The owner of a commercial flooring contractor recently purchased a portfolio of four office buildings in Meriden for a combined $1.4 million.
The properties included 1 Prestige Dr., 210 Pomeroy Ave., and 240-250 Pomeroy Ave., Meriden. The buildings have a total of 66,200 square feet of space.
Senior Commercial Broker Carl G. Russell of Pearce Real Estate in North Haven represented the seller, Joseph Barker Realty Associates LP of Bloomfield.
Brian Godin of Godin Property Brokers LLC in Middlebury represented the buyer, Normand J. Laliberte of the Prestige Property Group, based in Watertown.
Laliberte is the owner and operations manager of Union Flooring Installations, a national retail commercial flooring contractor in Watertown. According to an announcement, Laliberte plans to renovate and remodel the buildings to make them more attractive to the market.
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Elm City Montessori School opts to buy, not rent
The Elm City Montessori School Inc. has purchased property it had been renting, at 495 Blake St., New Haven, for just under $5.3 million.
Blake Street Center Associates LLC sold the property in October to the school.
According to Steve Miller, principal and broker with the real estate firm Levey Miller Maretz in Woodbridge, the school has been a tenant in the building, but always wanted to own it. The school will occupy the entire building, he said.
Miller was the sole broker in the deal. The building has 70,000 square feet of space and is on a 4.35-acre parcel. The site had at one time been home to a manufacturer, Geometric Tool. Blake Street Center Associates bought the property in 1995 and subsequently renovated it so it would be suitable for use as a school.
