The Amber Restaurant, North Haven
The Amber Restaurant, a North Haven landmark for 32 years on 132 Middletown Ave. owned by Charles and Sheila De Martino, has been sold to Shan Yu Chang and Meilin Wu Chang, who own a popular restaurant in Hamden. Shawn Reilly of Levey Miller Maretz of Woodbridge represented both the buyer and seller.
The 3,200-square-foot restaurant with a two-bedroom apartment was highly acclaimed for its great ribs and for many years was listed in Connecticut Magazine for the “State’s Best Ribs.” The new owners plan a major renovation and hope to open in about three months.
R.S. Silver Joins Prudential
R.S. Silver Enterprises of New York City and Stamford has joined Prudential Connecticut Commercial Real Estate of Stamford.
R.S. Silver Enterprises is a well-established commercial real estate company responsible for numerous major transactions in lower Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Among the many companies it has represented are Hill & Knowlton, General Electric, IBM, Airlines Terminal Corp., Nine West Shoe Co., UPS, Stolt-Neilsen Co. and Chrysler Capital Corp. Robert Silver, principal of R.S. Silver Enterprises, has established a strong presence in Fairfield County, having built and leased the office buildings at One Gorham Island and Indian River Green in Westport.
Joining Prudential Connecticut Commercial Real Estate are Norman Webweiser and Victoria Foulides. Silver will retain use of the R.S. Silver Enterprises name at its offices at 370 Lexington Ave. in New York and at Prudential’s office at 850 Canal St. in Stamford.
Prudential Connecticut Commercial Real Estate is an independently owned and operated company, and is part of the Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, which has affiliate offices nationwide.
Rocky Hill Space Leased
On behalf of its client Farley White Interests, Cushman & Wakefield has completed the lease of 83,882 square feet of office space at Corporate Ridge, located at 400 Capital Blvd. in Rocky Hill, to United Healthcare. With that lease, the 103,000-square-foot building is now fully occupied.
“400 Capital is a state-of-the-art class A building that provides its tenants a technological edge, including advanced climate control and the latest in lighting design,” said Bob Kelly, senior director for Cushman & Wakefield, who along with Jon Putnam, Joel Grieco and Maury Smith, all with Cushman & Wakefield, represented Farley White Interests.
“United Healthcare Group is very happy that the highest-quality building in the market also fit their geographic and financial needs,” said Trevor Davis of Trevor Davis Commercial Real Estate, who represented United Healthcare.
Farley White Interests owns an additional 83 acres at Corporate Ridge that is available for development. The building at 400 Capital Blvd. is located at Exit 23 off Interstate 91. Corporate Ridge is a 230-acre executive office park that features a campus setting and jogging trails that run along meadows, ponds and streams.
