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16 Hartford Business Journal • June 27, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com High School Inc.'s downtown Hfd. home sold for $3.03M T he five-story, 35,000-square-foot down- town Hartford office building that houses High School Inc. has a new owner who paid $3.025 million for the edifice. New York City landlord-developer Yis- roel Rabinowitz announced he recently purchased 275 Asylum St., at the corner of Ann Uccello Street, from seller Morse Capi- tal LLC, of Biscayne, Fla. The Hartford public school system's insurance and finance academy, High School Inc., is the building's primary tenant, with two years to run on its lease, Rabinowitz said. Franklin Trust Federal Credit Union, too, has a small, student-run branch that it subleases on the building's ground floor. This latest purchase cements Rabinow- itz as one of the Hartford region's most active out-of-state realty investor-developers. Just up the road, at 201 Ann Uccello St., he bought and refurbished a former Mason- ic lodge into The Grand on Ann apartments. Rabinowitz also owns the commercial- office building at 11 Asylum St., housing Burger King on the ground floor and the Hartford Parking Authority among upper- floor tenants. He also has acquired several suburban commercial properties, including in the town of Berlin. $395K Manchester industrial A 6,000-square-foot Manchester indus- trial building is for sale at a reduced price of $395,000, brokers say. The building at 697 Parker St. has a pair of 12-foot by 12-foot drive-in doors, plus 1,050 square feet of office space and 600-amp power service, according to listing broker Sentry Commercial. It also has a new shingle roof and easy accessibility to and from I-84. Reno lease signings Reno Properties Group reports a trio of recent Greater Hartford lease signings. In Middletown, security-system integra- tor NAVCO leased 2,900 square feet at 975 Middle St. from landlord P INC LLC. Reno was sole broker in the lease. In Rocky Hill, corporate leadership-diversi- ty trainer MindWorks LLC leased 1,200 square feet at 41 New Britain Ave. from landlord 256 Middle LLC. Reno was MindWorks' broker. In West Hartford, hearing-aid vendor Beltone New England has signed for 1,142 square feet at 345 N. Main St. from landlord Bishops Corner LLC. Reno represented Bel- tone in lease talks. Muse in Glastonbury New York's Muse Paintbar has opened its second Greater Hartford location in Glaston- bury's The Shoppes at Somerset Square. The 2,200-square-foot space opened June 16, offering patrons painting instruction with a retail selection of wines. HB Nitkin Group owns Somerset Square. Muse has a location in West Hartford's Blue Back Square and in Norwalk, both opened in 2014. President Stan Finch said Muse, which has doubled its number of Northeast locales, is scouting other unspeci- fied Hartford area locations, as well as in New Haven County. Wethersfield parcel sold A 0.80-acre development parcel in Wethers- field has been sold for $575,000, brokers say. Vetmed LLC bought 434-442 Silas Deane Highway from D&L Properties LLC, accord- ing to seller's broker Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties. RM Bradley represented the buyer. Ashley Furniture's Enfield lease Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. has reportedly leased 70,000 square feet at 35 Manning Road in Enfield for its newest Greater Hartford furniture store. The space is within a 377,000-square- foot industrial facility on 14 acres owned and managed by KBRC Realty LLC. Ashley Furniture also has a store on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington. n Deal Watch wants to hear from you. E-mail it, along with contact information to: gseay@HartfordBusiness.com. Gregory Seay is the Hartford Business Journal News Editor. Gregory Seay DEAL WATCH CHITA RIVERA Tony Award-winning star of Bye Bye Birdie • West Side Story Chicago • The Rink Kiss of the Spiderwoman and The Visit H O N O RI N G 6:00PM Pre-event VIP Cocktail Party 6:30PM Cocktails and Silent Auction 7:30PM Dinner & Entertainment For more information, contact Mary Miko: mmiko@goodspeed.org or 860.615.0368 GOODSPEED'S GALA JOIN US ON MONDAY, JULY 11, 2016 PRIAM VINEYARD 11 Shailor Hill Road Colchester, Connecticut FOR (Top) 275 Asylum St., Hartford. (Middle) 697 Parker St., Manchester. (Bottom) 434-442 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield. H B J P H O T O | G R E G O R Y S E A Y P H O T O S | C O N T R I B U T E D