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10 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | NOVEMBER 3, 2025 DE AL WATCH | BUYERS & SELLERS www.borghesibuilding.com 2155 East Main Street Torrington, Connecticut 06790 860.482.7613 Check out our new website! Renovating? Renovating? THE VILLAGE | HARTFORD When quality finishes and an aractive, functional interior are requirements, Borghesi Buildings & Engineering Co., Inc.'s fine crasmen provide the ultimate details. Historic downtown Hartford office building listed for sale A historic office building across from Bushnell Park has been listed for sale in downtown Hartford. The property at 36 Trumbull St., known as the Webster Memorial Building, includes about 7,000 square feet of office space and was originally constructed in 1900, according to a marketing brochure from brokerage Avison Young. The three-story brick building has been listed for $1.1 million. It has been the longtime home of the Connecticut Automotive Retailers Asso- ciation, and is being marketed as suitable for an owner-occupant or small professional firm. Andrew Filler, a principal in Avison Young's Hartford office, is handling the sale. 36 Trumbull St., Hartford. Photo | CoStar WATERBURY/PLAINFIELD Amazon is expanding its Connecticut footprint with the opening of a new delivery station in Plainfield and the start of construction on a massive fulfillment center along the Waterbury-Naugatuck line. The 202,000-square-foot Plainfield facility, built on the site of a former greyhound racing track, began operations Oct. 16 and is expected to create more than 600 jobs. It includes charging stations for Amazon's Rivian electric vans and will serve customers across eastern Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In Waterbury and Naugatuck, work is now underway on a 3.2-million-square-foot robotic fulfillment center capable of processing up to 800,000 packages a day. It will be Amazon's seventh large-scale logistics site in the state. The company says it has invested more than $11.5 billion in Connecticut since 2010, supporting 15,500 jobs across 17 distribution locations statewide. ROCKY HILL A Pittsburgh-area developer has paid $3 million for 22.1 acres in a Rocky Hill business park, months after town officials approved plans for a 153-unit apartment complex on the site. In April, the town's Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously signed off on A.R. Building Co.'s plan to build three, four-story apartment buildings at 200 Capital Blvd., in the Corporate Ridge business park. The plan also calls for a pool and clubhouse. Corpridge Land Co. recently sold 200 Capital Blvd. to a limited liability company whose principals — Keith Lenhart and Daniel J. Mancosh — are officers of A.R. Building Co. A.R. Building, which owns and manages more than 9,000 rental units across 50 properties in 15 states, has become increasingly active in Connecticut. The company recently paid $3.35 million for 11.9 acres in Windsor, where it plans a four-building, 201-unit apartment complex. A.R. Building has also completed projects in New London, Groton and Meriden. NORWALK A New York developer is seeking city approval to convert two seven-story office buildings in Norwalk's Merritt 7 complex — totaling about 830,000 square feet — into a 300-unit apartment development. Saber-Hightower plans to redevelop 101 and 201 Merritt 7 into a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, including 27 workforce housing units. Plans call for repurposing part of a three-level parking garage into a 55,000-square-foot outdoor amenity area with a pool, dog park, playground and pickleball court. Indoor features would include a gym, coworking space and demo kitchen. GLASTONBURY A developer wants to add more restaurants and loosen parking requirements at The Shops at Somerset Square in Glastonbury. Memphis-based KPS Development Partners has applied for a major amendment to the retail center's Planned Area Development at 110-170 Glastonbury Blvd. The proposal would convert three existing retail spaces to restaurant use, bringing food-and-beverage tenants to about one-third of the center's 113,000 square feet of leasable area. KPS — a joint venture formed in 2022 by POAG Development Group and KRN Development — said the change reflects ongoing shifts in the retail market as demand for dining and personal services grows. POAG bought the property in 2022 for $30.1 million. KPS also wants to revise the town's parking formula to require fewer spaces, accommodating the added restaurant tenants.