A Rapid Growth Phase in Green Energy Financing
When landlords want to finance building energy upgrades on a repayment timetable that makes sense for them, they turn to Alexandra Cooley.
Bringing Shakespeare and Services to the Office Park
In stark contrast to many of the larger corporate landlords in Fairfield County, R.D. Scinto Inc. and its founder, Bob Scinto, maintain a distinctly personal approach to operations of its commercial portfolio.
Turning Luck in Credit Unions’ Favor
For Bruce Adams, president and CEO of the Credit Union League of Connecticut, people who win the lottery experience as much of a financial shock as someone who just lost a job. These lottery winners can now turn to the state’s credit union industry for guidance on how to manage their winnings.
Spotlighting Main Street as an Economic Driver
Michelle McCabe is hitting the road and getting familiar with the more than 80 communities that form the constituency of her downtown revitalization agency.
Early Interventions Boost Security and Welcoming Designs
Designing schools to be safe in an era of gun violence doesn’t necessarily mean turning them into forbidding institutional fortresses. Svigals + Partners architect Marissa Dionne Mead knows this firsthand.
Can a Mutual Beat Fintechs on Their Turf?
Tom Senecal is leading PeoplesBank into a future even more dedicated to mutuality than before specifically because mutuality is the bank’s secret weapon.
New Direction for Small Credit Union
James Higgins is planning to convert the $38.6 million-asset Skyline Financial Credit Union from an employer-sponsored to a community credit union. Here’s why.
A Multifamily Bet on New Haven’s Job Growth
Paredim Partners’ recent $52.5 million purchase of the 194-unit Taft apartments overlooking New Haven Green is the latest illustration of founder David Parisier’s confidence in the strength of the Elm City’s economy and multifamily market.
A Data-Driven Approach to Branches
As chief operating officer at East Hartford-based AccuBranch, Nancy Nesbitt takes components of her experience in commercial real estate, economic development and banking and “wraps them all up with a pretty bow” to help banks and credit unions understand their markets and understand where they should build new branches.
A Career of Continuity at Colliers Hartford
A partner at age 28 and president of Colliers’s Hartford office at 39, Nicholas Morizio has been part of over $800 million in deals.
Banker Sees Opportunities for Community Bank Branches
Thomaston Savings Bank has doubled its branch network in the last 11 years, and tripled its assets. In the middle of that growth sits senior retail banking officer Todd Burton.
A Work-Life Balance on Sustainable Building
Alicia Dolce is an evangelist for energy efficiency by day in her role as executive director of the CT Green Building Council, and a convert at home where she lives in an all-electric Passive House that keeps high utility bills at bay.
New CBRE Broker Returns to Familiar Terrain
After advising corporate clients on decisions about real estate transactions across the globe, Sheera Riemer is working on deals close to home in her new role as a vice president at CBRE’s Stamford office.
Ion Seeks Survival Through Mutual Mergers
David Rotatori does not want to be Ion Bank’s last president and CEO. The Naugatuck-based bank made big moves this year that will help the $1.7 billion-asset institution commit long-term to mutuality.
Community Bank Tackles Student Debt
The student loan problem is enormous: $1.7 trillion in debt, almost 45 million borrowers with loans to repay, about 10 percent of borrowers delinquent or in default even before the pandemic started. As president and CEO of The Milford Bank, Susan Shields saw an opportunity to help.
Pennrose Pioneers New Housing Models
Pennrose Realty is carving out of a niche as a developer of senior housing for the LGBTQ community. Charlie Adams leads Pennrose’ New England region division, which has projects in Torrington and Hartford.
Essex Savings’ 18th Leader – And First Woman
Diane Arnold had a summer job in Branford as a banker teller, but after graduating from college, she began working in the insurance industry. That career was short-lived, though, after Arnold received a call from Essex Savings Bank’s Gregory Shook asking her to return to the bank and go through a management training program. She has been in banking ever since, working on commercial lending.
Creating Inviting Homes for Corporate HQs
New Haven-based architecture firm Pickard Chilton punches above its weight in winning competitions to design signature commercial buildings on a global scale. Jon Pickard founded the firm in 1997 with his former college classmate, Bill Chilton.
Returning for a Second Act at Architectural Firm
Jeff Talka’s new role is to expand Glastonbury-based architect S/L/A/M Collaborative’s work in the science and technology sectors, and he’s looking to hire more colleagues with experience in that specialty.
Helping MDIs and CDFIs Build Homeownership
Paul Katz is leading an initiative at Promontory MortgagePath to support CDFIs and minority depository institutions in their efforts to expand homeownership in underserved communities.
