Sterling Machine's ex-Enfield home in $450K sale

PHOTO | Contributed Sparkle-Uniserve is now housed at 119 Post Road in Enfield.

PHOTO | Contributed This former YMCA in Meriden houses CT Edge Baseball Academy.

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An 18,000-square-foot Enfield industrial building recently sold for $450,000 and now houses commercial-cleaner Sparkle Services Inc.

Tingley Realty LLC bought the building at 119 Post Road from Caravella Realty.

The building previously housed Sterling Machine Co., which moved to a larger quarters at 4 Peerless Way in Enfield, authorities say.

Operating as Sparkle-Uniserve, the company leased 4,800 square feet in the building, relocating from Raffia Road in Enfield.

To accommodate Sparkle and other tenants, Tingley already has extended a natural-gas line to the fully air conditioned building.

The original building went up in the 1960s, but was substantially enlarged as recently as 1987, authorities said.

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Plainville trio brings $400K

Three retail buildings along Plainville's New Britain Avenue sold one day before the close of 2014 for $400,000, brokers say.

C&G Properties LLC bought the structures at 107, 109 and 111 New Britain Ave. containing a combined 3,243 square feet from seller Arn LLC/Amanda Rose LLC.

Colliers International was the sole broker.

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Dungarvin's CT relocation

Human support-services provider Dungarvin is moving its Connecticut headquarters and staff-training facility from Wethersfield to Rocky Hill, brokers say.

Minnesota-based Dungarvin signed a lease with landlord Rocky Hill Properties LLC for about 5,800 square feet at 19 Kensington Lane, directly across from the Alterra Rocky Hill apartments.

Dungarvin Connecticut LLC is currently housed at 1160 Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield.

O,R&L Commercial represented landlord and Dungarvin Connecticut LLC in lease talks.

Founded in St. Paul, Minn., in 1976 by Tim and Diane Madden, Dungarvin employs about 3,000 who provide services to more than 2,200 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in 13 states.

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CT Edge's Meriden score

The CT Edge Baseball Academy leased about 8,700 square feet of office/gymnasium space at a former YMCA building in Meriden.

The YMCA previously housed its daycare operation in the building at 466 South Broad St., officials said.

Starting this past fall, CT Edge coaches and sponsors have provided baseball instruction to athletes who regularly play in a competitive environment, said CT Edge founder Dennis Boucher. There are three ballfields behind the South Broad Street facility that are covered under the lease.

O,R&L Commercial represented landlord Meriden Business Park LLC.

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Vernon dog-rescue leases

A pair of tenants have taken up a combined 6,000 square feet at 77 Industrial Park Road in Vernon for their dog-rescue operation, brokers say.

USA Contracting Co. leased 4,000 square feet and Little Feet Big Heart Dog Rescue signed for 2,000 square feet at that address.

Colliers International represented landlord The Mel Pet Realty Co. in both leases.

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E. Hfd. site offered

A 33,450-square-foot industrial facility on 1.74 acres in East Hartford is available for lease or sale with a $1.3 million asking price, brokers say.

The 178-182 Roberts St. building offers heavy power, two docks, one drive-in door, office space and immediate access to I-84, I-91 and Route 2, according to listing broker Mark Berkowitz of Sentry Commercial.

The building was originally built in 1976 with a significant expansion in 1986, Berkowitz said. The property is owned by an unidentified entrepreneur and inventor who previously ran his company there until the business was sold.

About 3,000 square feet of the building is office space. There is parking for 132 vehicles.

Greg Seay is the Hartford Business Journal News Editor.

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