Two Cromwell tracts have been acquired for $400,000 on which a 12,960-square-foot building will be constructed to house NIC Systems Corp.’s eventual relocation of its Rocky Hill-based operations.
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Two Cromwell tracts have been acquired for $400,000 on which a 12,960-square-foot building will be constructed to house NIC Systems Corp.’s eventual relocation of its Rocky Hill-based operations.

Buyer 12DB Properties purchased 30 Commerce Drive and 40 Commerce Drive from C&G Holdings II LLC.
NIC, a designer of industrial-automation hardware and software, currently operates out of 51 Belamose Ave., a 35,000-square-foot flex building in Rocky Hill.
Hartford’s Sentry Commercial represented the seller. The Proto Group of North Haven represented the buyer.

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