A 30,000-square-foot Wallingford industrial building has sold for $1.65 million.
Wiehl Holdings LLC bought the building and its 1.94-acre tract at 228 N. Plains Industrial Road from DBS Properties LLC.
The air-conditioned facility has loading docks and 2,500 square feet of offices. It is leased to a national wine distributor, Winebow.
Pearce Commercial, represented the sellers. Colonial Realty represented the buyer.
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Vesta’s Simsbury relocation
Simsbury’s Vesta Corp. has relocated to larger quarters in its hometown.
Vesta moved to 13,100 square feet at 175 Power Forest Drive from 245 Hopmeadow St., in the Weatogue section.
Diversified Project Management Inc. oversaw installation of Vesta’s interior space from designer-architect Clohessy, Harris & Kaiser LLC, covering two floors and connected by an internal stair. Thirty-one employees are housed there.
Goman + York Property Advisors represented Vesta in its lease with landlord Woodgreen Simsbury LLC, whose broker was Jones Lang LaSalle.
Vesta develops and finances affordable-housing in 12 states and Washington D.C.
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Woodard & Curran’s Enfield relo
New England engineering firm Woodard & Curran is opening a new Connecticut office for the second time inside 18 months.
The Portland, Maine, company moved Oct. 1 its former Windsor Locks office to larger quarters at 1699 King St. in Enfield. The Windsor Locks space opened in April 2012, but the firm quickly outgrew it due to rapid and steady growth in the area, officials said.
“Having a presence in the area has paid off quicker than we envisioned, and our Connecticut clients have been very supportive of this investment,” said engineer David Prickett, who is vice president in the Enfield office.
Woodard & Curran’s also has a Cheshire office at 1520 Highland Ave.
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Andrews’ Cheshire space
Andrews Consulting Group Inc. signed a long-term lease for 11,520 square feet of offices on Highland Ave. (Route 10) in Cheshire.
The software-information technology advisor will occupy the entire third floor and about half the second floor of the 26,000-square-foot office building at 1154 Highland Ave.
Pearce Commercial Real Estate represented landlord Marshall Enterprises LLC in the lease. David Barnes of CBRE represented Andrews.
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Access Health CT offices
Access Health CT has leased a pair of retail storefronts for its health insurance exchange offices in New Britain and New Haven.
Landlord Capstone Properties leased 2,052 square feet at 200 Main St. in New Britain.
In New Haven, landlord The Hurley Group leased 2,840 square feet in its 55 Church St. property to the exchange. Press/Cuozzo Realtors was the landlord’s broker.
The locations will be used for the public to enroll in the national health insurance program.
Amodio & Co. represented Access Heath CT in the leases.
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Bristol apts.’ makeover
Bristol’s 280-unit Huntington Woods apartments has undergone a makeover.
Owner WinnCompanies said it obtained state and federal funding to buy and renovate Huntington Woods’ 17 buildings on 20 acres at 200 Blakeslee St.
The complex also increased the ratio of affordable units from 108 units, or 40 percent, to 196 units, or 70 percent.
Renovations included converting the complex’s one-, two- and three-bedroom units’ older electric heating to natural gas, updating kitchens and bathrooms, and installing energy-efficient lighting and windows, new roofs and attic insulation.
The project’s architect was The Architectural Team and the contractor was Keith Construction. WinnResidential is property manager.
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Greg Seay is the Hartford Business Journal News Editor.
