Hartford Business Journal

16 Hartford Business Journal • July 31, 2017 www.HartfordBusiness.com Windsor bldg. collateral in Griffin's $10.6M refi L andlord Griffin Industrial Realty Inc. has refinanced a $10 million mort- gage, using one of the warehouse- distribution buildings in its New England Tradeport as collateral. Griffin, a publicly traded New York City-based real estate developer/land- lord that has major operations in Bloom- field, said one of its units refinanced the mortgage with Berkshire Bank, secured with its 100 International Drive indus- trial building. The 10-year note replaces a previous loan that was due to mature in Feb. 2019, Griffin said. The new loan bears a 4.39 percent rate The 304,000-square-foot building is one of several that comprise the tradeport straddling East Granby and Windsor, in the shadow Bradley International Airport. National tire distributor Tire Rack is a sizable tenant in the building. Tallan to occupy United Bank's Glastonbury office space Rocky Hill software developer Tallan Inc. has sublet United Bank's Glastonbury office space for its new home. Tallan, presently housed in the Corpo- rate Ridge office-industrial campus, at 175 Capital Blvd., plans a late November move into 22,661 square feet at 45 Glastonbury Blvd. that United Bank is vacating to relo- cate by yearend to the Goodwin Square office tower in downtown Hartford. Sentry Commercial represented Tal- lan in lease talks with United Bank and its broker, CBRE-New England. Ozick Drive, Durham deals A series of commercial-industrial leas- es and property sales totaling more than 25,000 square feet were recently signed on properties located in Durham's Ozick Drive neighborhood, abutting the Walling- ford border. O,R&L Commercial was sole broker, except where noted. At 42 Ozick Drive, Unit 6, Geiss AG, a German maker of thermoforming machines and computer numerically controlled (CNC) specialty trimmers leased 3,400 square feet for its Geiss LLC manufacturing unit. War- ren Battista LLC is landlord. At 48 Ozick Drive, a newly built, 18,000-square-foot industrial flex build- ing, CT Communications signed for 6,000 square feet for its sales-service of phone data systems, network cabling, video and surveillance systems. T A Dur- ham LLC is landlord. Coldwell Banker represented the tenant. In the same building, Battle Werx LLC leased 2,940 square feet for its cus- tom assembly of Glock handguns. Battle Werx is presently based in Wallingford. At 51 Ozick Drive, Nosal Properties sold the 9,000-square-foot light-industrial/ flex building to Steven Calvo for $805,000. O,R&L represented the seller. Charter Oak Real Estate represented the buyer. At 57 Ozick Drive, A Second Chance CPR and First Aid Training LLC signed for 3,000 square feet. 50 Ozick Drive Realty LLC is landlord. Also, Care One Security, a medical- alert vendor, leased 2,000 square feet. The Exchange tenant relo Dialysis Clinic Inc. (DCI) recently completed its relocation into 11,846 square feet at The Exchange office build- ing in Farmington. DCI relocated to 270 Farmington Ave. from next door, at 230 Farmington Ave., said tenant-broker Sentry Commercial. CBRE-New England represented landlord Acre Group. Starling's Rocky Hill suite Starling Physicians Dermatology has opened a new 4,980-square-foot treatment suite in Compass Point Professional Park at 1111 Cromwell Ave. in Rocky Hill. Sentry represented Starling. CBRE- New England represented landlord Wood- green Compass Point LLC. 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 Reid and Riege adds two attorneys Two new attorneys, Katilee M. Boisvert and Brittany L. Christensen, have joined the Hartford office of Reid and Riege as members of the busi- ness law practice. Boisvert's practice focuses on general corporate matters, including business formation and succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, financing, purchas- es and sales, and contracts. She also has experience with institutional financing and real estate matters. Prior to joining Reid and Riege, Boisvert spent five years working at a Springfield law firm, first as a commercial and corporate paralegal and then as an attorney. Christensen's practice focuses on general corporate and nonprofit governance, contracts, business formation and transactions, including mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Reid and Riege, Christensen spent four years at a Big Four accounting firm, where she pro- vided tax consulting services to Fortune 500 companies. Simsbury Chamber elects Hassett & George partner as president Louis N. George, attorney and partner at Has- sett & George P.C., was recently elected president of the Simsbury Chamber of Commerce for a one-year term that ends next June. George was previously vice president of the chamber. Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network names WNPR news director Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network (CPBN) has appointed Jeff Cohen as news director of WNPR, its network of public radio stations in Con- necticut, western Massachusetts and eastern Long Island affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR). Cohen has been a WNPR reporter and occasional host for "All Things Considered" since 2010. Dur- ing his past seven years on the news staff, Cohen has reported on notable stories, many of which have been featured nationally on NPR. Prior to joining WNPR, Cohen was a reporter at the Hartford Cou- rant. He's also the author of two children's books. Ben Bronz Foundation welcomes new executive director The West Hartford-based Ben Bronz Foundation, a nonprofit that helps bright students who struggle to learn through a variety of programs and services, wel- comed a new executive director this month, Kim Holley. Holley will direct the programs of Ben Bronz Acad- emy, The Learning Incentive and satellite programs, including the Cyber Launch Pad Summer Program. Holley retired from the state of Connecticut in June, serving as superintendent of Unified School District No. 1, a district within the state Department of Correction providing educational programs for incarcerated individuals to help them successfully transition to society. She served in the district more than 20 years in a variety of roles. Webster Bank names new SVP of corporate communications, public affairs Waterbury-based Webster Bank has named Al- ice Ferreira senior vice president of corporate com- munications and public affairs. Ferreira, who has 20-plus years of business-to- business and consumer communications experi- ence, will oversee all external and internal commu- nications, public relations and government affairs for the bank, and its community affairs and philan- thropy efforts. Ferreira joins Webster from UnitedHealthcare, where she was vice president of corporate commu- nications for its Medicaid division. BVH Integrated Services announces Bloomfield promotion Engineering firm BVH Integrated Services PC an- nounced the promotion of Nicole M. Parker, green associate, senior plumbing/fire protection engineer, in its Bloomfield office. As a plumbing/fire protection engineer, Parker is involved in the design of plumbing and fire-protec- tion systems, primarily for healthcare facilities. St. Francis adds specialist in hematology and oncology Dr. Pawan K. Karanam has joined the medical staff of St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center as a board- certified, fellowship-trained specialist in hematology and oncology. Prior to joining Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale-New Haven at St. Francis, Karanam worked at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wis. Karanam's clinical interests include gastrointes- tinal malignancies and breast and gynecological cancers. He is interested in the practice of precision oncology, incorporating molecular biology and ge- netics to individualize patient treatment. In addition to English, Karanam speaks Telugu, Hindi and Urdu. UConn Health, JAX jointly appoint genomics expert Christine Beck, a genomics expert, will join The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine and UConn Health as their fifth joint-appointed faculty, effective Aug. 4. Beck comes to JAX and UConn Health from Bay- lor College of Medicine, where she completed her postdoctoral work as a research fellow. UConn Health expands clinical faculty Six more clinical providers have joined UConn Health in the last several months: Beth Springate, a clinical neuropsychologist; Monnica Williams, a clinical psychologist; Dr. Michael Baldwin, a radiologist; Katherine Coyner, an orthopedic surgeon; Eliane Dutra, an orthodontist; and Narinder Maheshwari, a primary care physician. MOVERS & SHAKERS Katilee M. Boisvert Kim Holley Louis N. George Nicole M. Parker Brittany L. Christensen Alice Ferreira Jeff Cohen Dr. Pawan K. Karanam (Clockwise from top left) 100 International Drive, Windsor. 45 Glastonbury Blvd., Glastonbury. 51 Ozick Drive, Durham. Compass Point Professional Park, 1111 Cromwell Ave., Rocky Hill. The Exchange, 270 Farmington Ave., Farmington. P H O T O | C O N T R I B U T E D

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