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12 Hartford Business Journal • April 25, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com *Sponsorships as of 4/11/16 Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06016 | 860-232-1006 | realartways.org Real Art Ways invites you to an evening of gratitude as we thank people and organizations that have helped to sustain our work for 40 years. Join us under a large and stylish tent for cocktails, dinner, music, dancing and FUN! • REALIE AWARDS We'll honor six extraordinary patrons who have contributed to Real Art Ways' longevity and success. • ART GRAB Each guest will get to take home a work of art. Artists from across the nation have donated work in support of Real Art Ways. Presenting Sponsor: Gold Sponsor: Silver Sponsor: Bronze Sponsors: Conning & Company Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. Underwriters: Cohn Birnbaum & Shea P.C. Legrand Locke Lord LLP Shipman & Goodwin, LLP Special Thanks to: Blick Art Materials The UPS Store All proceeds will benefit Real Art Ways' Education Programs. Tickets are available at: realartways.org 40th ANNIVERSARY REAL PARTY! Saturday, May 21, 6-10:30 PM HONORARY COMMITTEE The Honorable Luke & Mrs. Sara Bronin Michele Cook Elizabeth and Anthony Enders Howard and Sandy Fromson Nancy Grover Susan Herbst Agnes and Billy Peelle Clare and Esther Pryor Belle Ribicoff Jay Roberts and Edward Coutu Rosalie Roth Anna Webersen REALIE AWARD RECIPIENTS John Alves Paul Bourdeau Joseph Celli Marge Morrissey Olu Oguibe Paul Sciarra W. Hartford's Park Place, West Wynd sell for $9.45M W est Hartford's Park Place West and West Wynd apartments, totaling 106 units, recently sold for a com- bined $9.45 million, brokers say. Park Place West, at 158 Newington Road, has 63 units that are a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom flats, according to the New Haven office of broker Marcus & Millichap. The buyer is 158 Park Place West LLC, according to the West Hartford town clerk's office. Westhart Apartments was the seller. Westhart also sold West Wynd, at 51 Caya Ave., to Oakwood West LLC. West Wynd has 49 one- and two-bed- room units. Proto Group's leases Nearly a half-dozen commercial tenants have signed on for almost 20,000 square feet of retail space in three retail centers in Cheshire and Wallingford, according to listing broker The Proto Group of North Haven. Proto was exclusive broker, except where noted. In Cheshire, Morning Investments LLC signed a 10-year lease for 1,500 square feet in Everybody's Plaza, 1021 S. Main St., to open a Great Clips salon. Proto represented the tenant; Phillips Edison Co. represented landlord Cheshire Station LLC. In Wallingford, a new, 10,000-square-foot retail shopping center going up at 893 North Colony Road/Route 5, next door to CVS, has garnered tenant signings. Proto represent- ed landlord Centerplan. Great Clips signed for 1,080 square feet in a lease valued at $130,800; Spring Commu- nications, d/b/a AT&T, agreed to a five-year lease of 1,800 square feet worth $245,000; Starbucks Corp. executed a 10-year lease of 1,945 square feet valued at $900,000. Kerry Wood, formerly of the Dartmouth Co., represented Great Clips. RHYS Com- mercial of Stamford represented Spring Communications. Sullivan Hayes NE rep- resented Starbucks. Finally, Better Burrito's of South Wind- sor leased 2,400 square feet for a new Pan- chero's Mexican Grill. The lease is valued at more than $630,000. $450K N. Britain parcel A 1.1-acre residential-zoned parcel in New Britain is on the market at $450,000, brokers say. The acreage at 331-335 and 343-349 Farmington Ave. is zoned for single- and two-family dwellings, or for other specified uses if the town agrees, according to listing broker Reno Properties Group LLC. The site is not proximate to the city's CTfastrak depots, but there is a 64-unit mid- rise apartment building next door, Reno said. Ex-EDAC bldg. listed A 22,140-square-foot Farmington indus- trial building that once housed operations for EDAC Technologies is listed for sale or lease. The property at 1806 New Britain Ave. was one of three EDAC occupied, totaling 88,597 square feet, as headquarters and for manufacturing aeroparts and components. EDAC has since relocated headquarters and production to Cheshire. EDAC vacated the buildings following its state-assisted purchase of and reloca- tion into larger industrial and office space that Pratt & Whitney previously occupied at 500 Knotter Drive in Cheshire. Last summer, Polar Industries paid $2.1 mil- lion to acquire all three buildings, relocating operations from 33 Columbus Blvd. into two and putting the third on the market. Polar pres- ently occupies 1790 and 1798 New Britain Ave. According to listing broker Amodio Real Estate, 1806 New Britain Ave. is fully air con- ditioned; has 30-foot clear ceiling heights; has three overhead five-ton bridge cranes; and three drive-in doors. New Britain's Amodio & Co. Real Estate is listing broker. n Deal Watch wants to hear from you. E-mail it, along with contact information to: gseay@HartfordBusiness.com. Gregory Seay DEAL WATCH West Wynd Apartments, top left, and Park Place West, top right, both in West Hartford. Everybody's Plaza in Cheshire, bottom left. 1806 New Britain Ave. in Farmington, bottom right. P H O T O S | C O N T R I B U T E D