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10 Hartford Business Journal • December 19, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com Hamden Center II office-retail building sold for $10M The Hamden Center II office-retail com- plex has sold for $10 million, brokers say. Hamden Realty Associates LP sold the Class-A office building with 80,000 square feet of office space and another 20,000 square feet of retail space at 2321 Whitney Ave. to HC2 LLC, an entity of New Haven's Schaffer family, said broker Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services. Hamden owned the building for 20 years. The building opened in 1985, Press/ Cuozzo said. Ted Schaffer represented his family, active in New Haven realty development cir- cles for more than four decades, in the trans- action. Press/Cuozzo represented the seller. $2.6M Enfield sale Greeting-card maker-distributor Olym- pia Sales Inc. has sold its 167,000-square-foot Enfield facility for $2.6 million, brokers say. VCRV LLC bought the building on 6.5 acres at 215 Moody Road. Sentry Commercial was the sole broker in this transaction. $1.4M Manchester warehouse sale A 41,000-square-foot Manchester indus- trial building has sold for $1.375 million, brokers say. Aramis Associates L.C. sold the 30-year- old building at 118 Sanrico Drive to Sanrico RP Realty LLP, according to seller's broker O,R&L Commercial. CBRE-New England Partners LP represented Sanrico. Manchester swimming-pool equipment and accessories retailer NAMCO previously used the vacant building for making and storing pool chemicals, O,R&L said. Sanrico RP Realty, an investor/develop- er with properties nationwide, intends to renovate the entire building and lease it to ABC Supply Co. Inc., a leading U.S. whole- sale distributor of roofing, siding, windows, gutters and more, O,R&L said. Since its start in 1982, ABC Supply has grown to more than 700 facilities in 49 states, including a pair in Hartford and Berlin. Miracle Ear's lease Hearing-aid retailer Miracle Ear has leased approximately 1,825 square feet on Wethers- field's Silas Deane Highway for a store. Northeast Hearing LLC inked the lease at 1206 Silas Deane Highway with landlord Phoenix Realty Management, according to landlord broker O,R&L Commercial. Sul- livan Hayes Cos. Northeast represented Miracle Ear. William Raveis Real Estate previously occupied the space, and has relocated offices a short distance to 990 Silas Deane Highway. Thirteen of Miracle Ear's more than 1,200 retail stores nationwide are in Con- necticut, O,R&L said. Berlin Inc.'s roster grows A handful of businesses have opened doors or recently relocated to the town of Berlin, its economic-development director reports. SigmaWear, previously a home-based maker of fraternity-sorority related apparel and accessories, leased 2,000 square feet at 202 New Britain Road from landlord Berlin Danliang Properties LLC, according to Ber- lin's Christopher Edge. Douglas Mechanical purchased for $190,000 a previously vacant, 3,000-square- foot industrial condominium at 820 Four Rod Road to house its heating, ventilating and air conditioning contracting operations and 15 workers. Daniel and Debra Quagliaro were sell- ers. Douglas previously was based in Plainville. Serenity SOULutions leased 1,000 square feet of office space at 1200 Farming- ton Ave., formerly used by a homecare agen- cy, to relocate its five massage therapists there from Plainville. Homes and Castles LLC is landlord. Roth Family Chiropractic leased 2,700 square feet at 355 Newington Road, formerly the Kensington Naturopathic Medical Cen- ter, in Berlin's Kensington section. Head chiropractor-owner Dr. Justin Roth has five employees. Phelan-Laurel LLC is landlord. 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 12-Dec ECONOMICS Land area (sq. miles) 27.0 Business profile (2014) Pop./sq. mile (2010) 937 Sector Units Median age (2010-14) 31 Construction 32 119 Households (2010-14) 8,920 Manufacturing 21 646 Median HH Inc. (2010-14) $41,019 Retail Trade 91 1,665 85 2,473 Population (2010-14) Total Government 36 3,110 2000 22,857 2010 25,268 2014 25,271 2020 26,046 LABOR FORCE Commuters (2014) Race/Ethnicity (2010-14) Commuters into town from: White 14,094 Windham 2,570 263 Black 1,425 Mansfield 630 262 Asian Pacific 501 Columbia 300 227 Native American 0 Town % State % Norwich 290 Other/Multi-race 3,409 5,285 36% 28% Hispanic 8,819 901 6% 7% 2,705 18% 37% Labor Force (Residence) 12,547 HOUSING 11,492 Housing stock (2010-14) GOVERNMENT 1,055 Existing units (total) 9,702 8.4% % single unit 41.0% New permits auth. (2015) 9 Place of Work (2014) as % existing units 0.10% 540 Demolitions (2015) 4 10,755 Residential sales (2013) NA 646 Median price $167,600 TOP 5 GRAND LIST Top 5 Employers Company Amount % of Net $30.9M 3.20% $9.8M 1.01% Vesta Windham LLC $9.4M 0.98% MHC Stonegate Manor LLC $9.0M 0.96% United Abrasives Inc $7.6M 0.79% Employment Wal-Mart Supercenter Windham Public Schools Windham 976 Main Street, Windham, CT 06226 (860) 465-3000 Annual debt service (2014) as % of expenditures as % of state average per capita Educational attainment (2010-14) Persons age 25 or older High school graduate Associate's Degree 49.5% Health Care & Social Assistance Killingly Lebanon Coventry Employed Unemployed 30.3% Government form as % of expenditures Unemployment Rate # of units Total Employment Manufacturing Employment Total revenue (2014) Per capita tax (2014) $22,157,772 Total indebtedness (2014) Total expenditures (2014) as % of state average $74,574,235 Yankee Gas Connecticut Light & Power $886 $1,191,547,481 4.6% $3,331,914 38.2% Bachelor's or more Equalized net grand list (2014) Windham Hospital as % of state average 33% Eastern CT State University per capita $47,652 General Cable $1,337 Council-Manager $73,014,071 WINDHAM Town Hall: 976 Main Street Windham, CT 06226 (860) 465-3000 TOWN PROFILE Source: Connecticut Economic Resource Center, www.cerc.com Hamden Center II. P H O T O | C O N T R I B U T E D P H O T O | C O N T R I B U T E D P H O T O | C O N T R I B U T E D 118 Sanrico Drive, Manchester. 1206 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield.