Report: Penrose Buys Ex-State Office Buildings for Housing
Two former state office buildings could soon become over 100 apartments after a Philadelphia mixed-income housing developer bought them for $1.1 million.
State Funds Nine Housing Developments
State officials recently announced nearly $26.17 million in loans, grants, tax credits and other forms of financing that will help get developments totaling 658 new housing units, 381 of which will be affordable housing.
New CT Realtors President Takes the Reins
Steven Miller, a Realtor in Coldwell Banker’s North Haven office, has begun his one-year term as the 2025 president of CT Realtors.
Value-Seekers Drove 2024’s Retail Trends and Dead Ends
Value was in vogue in 2024. Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend their money as they wrestled with high housing and food prices. Here are some of the trends – and dead ends – that The Associated Press tracked in 2024.
Report: New Haven Borrowers Paying More for Insurance and Taxes than Home’s Cost
A new analysis of data found that New Haven homeowners are among the most burdened by tax and insurance payments in the country.
East Haven Asset Earns $7.1M in Sale
Commercial real estate brokerage Marcus & Millichap announced the $7.1 million sale of an East Haven industrial asset.
Jewett City Savings Gives $40K to First Responders
Jewett City Savings Bank announced its latest round of grants to Eastern Connecticut emergency services units. The bank gave $40,000 to several dozen fire and EMS departments or volunteer companies, it said. “Our first responders dedicate their time and put their...
State Brownfields Redevelopment Grants Aim to Unlock $530M in Private Investments
State brownfields grants for 21 blighted properties in 18 municipalities across Connecticut worth $20 million will help build nearly 1,400 homes, Gov. Ned Lamont’s office said Wednesday.
Houlihan Lawrence Expert Jumps to William Pitt – Julia B. Fee
A Houlihan Lawrence luxury real estate expert who can boast of helping sell several high-profile mansions in Westchester County has jumped over to William Pitt – Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty.
KeyBank Gives $300K to New Haven Nonprofit
KeyBank recently announced a $300,000 donation to a New Haven nonprofit that tries to combat food insecurity among the sick and elderly.
Berkshire Bank Names New CT Market President
Cathy Velez, currently managing director of retail banking and deposit operations, will also be the bank’s new market president for the bank in Connecticut.
Huntsman Meade Agent Is CT Realtor of the Year
Connecticut’s statewide Realtor association named a Middletown real estate agent as its top member of the year Wednesday.
Jewett City Savings CEO Elected to CBA
Jewett City Savings Bank President and CEO Michael Alberts was been elected to the Connecticut Bankers Association board of directors at the CBA’s annual meeting on Sept. 21.
With Land Sale, New Haven Multifamily Project Appears Dead
Fairfield developer Post Road Residential sold a triangular parcel of land in New Haven’s East Rock neighborhood to a company planning to open a marijuana dispensary on the site.
Agent Survey Shows Buyers Still Expect Sellers to Pay Commission
A nationwide survey by The Real Brokerage suggests that, heading into the fall homebuying season, consumers’ expectations of how their agents would get paid might not have been changed by the flurry of media coverage around the National Association of Realtors’ commission lawsuit settlements this summer.
Second Fintech Seeks Organization Under New CT Charter
After two Fairfield County fintechs became the first to be chartered under Connecticut’s new “innovation bank” charter earlier this year, a third company is planning to take the same leap.
Report: Four Teams Shortlisted for New Haven Development
Development of a state-owned site next to New Haven’s Metro-North station took another step forward this week.
Greenwich Mixed-Use Portfolio Sells for $19M
A series of commercial buildings at the corner of Arcadia Road and Sound Beach Avenue Old Greenwich have traded hands for a sizeable sum.
Report: CRDA Head Freimuth to Step Down
A key player in Hartford’s ongoing downtown revival says he’s ready to “take a sabbatical.”
New Haven Coliseum Won’t Get High-End Liquor Store
A potential tenant for Spinnaker Real Estate Partners’ big, multi-phase redevelopment of the old New Haven Coliseum site lost their bid to open a high-end liquor store in the development.
