Colonial Properties Inc. of Orange recently finalized five New Haven area property leases totaling 16,000 square feet of space.
Michael Richetelli, president and designated broker, handled the leasing of 1590 Boston Post Road, Milford, a 2,700-square-foot free-standing restaurant building, for a five-year term. The building is the former home of Smashburger, and plans are to convert it to a Tropical Smoothie Café, a Georgia-based fast casual food franchise which features smoothies, wraps, salads and sandwiches.
Fred A. Messore, senior vice president, was the sole broker for the landlord, Marlaure LLC in the leasing of 488 Derby Ave., West Haven, a 500-square-foot office space, for a one-year term to Pat Deleva.
Tom Doyle handled the leasing of 719 Campbell Ave., West Haven, a 4,000-square-foot commercial building, for a one-year term to Justin Greenstein. The building will be used to store goods for an online retail business.
Kosta Eliopoulos was the sole broker in the leasing of 30 Leetes Island Road, Branford, a 4,800-square-foot free-standing building, for a 20-year term. The building was formerly a Friendly’s and most recently, Diner 56. The new tenants plan to open a diner.
Finally, Tony Vitti represented landlord John Heo in the leasing of 510 Boston Post Road, Orange, a 4,000-square-foot flex/warehouse space, for five years. The tenant, Mickey Blake’s Cigars, was represented by Kevin Weirsman of Total Realty Services.
“The strong leasing activity we are seeing is indicative of the repositioning that’s taking place in the market,” Richetelli said in an announcement. “While many businesses are closing as casualties of the pandemic, there are many new businesses looking to open as Connecticut is seeing an influx of new people moving into the state.”
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Accounting firm to use Madison space
A 1,126-square-foot condominium unit at 149 Durham Road, Madison sold recently for $77,500. The sellers were Donald and Monica Weeks. The buyers were Harold and Melissa Hartmann, who plan to use the unit for the public accounting offices of Hartmann & Company, Inc., which specializes in trader and investor taxation. Kristin Geenty, president of The Geenty Group, Realtors, was the sole broker in the transaction.
