Carl Eileen RussellCarl Russell and Eileen Russell of the Pearce Milford Commercial Office received the ‘Retail Sale of the Year’ on Dec. 11 at the New Haven Commercial Industrial Division’s (CID) annual awards dinner at Eli’s on Whitney in Hamden.

The Realtors received the award for the sale of a 9,120-square-foot building at 307 Racebrook Road in Orange. Eileen Russell represented buyer RTJ Properties LLC, and Carl Russell represented the seller, RCF LLC, in the transaction.

The property is leased to Center Ice Sports, which sells hockey and figure skating equipment as well as team uniforms and accessories, and Merle’s Record Rack, which sells 45s, LPs, CDs and rare vinyl record albums. A new tenant, ASD Fitness Center, will soon occupy approximately 5,000 square feet at the property. A grand opening for the center is planned for February 2014.