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6 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | August 1, 2022 DEAL WATCH Hotels, restaurants and more There are two hotels planned for the site. Windsor officials have signed off on a 110-room, Home 2 Suites hotel on 3.5 acres Greenberg sold to Groton businessman Jimmy Patel. Patel said he expects to spend up to $14 million on the hotel, hopefully breaking ground late this year and finishing within 14 months. Patel already owns five hotels in the Groton area and is impressed with the crowds drawn to Fastpitch Nation, he said, adding he likes the concept of the dome. He is also motivated by growth of warehouses, housing and other recent developments along Day Hill Road, as well as proximity to Bradley International Airport. "It makes sense to build a hotel with all those corporations and leisure and everything going on right there," Patel said. Daniel Lim, of Weston, is partway through Windsor's approval process for a 93-room budget hotel planned for a portion of the Greenberg assemblage. The Wyndham-affiliated franchise offers smaller-than- average rooms with typical amenities at bargain prices. Lim said she imagines her $10 million hotel will cater to business travelers coming from Bradley, as well as families visiting the Day Hill Dome or Fastpitch Nation. She hopes to break ground by the end of this year and finish building within 18 months. Lim said she and her husband have partnered with an aunt on the investment. She also said she left a comfortable career as a Wyndham executive to pursue the business. "I had just received a promotion and absolutely loved what I did," Lim said. "We even uprooted our family from Colorado just to begin this new chapter. Owning a hotel has always been the dream. We had a chance to make it a reality, so we had to take it. It will no doubt be one of the hardest things we will take on." Greenberg said he also plans to recruit a high-end convenience store and two freestanding restaurants. He is also wooing retail and restaurant businesses to a 106,568-square-foot commercial building at 1001 Day Hill Road. The building is part of a 55.7-acre site that was once home to Mototown USA. Mototown featured an enormous, enclosed motocross track until a heavy snow load collapsed the roof in 2011. The building standing today was all that was salvaged. Greenberg claimed the property in 2013 through what he described as a "friendly" foreclosure on Mototown's original $15 million mortgage. Developer Mark Greenberg stands in a Windsor field that he hopes to turn into a mixed-use sports destination with hotels, restaurants, retailers and more ball parks. HBJ PHOTO | STEVE LASCHEVER What's Sold Here's a list of recently sold commercial properties. Properties are listed in order of sales date. Property address City Sale price Property type Building sq. ft. Year built 187 Commercial Blvd Torrington $1,250,000 Flex 26,300 1991 1800 Asylum Ave West Hartford $2,750,000 Specialty 150,000 1970 60 Sunshine Farms Dr Somers $1,200,000 Industrial 6,000 2001 162-164 Washington St Hartford $630,000 Retail 8,611 1920 85 Floydville Rd East Granby $3,090,000 Industrial 16,110 1988 535 Broad St Bristol $2,900,000 Specialty 16,300 2004 970 New Britain Ave West Hartford $750,000 Retail 2,472 1986 61 Columbus Blvd New Britain $425,000 Retail 9,696 1930 206 Church St Torrington $125,000 Retail 3,065 1940 101 Rockwell Rd Newington $1,300,000 Industrial 24,232 1987 120 Tolland St East Hartford $1,250,000 Industrial 66,650 1943 363 S Center St Windsor Locks $500,000 Retail 4,255 1974 483 Spring St Windsor Locks $300,000 Industrial 6,650 1980 183 Spruce St Manchester $130,000 Retail 1,395 1912 96 S Burritt St New Britain $330,000 Multi-Family 4,915 1900 87 Whiting St Plainville $270,000 Industrial 8,800 1930 385-387 Center St Manchester $400,000 Retail 4,181 1925 711 Cottage Grove Rd Bloomfield $2,957,100 Office 6,688 1960 50 George St East Hartford $299,000 Flex 5,250 1952 214 Ledyard St Hartford $300,000 Retail 5,280 1980 92 Clark St Hartford $446,187 Multi-Family 8,052 1922 126 Winsted Rd Torrington $275,000 Retail 3,000 1947 Source: Costar