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16 Hartford Business Journal • May 22, 2017 www.HartfordBusiness.com Newgate Instruments announces management appointments East Granby-based Newgate Instruments LLC, which designs and manufactures devices for re- mote pipeline monitoring in the energy industry, has appointed Shawn Watson to general manager/ global sales manager and promoted Paul Mayer to vice president, engineering. Watson has 24 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including sales roles for hardware and software products at Servelec Technologies and CygNet Software. Mayer is responsible for product development engineering and manufacturing engineering. He joined Newgate in 2012 as a product manager after previous positions at Remote Automation Solutions. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care names CT sales director Paul Bartosic has joined Harvard Pilgrim Health Care as director of sales for Connecticut in its Hart- ford office. Bartosic has more than 20 years experience in the healthcare industry, most recently for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut as sales director for account management, service and new sales. Commercial realtor Avison Young adds associate Shannen Tack has joined commercial real estate services firm Avison Young in Hartford as an asso- ciate. She will focus on tenant representation and office leasing in Hartford. Prior to joining Avison Young, Tack helped man- age several commercial real estate associations, including the Real Estate Finance Association, the Building Owners and Managers Association and the National Association for Industrial and Office Parks as an executive assistant with S&S Management Services. UConn venture development director joins CT Innovations board Gov. Dannel Malloy has appointed Mostafa Analoui, executive director of venture development at UConn, to the Connecticut Innovations (CI) board of directors, which provides a strategic framework for CI initiatives and is responsible for CI finances, including investments and operations. Analoui joined UConn in 2016. His position was created to help faculty and student entrepreneurs launch and grow new technology companies. CBIA announces promotion to VP Andrea Comer has been promoted to vice presi- dent of workforce strategies at the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, where she leads CBIA's efforts to improve education and workforce development opportunities, partnering with educa- tional institutions, government entities and sector- related business groups. Prior to joining CBIA, Comer was chief develop- ment officer for an education management organi- zation, where she oversaw communications, strate- gic planning and fundraising. Community Investment Corp. retains new senior lender Community Investment Corp. (CIC), a small- business lender serving clients in Connecticut and Rhode Island, said Richard Evans has joined the firm as vice president and senior lender in its Ham- den office. CIC provides business consulting and financing services through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 504, Community Advantage and MicroLoan programs. Evans comes to CIC after 24 years in the bank- ing industry, spending the last 14 years in small- business and commercial lending. CT Convention & Sports Bureau board adds UConn athletics official Evan Feinglass, UConn's associate director of athletics/facilities management and planning, has been elected to the board of directors of the Con- necticut Convention & Sports Bureau, the state's meetings and sports event sales and marketing organization. Feinglass joined UConn's Division of Athletics in 2007 and is responsible for the operation, mainte- nance and planning for the athletic facilities on the Storrs campus. TOMZ Corp. announces president, other appointments TOMZ Corp., a Berlin-based manufacturer of parts for the medical device, health care, laboratory diagnostic and aerospace industries, announced that Tom Matulaniec has transitioned from vice president to president. He had been vice president the past seven years. TOMZ also hired Joe Turgeon, who has 30 years in operations management, as vice president of operations, and announced Tom Barwinski, who joined the company in 1990, is now vice president of quality assurance. The moves follow the hiring of Paul DiNicola last fall as sales manager. He brings 20 years of experience in manufacturing processes for the medical, aerospace, defense and precision industrial industries. KeyBank hires relationship manager for CT, western Mass. David Cabezas has joined KeyBank as relationship manager for its Connecticut and western Massachu- setts market, where he'll be responsible for expanding and servicing middle market client relationships. He serves clients from Key's New Haven office. Prior to KeyBank, Cabezas was vice president of small-business banking at Bank of America. Hassett & George adds lawyer The law firm of Hassett & George PC has added Stephanie Ma to its growing team of legal profes- sionals. Ma, who works in the firm's Simsbury office, will focus in the areas of business transactions, real es- tate, land use and civil litigation. Prior to joining Hassett & George, Ma worked for five years in law firms in Hartford and New Haven. MOVERS & SHAKERS Paul Bartosic Evan Feinglass Andrea Comer Shannen Tack David Cabezas Richard Evans Enfield, Windsor deals raise Winstanley's CT portfolio N ew England commercial landlord- developer Winstanley Enterprises has purchased two more northern Connecticut properties, an $11.4 million investment this time. The closely held Concord, Mass., real estate company said it recently acquired for $2.9 million approximately 56 undeveloped Enfield acres from Jar- moc Farms LLC. Winstanley also paid $8.5 million for 100 Helmsford Way in Windsor, a 170,076-square- foot warehouse building from building-products giant Georgia- Pacific, princi - pal Adam Win- stanley said. The Windsor property, Win- stanley said, was previously leased to Veritiv Corp., which relocated to another Winstanley property, the former Hallmark Greeting Cards distribution facility at 25 Bacon Road in Enfield, as part of a regional consolidation. "We plan on making some upgrades to the property and plac- ing it back on the market for lease,'' Adam Winstanley said via email. "It will likely be leased to a regional or national company looking to do manufacturing or distribution with a unique location on Day Hill Road.'' As for the Enfield acreage, the land- lord-developer intends to draw a manu- facturing or distribution user to the spa- cious site easily accessible to Route 220 and I-91, Winstanley said. Both purchases, he said, "are tied to our larger purchase in January where we are focusing on building a leading warehousing and logistics company in New England.'' On Jan. 18, Winstanley Enterprises announced its $124 million purchase of a pool of 10 warehouse-distribution prop- erties primarily in northern Connecticut and southern Massachusetts, including toy-block maker Lego's U.S. headquarters building at 300 Shaker Road, from Los Angeles realty investor Hackman Capital Properties LLC. 10,000 sq. ft. W. Hartford space A 10,000-square-foot West Hartford industrial-warehouse building is available for lease, say brokers. The property at 162 Reed Ave., off New Park and New Britain avenues, has 1,200 square feet of air-conditioned office space, 16-foot to 20-foot ceiling heights, three docks and two drive-in doors, said listing broker Reno Proper - ties Group LLC. Rent is $6.75 per square foot triple net. $5.2M Windsor office sale Windsor's 100 Corporate Drive office building sold recently for $5.2 million, brokers say. Boston's Bradstreet & Chandler LLC bought the approximately 69,000-square- foot Class A building from an affiliate of Ryan Companies US Inc. of Minneapo- lis, Minn., according to exclusive broker CBRE-New England. CBRE-NE has been retained to lease and manage the fully leased property located just off Exit 38 on I-91, in the Day Hill corporate area. Built in 1984, the building recently underwent extensive renovations. Other tenants joining lead tenant ADP in the building include Sedgwick Claims Man- agement, UL, Health Management Ser- vices, Oxford Global and LGCY Power. $375K E. Hartford industrial A 10,500-square-foot East Hartford industrial building is for sale at $375,000, brokers say. The single-story building on 0.63 acres at 87 Thomas St. was built in 1962, accord- ing to listing broker Sentry Commercial. It also offers 1,850 square feet of office space, heavy power, two docks and ground level access. n Deal Watch wants to hear from you. E-mail deals along with contact informa- tion to: gseay@HartfordBusiness.com. Gregory Seay is the Hartford Business Journal News Editor. Gregory Seay DEAL WATCH (Top) 100 Corporate Drive, Windsor. (Bottom) 87 Thomas St., East Hartford. P H O T O S | C O N T R I B U T E D

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