CL&P, Oakleaf move operations to larger quarters

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Connecticut Light & Power Co. recently paid $900,000 for a 15,000-square-foot building in Glastonbury.

The former home of Habco Inc. at 40 Sequin Drive includes 4,000 square feet of office space.

Habco, an aerospace services company, recently moved to 172 Oak St. in Glastonbury.

CL&P is relocating to its new Glastonbury quarters a team of substation electricians and their equipment currently housed in a cramped, 5,000-square-foot leased facility in South Windsor, CL&P spokesman Mitch Gross said.

“We need to stretch our legs a bit,’’ Gross said.

Sentry Commercial Real Estate Services represented the seller in the deal.

Oakleaf relocates

Oakleaf has officially moved headquarters for its waste and facilities management from East Hartford to larger quarters in Windsor – with the help of taxpayer funds.

Oakleaf got a $3 million state grant last July to defray the cost of outfitting its location at 415 Day Hill Road and moving office equipment and records for some workers from the old East Hartford space.

Oakleaf CEO Steve Preston boasted that many features in the new quarters are some meant to foster staff collaboration and teamwork. For instance, Preston said, whiteboards – the writing surface that is the center prop for the marker-wielding pitchman in United Parcel Service TV ads – are mounted on hallway walls, and meeting space abounds.

In addition, a number of green-building elements were incorporated into the office design, he said. Carpet, ceramic tile and cafeteria counter tops were constructed using recycled materials, along with the use of remanufactured workstations.

$1M W. Hartford lease

RHYS Commercial negotiated multiple retail leases in three Connecticut towns, one of them a million-dollar deal in West Hartford, Retail Traffic reports.

Massage Envy signed a 10-year, 3,200-square-foot lease at Bishops Corner in West Hartford. The lease is valued at more than $1 million, Retail Traffic said.

In Glastonbury, AT&T Mobility signed a five-year 3,200-square-foot lease at The Shops at Somerset Square.

In Southbury, Hallmark Gold Crown signed a five-year, 4,500-square-foot expansion lease with Gatto Development Corp. for a store at Southbury Plaza.

In a separate Bishops Corner lease handled by Sentry Commercial, West Hartford Chiropractic renewed its lease of 1,129 square feet at Bishops Corner West Shopping Center, 345 North Main St.

Landlord Edens & Avant owns the shopping Center.

Com-Pak moves

Com-Pak Services Inc. has signed for 30,832 square feet of industrial space in Windsor to move its Connecticut direct marketing, printing, inserting, mailing and fulfillment services operations from Berlin.

O,R&L represented landlord Market Circle LLC in the lease.

Colliers, Dow & Condon represented the New Jersey-based tenant.

Automated Mailing buys

The owner of Automated Mailing Services LLC in Southington has purchased two Cheshire buildings totaling 10,000 square feet to accommodate moving Automated’s direct-mail operations there.

JMZ Property Holdings LLC purchased the pair of light industrial buildings at 1685 Reinhard Road from sellers Raymond and Margaret Bykowski.

O,R & L Commercial represented the sellers. Matthews Commercial Properties LLC represented the buyer.

Branford mattress tenant

Mattress retailer-distributor Roman Wasicki has leased space in a Branford industrial park for his business.

The lease is for Unit 5 at 185 Research Drive.

Landlord D’Amato Investments LLC was represented by Marena Realty of Stamford.

The Geenty Group, Realtors represented Wasicki.

Also in Branford, wine distributor Matthew Murphy of Do Valle LLC leased 3,200 square feet in a commercial condo at 63-9 N. Branford Road, space four times larger than Do Valle’s previous quarters.

The Geenty Group brokered the lease.

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Greg Seay is the Hartford Business Journal Web Editor.