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12 Hartford Business Journal • March 2, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com Deal Watch Farmington in vitro center relos, expands in town T he Center for Advanced Reproductive Services (CARS) has relocated to new and larger space in Farmington. Following a ribbon-cutting and move-in earlier this month, the center, a division of Avon-based Women's Health USA, has 75 workers occupying the 20,000-square-foot office building at 2 Batterson Park Road. It was previously housed on the UConn Health Center campus in town. More workers will eventually occupy the building, as patient volume and operations demand, a spokeswoman said. The building is owned by Two Batterson Park LLC, a subsidiary of Women's Health USA. It was previously unoccupied, once hav- ing several medical-related firms as ten- ants, the spokeswoman said. The Master's Construction Corp. in Avon oversaw the building's custom makeover, officials said. Women's Health declined to say how much was spent buying and reno- vating the structure. Webster Bank financed the redevelopment. • • • Michaels Berlin relo Texas-based décor and arts-and-crafts retailer Michaels has opened a new Berlin store on the Berlin Turnpike. Opened March 1, the new 21,360-square- foot location has about 60 workers at 259 Ber- lin Turnpike. It replaces a former Michaels location at 196 Kitts Lane, in Newington, the retailer said. The company has 1,166 Michaels and 121 Aaron Brothers stores in the U.S. and Canada. • • • Old Main, Rocky hill tenants Three tenants have chosen to take up residence at Rocky Hill's 750 Old Main St. office building. Signing with landlord Worthing Proper- ties LLC for space in the three-story build- ing adjacent to Rocky Hill town offices are: Humanidad Inc., 1,674 square feet; RZ Design, 3,000 square feet; and Allied Elec- tronics, 1,744 square feet. Colliers International was the lease bro- ker for this property. • • • ex-Staples site pitched The empty Staples office-supply store in the shadow of East Hartford's "dealership row'' is available for lease, brokers say. The 24,410-square-foot corner loca- tion at 515-521 Connecticut Blvd. became expendable after Staples was acquired by rival Office Depot. According to listing broker O,R&L Com- mercial, landlord The Bakery Center LLC is asking for a triple-net rent of $11.25 a square foot, and is willing to hear lease offers for half the space in the 22-year-old, brick-and- masonry building. It has a single dock and 15-foot height clearances. The boulevard frontage for the 2.61-acre site that was once a bakery gets an average 13,000 vehicles passing by daily, O,R&L says. It also offers 100 spaces of expandable parking. n Gregory Seay is the Hartford Business Journal News Editor. Gregory Seay Deal Watch P H O T O s | C O n T r i b u T e d (Top) New Farmington home for the Center for Advanced Reproductive Services at 2 Batterson Park Road. (Bottom, left) 750 Old Main St., Rocky Hill. (Bottom, right) 515-521 Connecticut Blvd., E. Hartford. 02.25.15 • The Society Room, Hartford 1. Joe Zwiebel, (left) publisher of the Hartford Business Journal, talks to attendees during the networking 2. Attendees network before the program begins 3. Paul Savas, Comcast Business, speaks at the podium 4. TJ Andre leads the Panel Discussion on Cyber Security 5. Panelists (from left to right): Fred Howell, McGladrey; Barry Abramowitz, Liberty Bank and the CT Bankers Association's technology committee; and Richard Colangelo, Stamford State's Attorney's Office 6. After breakfast, attendees fill the room to watch the presentation Presented By: Sponsored By: Thank you to our sponsor, event partners and guests for making this event a success! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Photos by J. Fiereck Photography 6. Event Partners: CybeR SeCuRiTy: wHaT eveRy buSineSS needS To know! View more photos online at HartfordBusiness.com/photos

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