For September, 104 Connecticut municipalities authorized 242 new housing units, according to the state’s Department of Economic & Community Development.
That is the lowest monthly figure reported year to date for calendar 2018. It represents an 18-percent decline from August’s figure of 295 units, and a 40-percent decline from the 407 housing units authorized in September 2017.
In south-central Connecticut the most active municipalities reported by DECD were New Haven, which last month green-lighted 24 new housing units (454 year to date), Southington (10 in September, 54 YTD) and Milford (7 in September, 126 for 2018).
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The Institute of Martial Arts-Santaus LLC has leased 2,560 square feet at 375 Morgan Lane, West Haven. The space houses two connecting units (1,280 s/f each) in a multi-tenant condo association known as Twelve Oaks Business Park. Owned by Darryl Santaus, the tenant will use the property for a martial-arts training facility for ages five to adult. Landlord John C. D’Amato Jr. was represented by Bill Clark of the Geenty Group in the transaction, while Alan Fischer of Fischer Commercial Real Estate in Orange represented the tenant.
