Commercial & Industrial
New Haven OK Plan to Swap Hotel Plan for Apartments
By James Sanna | June 23, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA long-gestating proposal to turn a New Haven hotel near Interstate 95 into housing has finally received city approval.
Hyper-Local Approach Drives Brokerage Strategy
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | June 19, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkWill Suarez spent the bulk of his career in advertising and sales before making the move into commercial real estate in 2012. Now a principal at Avison Young’s Fairfield County office, Suarez puts his powers of persuasion to work expanding the brokerage’s local investment sales volume.
Hartford Architects Name New President
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | June 18, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA Hartford architecture firm that specializes in hospitality, civic and education projects announced a leadership transition including the appointment of a new president.
New Haven Architects’ Design Recognized for Sustainability
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | June 16, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkAn industry organization that promotes the use of mass timber building materials recognized New Haven-based architect Pickard Chilton’s work on a new office building that’s preleased to a major utility company.
State Announces $18.8M in Remediation Grants for Blighted Properties
June 13, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThe state is providing $18.8 million in grants for 23 properties in 19 towns to help cover the cost of cleaning up the properties so they can be redeveloped.
Fairfield County Office Availability Rate Drops
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | June 11, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkVacancies for high-end office space in Fairfield County continued to decline this year, but still exceed the more affordable tiers of the market.
Former Stamford Grocery Store Lands Fitness Club Tenant
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | June 11, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThe new owners of a former grocery store property in Stamford’s South End landed a high-end fitness club as an anchor tenant.
Alcohol Wholesaler Leases 14K SF in East Haven
June 9, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkWine, beer and liquor wholesaler Murphy Distributors continues to expand its statewide operations with the lease of a 14,000-square-foot building in East Haven.
Yale Follows Through On Planned High Street Halt
June 6, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkAs it said it would do earlier this year, Yale has paused its planned conversion of High Street between Elm and Chapel streets into a car-free plaza. The university told the city in February that it would postpone the project as it geared up for funding cuts from the Trump Administration.
Enfield Preps Commercial Properties for Next Act
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | June 5, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkHousehold names including Lego Group and MassMutual used to call Enfield home, occupying large corporate office parks. To get their town back into growth mode, officials are updating land-use rules and trying to restore developers’ confidence.
Windsor Warehouse Fetches $25M
June 4, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThe 165,625-square-foot property at 105 Baker Hollow Road was bought by NorthPoint Development.
New Development Proposal Could See Last of Stamford’s Futuristic Towers Fall
By James Sanna | June 2, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThe last of Stamford’s Saint John Towers, built for a “Jetsons”-like future that never came to pass, would be demolished under a proposal filed with city officials.
Danbury Greenlights Hotel-to-Apartments Conversion
By James Sanna | May 30, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkDanbury planning officials have given the go-ahead for a developer to turn a 10-story hotel into an apartment building oriented towards creative tenants.
Facing Pushback from Neighbors, Developer Proposes 478 Apartments
By James Sanna | May 28, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkNorwalk-based Spinnaker Real Estate Partners is facing opposition from Fairfield residents for its hotel-and-apartments plan for the site of a tired motel.
Enfield’s Ex-MassMutual Campus Sells for $3.99M
By James Sanna | May 27, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA large, but empty office building just off Interstate 91 in Enfield has traded hands, and its future still seems up in the air.
CT Housing Shortage Costs State ‘Tens of Billions of Dollars’
By James Sanna | May 23, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThe CBIA released a report arguing the state is around 46,000 homes short of current needs, and needs to build nearly 139,000 over the next 10 years to get back on an even keel.
Filling in the Missing Pieces in Shopping Centers
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | May 22, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkDan Zelson and Westport-based Charter Realty are mapping out growth strategies in retail real estate from New England to Montana.
Stamford Offices to Become Townhomes
By James Sanna | May 20, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA cluster of nearly 50-year-old office buildings near Long Island Sound in Stamford is slated to lose one of its number to a housing redevelopment.
Historic Tax Credits Help Pay for Hartford Office-to-Housing Conversion
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | May 16, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkDevelopers broke ground on the transformation of a pair of century-old former state office buildings into a mixed-income apartment community in downtown Hartford.
Danbury Food Pantry Completes Big Expansion
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | May 13, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkDaily Bread Food Pantry has expanded to a new location in a former Danbury military museum after signing a lease with landlord Orlando Properties.
