Calcagni Real Estate recently opened an office in Southington.

TestAmerica has leased 3,250 square feet in Shelton.

Dunkin\’ Donuts is opening a new location on Main Avenue in Norwalk.

Franco Fellah and Kerry Wood of HK Group have leased 1,328 square feet to a stylist in Westport.

Solid State Heating Corp. has bought a 12,359-square-foot industrial building in Westbrook for $475,000.

Southbury Village Square LLC, headed by local developers Robert and Charles LaFlamme, has purchased 25 acres in Southbury for $1.26 million.

The line between politics and commerce blurred here Monday as the mayor and state legislators backed NRG Energy’s bid to be chosen by the state for a valuable prize: a long-term contract to provide renewable energy.

Worth Avenue Capital, LLC recently closed a $565,000 commercial loan for a northwestern Connecticut-based electrical contractor.

The Cheshire Town Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved Massachusetts-based WS Development’s Special Development Project plans for an outlet center in Cheshire in a vote on July 22.

Perhaps no area of a commercial real estate purchase agreement is negotiated as intensely as the seller’s representations.

Joerns LLC has signed a lease for 3,000 square feet in Wallingford.

The University of New Haven has purchased the former world headquarters of Hubbell Inc. in Orange for $3.03 million.

Houman Shafei has purchased a 2,800 square foot building previously owned by a publishing company in Meriden for $100,000.

Somersault Jungle Gymnastics LLC has signed a two-year lease for 6,000 square feet in Somers.

Trinity Property Group LLC has purchased a 63-unit student apartment complex in New Britain for $4.725 million.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., operator of Sheraton hotels, posted a 12 percent jump in quarterly earnings and raised its 2013 earnings forecast as a rebound in business travel fills its rooms.

Mass.-based Callahan Inc. has broken ground on an assisted living community in Shelton.

As area businesses seek to “go green,” there is an increasing interest in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified buildings. This raises important leasing issues for both landlords and tenants.

West Haven’s Planning and Zoning Commission has approved plans to put a medical marijuana growing facility in town.