, tennis courts, swimming pools and fitness centers. Victor Nolletti, Steve Witten, Still Hunter and Eric Pentore of IPA represented the seller, Chestnut Hill and Northwoods Apartments Associates LLC, and procured the buyer, Gateway Realty Holdings LTD.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Newmark Holdings has completed the disposition of a medical office building located at One Long Wharf Drive. Healthcare Trust of America purchased the seven-story property for $73 million. As part of the acquisition, the buyer will also take ownership of a three-acre ground leased lot, located under an adjacent hotel, located at Three Long Wharf Drive. The 286,713-square-foot property was 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. Current tenants include Yale-New Haven Hospital and APT Foundation. David Noonan of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Capital Markets and Richard Lee of OR&L Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
WESTPORT, CONN. — Vidal Wettenstein has brokered the sale of a retail/restaurant building located at 1849 Post Road East in Westport. Fin-Max Realty acquired the property for $3.9 million. The 6,237-square-foot property is occupied by Shake Shack. Robert Lewis of Vidal Wettenstein was the sole broker in the deal.
WESTPORT, CONN. — Southport, Conn.-based Angel Commercial has arranged the sales of two properties in Westport owned by the Kowalsky family for a combined value of $10.8 million. In the first deal, a limited liability company controlled by Investment Capital Holdings LLC acquired a 42,624-square-foot multi-tenant office building at 1777 Post Road East for $6.8 million. In the second transaction, a limited liability company controlled by Coastal Construction Group purchased a 9,184-square-foot office building located at 1141 Post Road East for $4 million. Coastal Construction Group plans to develop a mixed-use development on the 5.4-acre site. Jon Angel and Brett Sherman of Angel Commercial represented the seller and buyers in the transactions, which both closed the last week of January.
The Stamford, Connecticut, office market has everything going for it: proximity to New York City, a good transportation system, a wonderful quality of life, a superior public school network, great recreational possibilities being on Long Island Sound and great professionals. The one negative: almost zero growth in the state for the past 25 years in terms of both population and office-using jobs. This lack of growth has led to a very soft economic climate as it relates to office space. The vacancy rate for class A office space has hovered at more than 20 percent for the last seven years or more and has dipped below that only a few times since 1990. Vacancy Rate Favors Tenants In Fairfield County, the point of equilibrium is an office vacancy rate of approximately 15 percent. In other words, when the vacancy rate is 15 percent, neither landlords nor tenants have the upper hand in the negotiation of a lease transaction. In Stamford, the current vacancy rate resides at just over 23 percent — and that gives significant negotiating leverage to tenants that are looking for space. Interestingly enough, landlords of some of the better Class A institutional buildings are willing, and able, …
FARMINGTON, CONN. — EagleBridge Capital has arranged $2.5 million in permanent mortgage financing for an industrial property located at 21 Hyde Road in Farmington. The 113,425-square-foot property features 6,500 square feet of office space, 106,925 square feet of warehouse and distribution space, clear heights ranging from 24 feet to 30 feet, 10 loading docks and parking for 190 vehicles. The property is currently leased to Dealer Tire, a national tire, maintenance and light repair product distribution company. Brian Sheehan and Ted Sidel of EagleBridge arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower.
