Hartford Business Journal

20 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | NOVEMBER 2, 2026 Home Sales Sale price Address Town Full/half baths Beds Square footage Days on the market Year built $3,650,000 409 River Road Deep River 5 5 4,769 40 1986 $3,000,000 11 Mountain Spring Road Farmington 11 6 11,696 409 1832 $2,100,000 41-B Whippoorwill Road Old Lyme 5 5 4,694 48 2026 $1,999,900 14 Robkins Road Avon 8 6 8,551 60 2002 $1,850,000 120 Woodpond Road Farmington 4 3 3,356 1 1962 $1,700,000 156 Little Stannard Beach Road Westbrook 2 4 1,677 6 1936 $1,692,034 11 Fencove Court Old Saybrook 3 4 3,515 27 1968 $1,528,000 9 Bassett Lane Madison 4 4 2,576 7 2008 $1,500,916 182 Northington Drive Avon 6 5 6,208 4 2002 $1,475,000 2 Old South Cove Road Old Saybrook 4 3 2,472 60 2025 $1,400,000 5 Champlains Drive Farmington 5 4 5,019 16 2008 $1,370,632 17 Melrose Drive, Unit# Lot 3 Cheshire 5 4 4,011 0 2025 $1,350,000 77 Hickory Lane Madison 5 4 4,421 2 2001 $1,325,000 8 Hatchetts Hill Road Old Lyme 3 4 2,927 19 1998 $1,300,000 73 Bucks Crossing Rocky Hill 3 4 4,250 36 1992 $1,300,000 5 Viewpoint Lane Ellington 7 5 12,196 35 2003 $1,250,000 9 Griswold Place, Unit# 9 Simsbury 5 3 4,224 5 2022 $1,235,000 122 Lower Road Guilford 3 4 4,848 7 2004 $1,200,000 270 N. Water Street Stonington 2 3 1,894 8 1840 Credit: Data provided by Evan L. Berman of William Raveis Broder Team. Contact him at evan@brodergroup.com. Here's a list of recently sold luxury homes in Connecticut. Movers & Shakers Property and casualty insurer The Hartford is expanding two execu- tives' responsibilities and appointing a chief risk officer, effective Nov. 2. Chief Information Officer Shekar Pannala will add oversight of data and artificial intelligence. He joined the company in 2023 and previously held technology leadership roles at Chubb, S&P Global and BNY Mellon. Chief Claims Officer Stephen Deane will add responsibility for operations. He returned to The Hartford in 2023 after three years at Liberty Mutual, following more than 16 years with The Hartford. James M. Yanosy will become chief risk officer. He currently over- sees finance for business insurance, employee benefits, claims and central- ized services. He joined in 2003 after working at American Skandia and Arthur Andersen. Guilford-based Ascend Bank has hired Dawn Sandvoss and John-Paul "JP" Aldi as vice presidents and commercial loan officers to provide business financing and develop client relationships. Sandvoss has more than 20 years of commercial lending experience, including the past six years as a commercial lender at Chelsea Groton Bank. She attended the University of Hartford and serves on the Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region's board. Aldi previously served as a vice president at Liberty Bank, specializing in commercial real estate lending from Delaware to Massachusetts. His experience includes commercial mortgage structuring, underwriting and property valuation. Torrington Savings Bank has hired Brian Coates as vice president and senior commer- cial lending officer to develop and manage business lending relationships across Connecticut, particularly in Litchfield, Hartford and Fairfield counties. Coates joins from Union Savings Bank, where he originated commer- cial and industrial and commercial real estate loans, managed client relationships and supervised commercial lenders. He has 20 years of commercial banking experience, including previous roles at JPMorgan Chase, People's United Bank and Sovereign Bank. Thomaston Savings Bank has promoted Dante Cancellaro to officer and business relationship manager II. He will develop and manage small-busi- ness relationships and assist with lending and treasury management services. Cancellaro joined the bank in 2019 as a commercial lending adminis- trative assistant, later becoming a commercial credit analyst and senior commercial credit analyst. He graduated from Post University in 2020 and completed the CBA Commercial Lender Training Program in 2023. The Connecticut Business & Industry Association has hired three public policy staff members. Jack DeOliveira, senior policy director, will focus on labor and employment law, land use, housing, transportation and government oversight. He previously served as policy director at the Yankee Institute and worked for the General Assembly and Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments. Alannah Doheny, policy director, will cover healthcare, insurance, banking and public safety. She previously worked as a lobbying assistant at Capitol Strategies Group and a health policy fellow at The Connecticut Health Policy Project. James Rocco, assistant counsel, will focus on energy, environmental policy, consumer protection, state contracting and business law and liability. He previously served as a Department of Consumer Protection staff attorney and counsel for the state House and Senate Republican offices. Quinnipiac University Provost Debra Lieb- owitz has been elected to the board of the Association of Chief Academic Officers, which provides a forum for academic leaders to share practices and address higher education issues. Liebowitz oversees all academic programs at the private university and is a political science professor. She joined Quinnipiac in 2020 after 20 years at Drew University, where she became provost. Brian Coates Shekar Pannala Dante Cancellaro Dawn Sandvoss Debra Liebowitz Jack DeOliveira

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