In Person
A Tax-Friendly Approach to CRE Diversification
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | April 20, 2023 | Reprints | Unlock Link
Michael Deutsch brings his experience setting up DSTs to his new role as a senior vice president for Colliers’ Stamford office, along with his background in investment sales and leasing of office and industrial properties.
Washington Trust to See First Female President
By Diane McLaughlin | April 13, 2023 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThe Washington Trust Co. is known as the oldest community bank in the United States, but no woman has ever held the title of president and chief operating officer of the bank. Until Mary Noons takes the job this month, that is.
Expanding the Housing Pipeline in Central Connecticut
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | April 6, 2023 | Reprints | Unlock LinkAvner Krohn has a formula for developing multifamily housing in Connecticut, seeking financial incentives from public sources to bring long-neglected parcels back to life in some of the state’s struggling former manufacturing centers.
Prepare Now for FedNow
By Diane McLaughlin | March 2, 2023 | Reprints | Unlock LinkAt some point between May and July, the Federal Reserve plans to launch its real-time payments system FedNow, and EasCorp’s Cynthia Nelson wants credit unions to get ready.
Creating a Destination for Biotech Growth
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | February 23, 2023 | Reprints | Unlock LinkUnder its president, David Goldblum, New Haven’s Hurley Group is tapping into the city’s biotech boom with its conversion of an 8-story office building into the 114,000-square-foot Elm City Bioscience Center.
A Career Fast Track Leads to Brokerage
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | January 26, 2023 | Reprints | Unlock LinkAfter immersing himself in the financial data that drives commercial real estate transactions, Joseph Weaver made the move to brokerage and the opportunity to put together deals himself.
Steward of a 175-Year-Old Bank
By Diane McLaughlin | December 8, 2022 | Reprints | Unlock LinkNational Iron Bank may be small, with only $270 million in assets, but President and CEO Steven Cornell says the bank’s size is one of its strengths.
Holding Communities Responsible for Exclusionary Zoning
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | November 24, 2022 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThe Connecticut Open Communities Alliance is committed to breaking down barriers to housing access that contribute to economic inequity. Erin Boggs leads the Hartford-based organization, which filed a lawsuit in August alleging that the town of Woodbridge’s zoning violates the Connecticut Fair Housing Act and state Constitution.
A Rapid Growth Phase in Green Energy Financing
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | October 27, 2022 | Reprints | Unlock LinkWhen 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
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | September 22, 2022 | Reprints | Unlock LinkIn 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
By Diane McLaughlin | September 1, 2022 | ReprintsFor 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
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | August 25, 2022 | ReprintsMichelle 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
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | August 4, 2022 | ReprintsDesigning 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?
By Diane McLaughlin | July 14, 2022 | ReprintsTom 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
By Diane McLaughlin | June 30, 2022 | ReprintsJames 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
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | June 23, 2022 | Reprints | Unlock LinkParedim 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
By Diane McLaughlin | June 2, 2022 | Reprints | Unlock LinkAs 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
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | May 12, 2022 | Reprints | Unlock LinkA 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
By Diane McLaughlin | March 3, 2022 | Reprints | Unlock LinkThomaston 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
By Steve Adams | Commercial Record Staff | January 6, 2022 | Reprints | Unlock LinkAlicia 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.
