CERC SiteFinder Sweepstakes Goes Quarterly
07/26/2006
Contact:
MaryAnn Simkewicz, 860-571-6217
Real estate professionals were recently recognized for their efforts in the SiteFinder Sweepstakes. Previously conducted annually by CERC, the now quarterly drawing rewards randomly selected members of SiteFinder who submitted completed transactions that were aided by the use of SiteFinder. These real estate deals resulted in 413,115 square feet of leased or purchased space during the first half of the year in Connecticut.
First quarter sweepstakes winners were:
- First Prize of $400: Submitting Broker - Christopher Edge of Bernard Mussman Associates (Farmington), for a 3,000 SF deal with U.S. Hairspring at 17 Sparks Street, Plainville.
- Second Prize of $100: Submitting Brokers - Virginia Vinci & Neil Riley of H. Pearce Commercial (Rocky Hill) for a 12,040 SF deal with Lotter Concepts at 33 Massirio Drive, Berlin.
- Administrator Prize of $100: Barbara Petrosky for a deal submitted by Ed Godin of Matthews Commercial (Waterbury) 40,000 SF with Artbeats at 130 Scott Road, Waterbury.
Second quarter sweepstakes winners were:
- First Prize of $400: Submitting Broker - James A. Fazzone of Cheshire Real Estate Commercial, LLC (Cheshire) for a 2,400 SF deal with Alliance Staffing of CT., LLC.
- Second Prize of $100: Submitting Broker - Fred Petrella of the Connecticut Realty Group (New Haven) for a 13,050 SF deal with Testlogic, Inc, 17 Kenneth Dooley Road, Middletown.
- Administrator Prize of $100: Carly Costanzo of OR&L (Branford) for a deal submitted by Richard Lee for Donghia Corporation at the former BIC North American Headquarters.
Managed by CERC, SiteFinder is Connecticut's most comprehensive online database of available commercial and industrial real estate. Membership allows a region, town or broker to promote available real estate on the nationally marketed web site, www.ctsitefinder.com, which currently lists more than 2,500 properties representing more than 50 million available square feet, with exposure to more than 150 real estate firms and their brokers. Since its inception in 1997, more than 13 million square feet of space in Connecticut has been leased, purchased or constructed via SiteFinder.
CERC (the Connecticut Economic Resource Center) is a nonprofit company specializing in economic development and marketing for local, regional, state and utility economic development entities. Funded by 10 of the state's utility and telecommunications companies in partnership with state government, CERC also markets the state as a competitive business location. More information about CERC can be found at www.cerc.com.
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