02/10/2012 - Connecticut Airport Authority hires marketing consultant
The Connecticut Airport Authority has hired a marketing consultant to help identify new routes and improvements for Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks and other airports, according to a release from the authority.
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02/09/2012 - Power Restored At UConn
Most of the University of Connecticut's campus went dark for hours on Thursday.
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02/09/2012 - Power Outage At UConn
Most of the University of Connecticut's campus is in the dark.
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02/08/2012 - Randall, REALTORS® Affiliates with Christie’s International Real Estate
Following its recent acquisition of Page Taft Real Estate, Randall, REALTORS® is becoming an affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate in Connecticut, as the family-owned company extends its sizeable reach into the coastal luxury residential market. “We already have a …
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02/02/2012 - Homes sales fall 13% in 2011 to lowest on record
Connecticut home sales fell 13 percent in 2011, making it the worst year on record since real estate data gatherer the Warren Group began tracking the state’s numbers in 1987, the company said Wednesday.
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01/27/2012 - Venezuelan gets 14 months in Conn. fraud cover-up
A real estate manager who tried to cover up a Connecticut-based pyramid scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars from a Venezuela state pension fund has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.
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01/20/2012 - KABR / Blackpoint Joint Venture Buys 535 Connecticut Avenue in Norwalk, CT
KABR and Blackpoint Partners announced today that they have acquired 535 Connecticut Avenue in Norwalk, CT, in a joint venture. The partnership closed on the 175,000 square foot, class A suburban office building for $11 million all cash.
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01/20/2012 - Norwalk building sold at 1991 price of $11 million
Connecticut Avenue in Norwalk. Photo: File Photo / CT In their first Connecticut acquisition, real estate investment groups Blackpoint Partners of New York and Paramus, N.J.-based KABR bought a Norwalk office building in a foreclosure for $11 million — more than 58 percent lower than the last time the building sold in 2006.
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01/21/2012 - Decrease in home, condo sales, average home price, other factors made for a very troublesome 2011 for Realtors
The state’s real estate market last year lagged behind all other New England states, but real estate executives say Connecticut’s fortunes should change in this new year.
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01/20/2012 - Conn. Realtors hope for bounce back year: Decrease in home, condo sales, average home price, other factors made for a ...
The state’s real estate market last year lagged behind all other New England states, but real estate executives say Connecticut’s fortunes should change in this new year.
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01/13/2012 - Randall forms Family of Companies
RANDALL NOW has nearly 500 employees and 26 offices in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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01/13/2012 - Meet Connecticut's Realtor of the Year
Mary Ann Hebert, of Southbury, was recognized as the 2011 State Realtor of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Realtors Inc. at the CAR Leadership Conference in East Hartford on Nov. 29. Photographed Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Hebert is a real estate broker and partner at Bannon & Hebert Properties LLC in Middlebury.
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01/06/2012 - Guilford's Page Taft Sold To Rhode Island Real Estate Firm
Get Business Mobile Text Alerts A Rhode Island firm has acquired the Page Taft real estate agency in Guilford, expanding its presence in Connecticut.
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01/09/2012 - Survey finds Connecticut commercial real estate activity is improving
Overall commercial real estate activity in the state strengthened a bit in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a survey on Connecticut real estate conditions by the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA), Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC), and DataCore Partners.
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01/06/2012 - New year means new health insurance laws for Connecticut
The beginning of 2012 ushered in seven new requirements for health insurance coverage provided by employers to Connecticut residents that proponents say will save lives and money in the long run. "An
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01/06/2012 - Halstead top realtors recognized
Halstead Property announces 16 of their agents were recognized by Connecticut Magazine 's round-up of 2012 Five Star Real Estate Realtors.
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01/06/2012 - Guilford's Page Taft Sold To Rhode Island Real Estate Firm
Get Business Mobile Text Alerts A Rhode Island firm has acquired the Page Taft real estate agency in Guilford, expanding its presence in Connecticut.
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01/04/2012 - In Milford shop, owners combine art, flowers and gifts
Bethany Biondi, left, and Kristen Blando, co-owners of the new Autumn Rose Flower and Gift Shop at 990 Bridgeport Avenue in Milford. Photo: Brian A. Pounds / Connecticut Post | Buy This Photo
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01/03/2012 - Help Wanted: Now Hiring For Curbed Connecticut, Westchester, and Miami!
That drumbeat you hear? Our armies, kicking off 2012 with more Curbed regional expansion to lands far and near. Up next, or at some point in our future: Curbed Miami, Curbed Westchester, and Curbed Connecticut. Which means now is the...
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01/03/2012 - Demonstrating Confidence in the Luxury Market
Regional Spotlight—One of Connecticut’s leading residential real estate firms, William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, has announced a record-breaking success in the sale of 69 Deer Meadow Lane in North Stamford, which closed this week for $4.65 million setting Stamford’s highest…
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12/29/2011 - Youtube Video of Deer Kill Leads New Hartford Man's Arrest
A 44-year-old man legally licensed to hunt deer in Connecticut, was taken into custody for failure to report the kill within 24 hours.
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12/20/2011 - Historic Houses as an Online Resource Reaches New Milford
Elijah Boardman was an important man in his world. That world consisted of his successful mercantile enterprise conducted in post-Revolutionary New Milford, his political career as a United States senator, and his real estate investments in Connecticut and Ohio.
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12/13/2011 - Renee Zellweger Lists Your All-American Dream Home [Real Estate]
# realestate Bridget Jones is selling her pile of rubble in Connecticut for $1.5 million. I kid! This home is beautiful and the most sensible thing for us to do is to pool our money together and buy this place. Would you get a look at that pool! More »
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12/06/2011 - Make It Happen
The presidency of the Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors has moved to Windham County with Dayville-based Cathy Duprey of Duprey Real Estate being installed on Friday for a one-year that begins in January. Duprey, at least the third straight female to lead the association, has unfurled her flag and it says “Make It Happen.”
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12/06/2011 - Duprey to head region's Realtors' group
The Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors has installed Catherine Duprey as its new president for the coming year.Duprey, of Duprey Real Estate LLC in Pomfret Center, took her oath of office
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12/02/2011 - Bridgeport antitrust case hinges on Supreme Court
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court is set to rule in the case of a real estate developer who claims he lost a $1 billion deal in Bridgeport because of former Mayor Joseph Ganim 's corruption.
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11/30/2011 - Beverly's on Bantam Lake deal finalized (UPDATED)
MORRIS — It’s official. The State of Connecticut now owns the site formerly known as Beverly’s on Bantam Lake.
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11/29/2011 - Greenwich Powerball ticketholders deny there's a silent partner
In this photo provided by the Connecticut Lottery, Greenwich, Conn. wealth managers Tim Davidson, second left, Greg Skidmore, center, and Brandon Lacoff, second right, pose Monday, Nov. 28. 2011 with a ceremonial check after the men claimed a $254.2 million Powerball jackpot the won on Nov. 2, in Rocky Hill, Conn. The jackpot was the largest ever won in Connecticut and the 12th biggest in ...
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11/29/2011 - Friend claims Greenwich trio is fronting for real Powerball winner
A long-time friend of one of the winners says a trio of Greenwich financiers are merely fronting for the real winner of Connecticut's $254 million Powerball drawing.
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11/28/2011 - $254M Ct. Powerball jackpot claimed by 3 asset managers
The mystery winners of a $254 million Powerball jackpot, a record for Connecticut, need only look in the mirror for wealth management advice.
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11/28/2011 - Group backs changes to real estate disclosure form
HARTFORD -- A legislative work group charged with revising Connecticut's residential property condition disclosure form showed support Monday for a new question intended to help homebuyers learn whether hazardous materials exist on a property.
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11/15/2011 - Connecticut utilities assessing their own storm responses
Officials from Connecticut’s electric utilities said yesterday that they had begun reviewing their preparations and responses to the recent October nor’easter and the remnants of Hurricane Irene, each of which left hundreds of thousands of customers in the dark for days. Dave Boguslawski, vice president for transmission at Connecticut Light and Power, told members of Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s ...
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11/16/2011 - Connecticut Had 58,002 Claims for Irene, With $161M Paid Out So Far
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi told a legislative committee that Connecticut saw 58,002 claims for Hurricane Irene. Of those claims, 84.8 percent have been closed (88 percent for homeowners’ claims) and $161 million have been paid out to policyholders as …
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11/16/2011 - Crisco receives achievement award
State Sen. Joseph J. Crisco, Jr. (D-Woodbridge), Senate chairman of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee, received a Legislative Achievement Award from the state chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). The award is “in recognition of his outstanding leadership on Connecticut’s state health insurance exchange, which will provide a marketplace for consumers ...
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11/15/2011 - Irene's Connecticut Insurance Tally: $160M And Counting
Get Business Mobile Text Alerts While it's too early to give precise estimates for insured losses in the October snowstorm, claims paid for Tropical Storm Irene in Connecticut have already topped $160 million, even as thousands of claims from the August storm still need to be processed, the state insurance commissioner told a legislative committee Tuesday.
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11/15/2011 - Utilities' storm performance in Connecticut put under the microscope
Hartford - Officials from Connecticut's electric utilities said Tuesday they had begun reviewing their preparations and responses to the recent October nor'easter and the remnants of Hurricane Irene,
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11/15/2011 - Conn. utilities assessing their own storm response
Officials from Connecticut's electric utilities said Tuesday that they had begun reviewing their preparations and responses to the recent October nor'easter and the remnants of Hurricane Irene, each of which left hundreds of thousands of customers in the dark for days.
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11/12/2011 - Conn. hearing to look at insurers' storm response
State lawmakers want to learn more about how the insurance industry responded to the two recent storms to hit Connecticut -- the remnants of Hurricane Irene and the October nor'easter.
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11/11/2011 - State offers mortgage information program
The free mortage-assistance event will include HUD-approved housing counselors, representatives from 14 banks, as well as federal and state agencies. It's from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Blvd in Hartford.
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11/07/2011 - $357.31 Million Sale of 16-Property New York City Metro Self Storage Portfolio Closed by HFF
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HFF announced today that it has closed the sale of a 16-property self storage portfolio in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania.
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11/03/2011 - 3 candidates seek first selectman's seat
First Selectman candidates: Democrat incumbent First Selectman Paul Roy is being challenged by Republican Kurt Miller and Jeanne Loda, a Democrat running as a petitioning candidate. Graduated Seymour High School; graduated New Haven Academy of Business; attended Central Connecticut State University and University of New Haven. Served on the Economic Development Committee; the Town Committee ...
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11/03/2011 - Connecticut man pleads not guilty in alleged Hungarian resort scheme
PORTLAND — A Connecticut man accused of a scheme that led an elderly Kennebunk man to invest in an alleged real estate venture was arraigned in federal court today.
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11/01/2011 - Five Mile Capital Partners Completes Purchase of Common Shares of Prime Group Realty Trust and Agrees to Increase ...
Prime Group Realty Trust (OTC PINK: PMGEP) (the "Company) and Five Mile Capital Partners LLC ("Five Mile), a Connecticut-based commercial real estate ...
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10/31/2011 - Q&A: Realtors' leader looks to calm nerves
Samantha Storey is living through her first down market as a real estate agent, but you wouldn’t know it. The president of the Eastern Connecticut Association of Realtors radiates optimism, encouraging all industry participants to stay positive and realize that “home ownership matters.” She is strengthening alliances with other organizations, including the Connecticut Association of Realtors ...
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10/29/2011 - Buyer beware: loopholes in real estate disclosure
Connecticut is among a half-dozen states that doesn't require home sellers to answer any specific questions on the residential disclosure form about whether a property contains hazardous waste.
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10/25/2011 - Plainfield woman pleads guilty in mortgage fraud scheme
Two people pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges liked to their role in an eastern Connecticut mortgage fraud scheme.
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10/22/2011 - Conn. GOP hope to retake 5th Congressional seat
With Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy running for the U.S. Senate, Republicans believe they have their best opportunity in years to win back the northwestern Connecticut congressional district and break the Democratic stranglehold on the state's congressional delegation.
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10/21/2011 - ESPN upstages industrial park in tour for brokers VIDEO
BRISTOL — In hopes of sparking interest in the city’s largely vacant industrial park, the Bristol Development Authority took Connecticut real estate agents to see it Thursday, but it was the tour of ESPN that hit the home run.
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10/18/2011 - Animation studio to expand in Conn. with state aid
Connecticut economic development officials say a digital animation studio will expand in Greenwich with more than $3 million from the state.
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10/10/2011 - Eastern CT single-family home sales up 5.6% in 3Q
The largest section of Eastern Connecticut’s real estate market grew modestly in the third quarter while commercial property sales plunged, reflecting a still-soft economy.
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