HAMPSHIRE LEASES OFFICE SPACE AT 20 CHURCH STREET

HARTFORD, CONN. — S.H. Smith & Co. has signed a lease for 21,000 square feet at 20 Church Street, a Class A office building located in downtown Hartford. The insurance broker will relocate its company headquarters to the new office from its previous location in West Hartford. John McCormick, Patrick Mulready and Alexis Augsberger of CB Richard Ellis represented the landlord, Morristown, N.J.-based The Hampshire Companies, in lease negotiations. Hampshire acquired the property in 2006 as part of its Hampshire Partners Fund VI and has since completed significant capital improvements to it.