Southbury, Newest CERC SiteFinder® Member
11/18/2005
Contacts:
Melissa Pasquale, 860-571-6212
MaryAnn Simkewicz, 860-571-6217
The town of Southbury recently joined SiteFinder, Connecticut's most comprehensive database of commercial and industrial real estate. SiteFinder provides the town with an opportunity to further promote available properties and increase their reach in attracting businesses to the area.
Membership allows the town to promote available real estate on the nationally marketed SiteFinder web site (www.CTSiteFinder.com), with exposure to nearly 100 commercial brokerage firms and hundreds of brokers in the state and automatic linkage to national online listing services. Each SiteFinder entry contains a photo and profile of the site or facility, including location, lease or cost information, access and other data.
"The Southbury EDC has found SiteFinder to be a comprehensive, cost-effective economic development tool that we can use to facilitate the marketing of 126+ acres the town purchased for the development of corporate offices," said John Turk, Chairman of the Southbury Corporate Park Marketing & Development Committee.
SiteFinder currently has more than 2,500 active listings, equating to more than 50 million square feet and more than 9,000 acres available for lease or purchase. Since its inception in 1997, 9.7 million square feet of space has been leased, purchased or constructed via SiteFinder, associated with retaining and creating approximately 7,000 jobs statewide.
"When a municipality owns developable property, they often aren't sure where to turn for marketing assistance," said Melissa Pasquale, director of real estate, CERC. "By joining SiteFinder they get comprehensive local and national exposure through CERC's marketing efforts."
The Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC) is a nonprofit company funded by 10 of the state's utility and telecommunications companies in partnership with state government. With a mission of promoting Connecticut as a competitive business location, CERC specializes in economic development and marketing for local, regional, state and utility economic development entities. Visit www.cerc.com, for more info.
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