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Waterbury’s struggling Brass Mill Center and the neighboring Brass Mill Commons retail center fetched a combined total of nearly $45 million last week after the former owners decided to sell.

The buyer was a pair of LLCs affiliated with New York-based Kohan Retail Investment Group, which owns 55 malls across the country, mainly in secondary and tertiary cities like Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and Spokane, Washington. The seller was an LLC affiliated with nationwide real estate investor Brookfield Asset Management.

The Brass Mill Center, at 495 and 525 Union St., sold for $18.93 million on April 18, according to public records. Brass Mill Commons, at 235 Union St., commanded an even $26 million.

The enclosed mall property contains just over 900,000 square feet of space and sits on just under 46 acres of land. In recent years, like many malls, the Brass Mill Center has lost its primary anchor tenants. Only a 2-story JCPenny remains, with the second of four 2-story anchor spaces divided between a Burlington Coat Factory and a Shoppers World. A third anchor space once home to a Macy’s remains empty, as does the mall’s northern-most anchor space, once occupied by a Sears. Both spaces were not part of the April 18 transaction and are still owned by the two chains’ parent companies.

Tenants at the 180,000-square-foot Brass Mill Commons include T.J.Maxx and Dick’s Sporting Goods. The property also includes three outlying restaurant buildings.

Both properties were built in 1997 with federal help to replace a highly contaminated industrial site.

The Hartford Business Journal first reported the sale.