Commercial & Industrial

Norwalk’s Tallest Building Getting Golf Lounge Venue
May 12, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkAs it expands across New York City’s suburbs and exurbs, a national chain of golf-based entertainment venues is planning to open a spot in Norwalk’s tallest building.

Feds Pick Downtown Hartford Parking Lot for Future Courthouse Site
By James Sanna | May 9, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThe site will ultimately host a 281,000-square-foot building with enough space to meet the federal courts’ needs for the next 30 years.

Waiting for the Big Office Reset
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | May 8, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkUncertainty continues to linger over Connecticut’s office market. Christopher Ostop helps landlords and tenants navigate the fog in his role as managing director of JLL’s Hartford office since 2017.

Stamford OKs Plan to Turn Ex-WWE Studios into Warehouse
By James Sanna | May 7, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThe former filming location for professional wrestling matches is slated to become a warehouse under redevelopment plans approved by the city in recent weeks.

Norwalk Mixed-Use Building Sells for Potential Redevelopment
By James Sanna | May 6, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA small South Norwalk office-residential building next to a large development has traded hands for $3 million.

Multifamily Construction Up in CT’s Biggest Metros
By Sam Minton | May 5, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkFairfield County and the Hartford area are both seeing more housing construction than before the pandemic.

Trump Administration Swiftly Undoing HUD’s Transgender Protections
By James Sanna | May 5, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThe Trump administration is swiftly remaking housing policy as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development retreats from long-established fair-housing protections for transgender people.

Amazon Drops $20M on Enfield Permitted Site
By James Sanna | April 30, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkTariffs or no tariffs, internet retail giant took a step towards building more warehouse capacity in one of the towns that makes up Connecticut’s distribution center hub.

KeyBank, Webster Finance Hartford Nonprofit Developer’s $45M Expansion
By James Sanna | April 30, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA Connecticut nonprofit developer that builds housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities national.

Manchester Warehouse Sold to New Jersey Investor
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | April 29, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA New Jersey real estate investor that specializes in acquisitions of infill industrial properties paid $12 million for a Manchester distribution facility.

Connecticut Given ‘F’ for Housing Production
By James Sanna | April 29, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA new analysis by economists at Realtor.com gave Connecticut a failing grade for producing too little housing to meet its needs.

Shoppes at Buckland Hills Trades for $25.8M
By James Sanna | April 28, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkOne of Connecticut’s biggest malls has sold to one of the biggest owners of distressed malls in the state and elsewhere.

Housing Conversions Provide Options for Fairfield County Office Owners
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | April 25, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkFairfield County’s office sector showed positive indicators in the first quarter as the effects of residential conversions removed out-of-favor inventory from the market.

Stamford Office Building Could Become 60 Apartments
By James Sanna | April 24, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkAn aging office building to the north of Stamford’s downtown core is up for a multifamily conversion amid unrelentingly high office vacancy rates and a county-wide surge in housing-focused redevelopments.

459 CT Renters Could Face Eviction if Congress Doesn’t Act
By Jesse Bedayn | The Associated Press | April 23, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA federal program that pays rent for some 60,000 families and individuals fleeing homelessness or domestic violence could end by next year if more funding isn’t made available.

Report: New Haven Biotech Tower on Hold, Thanks to Trump
By James Sanna | April 23, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkWhat was supposed to be New Haven’s next big life science real estate development and a major landmark at a gateway to the city is suddenly going nowhere, fast.

Meriden Multifamily Trades for $8.6M
By James Sanna | April 22, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA medium-sized apartment building in downtown Meriden has changed hands at a slight discount from its last sale.

Stonington Village Gets $41.5M Financing for Housing
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | April 18, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA Stonington mixed-use development will add 160 multifamily units after receiving $41.5 million in financing from Liberty Bank.

JLL: Apartments Planned for Norwalk Office Building
By James Sanna | April 14, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkCommercial brokerage JLL claims a mostly-empty Norwalk office building is headed for a multifamily conversion.

From Corporate HQ to Self-Storage: Developer Pitches New Plan for Pepperidge Property
By James Sanna | April 11, 2025 | Reprints | Unlock LinkIt’s a real come-down for the prestige of 595 Westport Ave. in Norwalk, but a developer’s plan to convert the office-and-factory property to self-storage units will keep it active.