Hartford Business Journal

3 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | FEBRUARY 14, 2022 BIZ BRIEFS FORTY 40 UNDER TIME TO HIGHLIGHT GREATER HARTFORD'S TOP YOUNG PROFESSIONALS! NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN! DEADLINE MAY 20TH FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO: HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM/HBJ-EVENTS/40-UNDER-FORTY-AWARDS-2022 HBJ FILE PHOTO PHOTO | COSTAR Former tech executive Josh Geballe departing Lamont administration for Yale post Josh Geballe, a former IBM executive and tech entrepreneur who was hired by Gov. Ned Lamont to modernize state government before being asked to coordinate the response to COVID-19, is leaving the administration. Geballe, the commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services and the state's chief operating officer, said he has accepted a post at Yale overseeing a new innovation and entrepreneurial program. Lamont has named Michelle Gilman as the new commissioner of administrative services, a key post as the state faces an expected wave of retirements in July. Gilman is the deputy chief operating officer and deputy commissioner at DAS. Mark Pazniokas | CT Mirror Josh Geballe is leaving the Lamont administration. Aerospace manufacturer buys Berlin industrial property for $1.1M A Berlin aerospace manufacturer is expanding its operations in town with the purchase of a new home. PYC Manufacturing, which has been in business since 2005, recently bought a 20,633-square-foot industrial building at 758 Four Rod Road, for $1.1 million, according to brokers involved in the deal. PYC has been located down the street, at 500 Four Rod Road, and the move is expected to provide the company with more space. O,R&L Commercial represented the seller, Sheppard Family Holdings LLC. Commercial Real Estate Group represented PYC. New solar farms coming to East Windsor, Orange; sheep will be hired for property maintenance Plans for two new solar energy projects, in East Windsor and Orange, are moving forward after an OK from the Connecticut Siting Council. 758 Four Rod Road in Berlin. Energy firm Greenskies Clean Focus, which is developing both projects, said the solar farms will be based on agricultural land, an intersection sometimes known as "agrivoltaics" or "agrisolar." Construction is expected to begin later this year, according to company officials. The 5-megawatt East Windsor solar array will occupy about 20 acres at Mulnite Farms, off of Miller Road. Greenskies plans to contract with a sheep farmer who will introduce a flock to the area to graze, cutting down on mowing and maintenance costs. The Orange project, listed at 2.9MW, will occupy 6 or 7 acres at Treat Farm, off of Old Tavern Road. Developer eyeing Farmington office park for 199-unit apartment redevelopment A New York-based developer is looking to build nearly 200 apartment units adjacent to two office buildings near Interstate 84 in Farmington. The "Pond View Apartments" are planned to be situated at 74- 76 Batterson Park Road, and would consist of a single, four- story, 56,000-square-foot building, according to project documents submitted to the town's wetlands commission by SLR International Corp., an environmental consulting firm. The complex would accommodate 199 apartment units, SLR said, as well as a courtyard containing a 2,100-square-foot pool and a surrounding paved parking lot and access drives. Pond LLC, the entity behind the proposal, is controlled by Sovereign Partners, a New York City-based commercial real estate agency. Records show Pond LLC bought the existing office property at 74-76 Batterson Park Road in 2019 for almost $20 million. CT's two Big Brothers Big Sisters nonprofits merge Mentoring nonprofits The Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut have merged into one organization, expanding the group's reach and impact to the entire state, officials said. The new organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut, will operate under a new agreement with the nationwide Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. The newly-combined nonprofit, which now serves all of the state's 169 municipalities, plans to expand mentoring matches, officials said. The president and CEO is Andy Fleischmann, who has been CEO of Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters since 2011. Ellen Tracy, the executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut since 2002, will be the director of advancement.

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