🔒UConn Health opens new East Hartford clinic space

UConn Health recently opened a health clinic at 800 Connecticut Blvd. in East Hartford.

UConn occupies 12,424 square feet on the building's first floor, with an option for another 6,000 square feet also on the first floor, a spokesman said.

Twenty-nine employees mainly support obstetrics, gynecology and pediatrics.

UConn invested another $30 per square foot, or about $373,000, to build out and furnish the space to its needs, the spokesman said.

Mark Greenberg is the landlord.

Amenta's CCSU design

Hartford's Amenta Emma Architects is teaming with New York architects Davis Brody Bond on a commission for a 100,000-square-foot engineering building on the Central Connecticut State University campus in New Britain.

The $44 million construction budget includes equipping the School of Engineering's facility with a high-tech laboratory, classrooms and faculty office space. The building will be situated in the center of the Central campus.

The designers' fee for the commission wasn't disclosed. Preliminary completion is set for December 2019, Amenta Emma said.

Davis Brody Bond is a seasoned designer of science, research and engineering buildings.

Amenta Emma's Connecticut higher education projects include Central's Energy Center, the Technology Academic Building at Naugatuck Valley Community College and the UConn Co-op in Storrs.

Colliers' area deals

Hartford commercial broker Colliers International was involved recently in a series of leases in the Hartford region. Colliers was sole broker, except where noted.

In Hartford, ThymeShare LLC leased 4,100 square feet at 485 Main St. for an “incubator kitchen” for chefs, restaurants, caterers and other culinary businesses to test and refine new recipes and products. 485 Main Street Associates LLC is landlord. Colliers International represented the tenant.

In the city's North Meadows, Danbury's Praxair Distribution Inc. leased 3,000 square feet of industrial space at 98-100 Meadow St. from landlord Ferro Realty.

The Corporation for Supportive Housing leased 2,633 square feet in the CT Nonprofit Office Center, for a relocation of its offices from Buckingham Street, in the shadow of the State Capitol. Hartford CIL Community Resources is landlord for the office building at 75 Charter Oak Ave.

In Bristol, Joyce of New England leased 15,000 square feet at 360 Minor St. from landlord Braverman Bristol LLC.

In New Britain, Ultimate Nutrition leased 125,000 square feet of industrial space at One Hartford Square. Hartford Square Associates is landlord.

In Newington, youth entertainment provider Jump On In signed for 10,459 square feet at 475 Willard Ave. The Hampshire Cos. is landlord. Jump On In facilities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Texas feature large inflatables and trampolines for kids.

In Rocky Hill, American Freight of Western New York LLC leased 35,000 square feet at 1930 Silas Deane Highway from landlord Frederic Singer.

In Suffield, Poulin Enterprises leased 20,000 square feet of industrial space at 5 Firestone Drive. GHW Realty Associates is landlord.

In Windsor, California information-technology outsourcing and consultant Tech Mahindra Americas Inc. leased 2,008 square feet 334 Ella Grasso Turnpike from KRC-Bradley Associates LLC.

In West Hartford, Veritas Restaurant Group LLC signed a long-term lease at 33 Raymond Road with landlord American Legion Post 96.

Bloomfield tract at $140K

A 2.31-acre Bloomfield parcel already approved for a 21,000-square-foot, one-story industrial building is for sale for $140,000, brokers say.

The acreage is at 15 Highland Park Drive, at the corner of Highland Park Drive and Peters Road.

Sentry Commercial is listing broker.n

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Gregory Seay is the Hartford Business Journal News Editor.

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