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10 Hartford Business Journal • October 24, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com Carla's Pasta dishes up $35M Vernon expansion S outh Windsor foodmaker Carla's Pasta is planning a $35 million expan- sion — its second in three years — of its 100,000-square-foot production plant that it says will add more jobs. Groundbreaking recently occurred at its headquarter-production facility at 50 Talbot Lane for a 77,000-square-foot addi- tion for food processing and storage, the private company announced recently. Completion is set for next September. Started in the founder's home kitchen, Carla's makes frozen pastas and pesto sauces distributed to local, regional and national retail and food-service accounts in North America and the Caribbean. In Oct. 2015, the company launched its own retail brand, Cucina di Carla. Through a spokeswoman, Carla's declined to reveal annual sales or to say whether it's profitable. Dennis GRP is architect and general contractor. Currently, Carla's employs 179, but once the expansion is complete, it says it plans to hire between 25 and 35 more. In 2013, Carla's completed a 30,000-square- foot expansion of its South Windsor facility. Idle Berlin Tpke. station sold A vacant Mobil station/mini-mart on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington recent- ly sold for $900,000, the broker says. ANZ Petroleum Inc., based in the Ter- ryville section of Plymouth, acquired the retail site on 0.71 acres at 3191 Berlin Turn- pike/Route 5-15, across from Bob's Discount Furniture, from seller Richard J. Bonelli Estate, according to broker Reno Proper- ties Group LLC. ANZ, which operates refueling sta- tions across Connecticut under the Citgo, Valero and Liberty flags, plans to reopen the station to sell motor fuel, car washing, and to operate a mini-mart, Reno said. CliniSinitas opens 3 CT centers A Florida multicultural health provider whose emphasis is on the Hispanic market- place has opened in Newington one of its three newest Connecticut medical offices. CliniSinitas Medical Centers recently leased space in three shopping centers, said East Hartford tenant broker Goman + York Property Advisors LLC. In Newington, CliniSinitas signed for 13,300 square feet in Newington Com- mons, 150-205 Kitts Lane. TLG Newing- ton LLC, a unit of New York-based Yale Realty Services, is landlord for the New- ington property. CliniSinitas also leased 8,636 square feet at Bridgeport's Brookside Plaza Shop- ping Center, 4551 Main St.; and in Orange, in 12,000 square feet in Orange Prom- enade, 100 Boston Post Road. CliniSanitas and ConnectiCare have partnered to offer a multicultural health- care delivery model in Connecticut, mainly to serve the growing Hispanic population. Berlin space offered About a third of the space in a 109,925- square-foot Berlin industrial building is available for lease, brokers say. The building at 500 Four Rod Road has 35,000 square feet for lease annually at $3.50 per foot, according to listing broker Reno Properties Group LLC. The space is minimally divisible to 600 square feet, with numerous buildouts available. The building offers 20-foot to 32-foot high ceilings and a new roof, with drive-in doors available to all spaces. The 16-acre site offers parking for tractor-trailers. Farmington Wellness Center bows The Farmington Wellness Center, a co-working space for health practitio- ners, has opened in the former Keiler & Co. advertising-marketing agency office building on Main Street, the landlord says. The center occupies 4,275 square feet in the 26,000-square-foot commercial build- ing on 7.94 wooded acres at 304 Main St., at the intersection with Colt Highway/Route 6. Aside from space, the wellness cen- ter also provides a core support staff to healthcare tenants, the landlord said. New York City landlord Yisroel Rabinow- itz and his Universal Enterprise LLC acquired the building for $1.425 million earlier this year. The building contains a commercial kitchen, meeting spaces, community areas, a video studio for live wellness talks, and private offices/spaces that can be rented by health practitioners. n Deal Watch wants to hear from you. E-mail it, along with contact informa- tion to: gseay@HartfordBusiness.com. Gregory Seay is the Hartford Business Journal News Editor. Gregory Seay DEAL WATCH Carla's Pasta's South Windsor facility at 50 Talbot Lane is expanding again. P H O T O | C O N T R I B U T E D The Book is Back. And everybody wants it. Reserve Your Space Today! Please contact your account representative or Christian J. 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