🔒Hamden Center II office-retail building sold for $10M

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The Hamden Center II office-retail complex has sold for $10 million, brokers say.

Hamden Realty Associates LP sold the Class-A office building with 80,000 square feet of office space and another 20,000 square feet of retail space at 2321 Whitney Ave. to HC2 LLC, an entity of New Haven's Schaffer family, said broker Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services.

Hamden owned the building for 20 years. The building opened in 1985, Press/Cuozzo said.

Ted Schaffer represented his family, active in New Haven realty development circles for more than four decades, in the transaction. Press/Cuozzo represented the seller.

$2.6M Enfield sale

Greeting-card maker-distributor Olympia Sales Inc. has sold its 167,000-square-foot Enfield facility for $2.6 million, brokers say.

VCRV LLC bought the building on 6.5 acres at 215 Moody Road.

Sentry Commercial was the sole broker in this transaction.

$1.4M Manchester warehouse sale

A 41,000-square-foot Manchester industrial building has sold for $1.375 million, brokers say.

Aramis Associates L.C. sold the 30-year-old building at 118 Sanrico Drive to Sanrico RP Realty LLP, according to seller's broker O,R&L Commercial. CBRE-New England Partners LP represented Sanrico.

Manchester swimming-pool equipment and accessories retailer NAMCO previously used the vacant building for making and storing pool chemicals, O,R&L said.

Sanrico RP Realty, an investor/developer with properties nationwide, intends to renovate the entire building and lease it to ABC Supply Co. Inc., a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of roofing, siding, windows, gutters and more, O,R&L said.

Since its start in 1982, ABC Supply has grown to more than 700 facilities in 49 states, including a pair in Hartford and Berlin.

Miracle Ear's lease

Hearing-aid retailer Miracle Ear has leased approximately 1,825 square feet on Wethersfield's Silas Deane Highway for a store.

Northeast Hearing LLC inked the lease at 1206 Silas Deane Highway with landlord Phoenix Realty Management, according to landlord broker O,R&L Commercial. Sullivan Hayes Cos. Northeast represented Miracle Ear.

William Raveis Real Estate previously occupied the space, and has relocated offices a short distance to 990 Silas Deane Highway.

Thirteen of Miracle Ear's more than 1,200 retail stores nationwide are in Connecticut, O,R&L said.

Berlin Inc.'s roster grows

A handful of businesses have opened doors or recently relocated to the town of Berlin, its economic-development director reports.

SigmaWear, previously a home-based maker of fraternity-sorority related apparel and accessories, leased 2,000 square feet at 202 New Britain Road from landlord Berlin Danliang Properties LLC, according to Berlin's Christopher Edge.

Douglas Mechanical purchased for $190,000 a previously vacant, 3,000-square-foot industrial condominium at 820 Four Rod Road to house its heating, ventilating and air conditioning contracting operations and 15 workers. Daniel and Debra Quagliaro were sellers. Douglas previously was based in Plainville.

Serenity SOULutions leased 1,000 square feet of office space at 1200 Farmington Ave., formerly used by a homecare agency, to relocate its five massage therapists there from Plainville. Homes and Castles LLC is landlord.

Roth Family Chiropractic leased 2,700 square feet at 355 Newington Road, formerly the Kensington Naturopathic Medical Center, in Berlin's Kensington section. Head chiropractor-owner Dr. Justin Roth has five employees. Phelan-Laurel LLC is landlord.n

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Dogology bows in W. Hfd.

Canton pet-food and accessories retailer Dogology has opened a second store in West Hartford.

The new location is at 5 Sedgwick Road.