An empty, four-story office building at 1290 Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield has sold for $2 million, realty sources say.
JMM Properties LLC bought the 39-year-old glass-and-brick building, last updated in 1996, from 1290 Realty LLC.
The new owner will completely renovate the 90,000-square-foot building, including a new roof, heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, windows, common areas, elevators and landscaping, to restore it to Class A status, authorities say.
Rocky Hill broker O,R&L Commercial represented both parties in the deal and is exclusive leasing agent for the property.
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E. Hartford bldgs. sold
A three-building portfolio on Pitkin Street in East Hartford has been sold, realty authorities say.
Scitico LLC bought an 11,222-square-foot building — the largest of the trio — at 101 Pitkin, whose lead tenant is the U.S. Geological Survey.
The second, at 109 Pitkin, has 3,700 square feet that also is occupied by the USGS and J. Murgio.
The third, at 111 Pitkin, is a 4,000-square-foot office-showroom that is currently vacant.
Scitico declined through its broker, RM Bradley Brokerage Co. of Hartford, to say what it paid for the properties.
Sentry Commercial represented seller Vineyard Properties LLC.
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MHQ’s Middletown expansion
Massachusetts municipal-vehicle converter MHQ is relocating its satellite Connecticut quarters from West Hartford to Newfield Street in Middletown.
MHQ, based in Marlborough, Mass., is leasing the rear 10,000 square feet of a 17,000-square-foot flex building at 750 Newfield that was once home to new-car dealer Town & Country, realty authorities said.
The dealership’s rear portion contains large garage doors and is filled with hydraulic lifts and other gear for MHQ’s auto-restoration operation, authorities said.
MHQ will use the wide paved parking area surrounding the building to store some 100 fleet vehicles awaiting outfitting with emergency lights, sirens, radios and other gear for state and local police, fire departments and other agencies.
MHQ will move from its current satellite at 119 South St. in West Hartford to Middletown in the fourth quarter, officials said.
Tom Staron bought the vacant property two years ago. The front façade is being renovated to add an extra 2,000 square feet to accommodate retail tenants in the front of the building that was once the showroom.
O,R&L Commercial LLC of Rocky Hill represented both parties in the lease, and has the listing for MHQ’s soon-to-be-vacant 5,000 square feet of space in West Hartford.
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Hartford church sold
Trinity Pentecostal Church of God of Hartford Inc. has sold its sanctuary at 3280 Main St. in the city’s North End to another congregation for $825,000.
First Church of God Inc. closed Aug. 17 on the 8,700-square-foot church built in 1930 on a 0.6-acre lot.Â
The building’s worship hall seats 250. There are 55 spaces of parking.
Hartford’s Century 21 Clemens & Sons was the listing agent and Century 21 Al-Points represented the buyer.
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Branford’s B Pybus lease
Heidi Burlison of Coastal Gold Exchange & Gifts LLC leased 857 square feet at 71 West Main St. in Branford for a gift shop that buys precious metals.
The space is set in the retail strip known as B Pybus Plaza.
Landlord is 71 West Main LLC.
The Geenty Group, Realtors, was the sole broker in the lease.g
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