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REFA-CT • One Regency Drive • Bloomfield, CT • 06002 • 860-243-3977 • www.refact.org

R E A L E S T A T E F I N A N C E

A S S O C I A T I O N

O F C O N N E C T I C U T

I n s i d e th i s i s su e :

Jan: F/W program,

Hartford Winter Social

and F/W Winter Social

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Feb: Hartford program

March: F/W program

April: F/W and Hartford

programs

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May: F/W program,

Hartford program

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May: Hartford Sponsors

Dinner

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May: F/W Sponsors Dinner 6

June: Annual Golf Outing 7-8

Member Notes

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2018 Sponsors 10-

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Member Benefits and

Member Notes

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It’s been a busy first half of 2018…..

January

• Fairfield/Westchester Chapter: Geoff Kasselman (Newmark Knight Frank): The

Exponential Future of Everything

• Hartford Chapter: Alan Lazowski (LAZ Parking) and Holiday Social

February:

• Fairfield/Westchester Chapter: Holiday Social at Brewport Brewing Company

• Hartford Chapter: Stop.Think.Click. Cyber Threats: What Everyone Should Know

March:

• Fairfield/ Westchester Chapter: Lenders Panel

April:

• Hartford Chapter: Capital Markets

• Fairfield/Westchester Chapter: Jim Smith, Co-Chair, Commission on Fiscal Stability

& Economic Growth

May:

• Hartford Chapter: Is Now a Good Time? and Dave Benedict, Athletic Director,

UConn

• Fairfield/Westchester Chapter: Multifamily Market Update

June:

• REFA-CT: Annual Golf Outing

Upcoming Events

July 25th:

Hartford Chapter: Summer Social and Tour of Heirloom Flats in Bloomfield

September:

September 13th: Annual REFApalooza (formerly the REFA Gala): September 13th at Riverview Bistro Restau-

rant, 946 Ferry Blvd, Stratford

September 28th: Fairfield/Westchester Chapter: State of the Market at Wee Burn Beach Club, 6 Anchor Road, Nor-

walk

The Young Professionals Network has been busy, too!

January : March:

Fairfield/Westchester Chapter: Sound Tigers Hockey Game Hartford Chapter: Thomas Hooker Brewery

February: April:

Hartford Chapter: UConn Basketball Game Hartford Chapter: Tour of Bushnell Theatre

Fairfield/Westchester Chapter: Kathy Boyle: On the Go

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F A I R F I E L D / W E S T C H E S T E R C H A P T E R : J A N U A R Y

G E O F F K A S S L E M A N ( N E W M A R K K N I G H T F R A N K )

“ T H E E X P O N E N T I A L F U T U R E O F E V E R Y T H I N G ”

H A R T F O R D C H A P T E R : J A N U A R Y

A L A N L A Z O W S K I ( L A Z P A R K I N G )

A N D W I N T E R S O C I A L

F A I R F I E L D / W E S T C H E S T E R C H A P T E R : F E B R U A R Y

P R E S E N T A T I O N A N D W I N T E R S O C I A L A T B R E W P O R T B R E W E R Y

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H A R T F O R D C H A P T E R : F E B R U A R Y

S T O P . T H I N K . C L I C K : C Y B E R T H R E A T S

F A I R F I E L D / W E S T C H E S T E R C H A P T E R :

M A R C H

L E N D E R S P A N E L

F A I R F I E L D / W E S T C H E S T E R C H A P T E R :

A P R I L

J I M S M I T H , C O M M I S S I O N O N F I S C A L

S T A B I L I T Y & E C O N O M I C G R O W T H

H A R T F O R D

C H A P T E R :

A P R I L

C A P I T A L M A R K E T S

P A N E L

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H A R T F O R D C H A P T E R : M A Y

M I D D L E S E X C H A M B E R W I T H D A V E B E N E D I C T , A T H L E T I C D I R E C T O R , U C O N N

A N D

I S N O W A G O O D T I M E ?

F A I R F I E L D /

W E S T C H E S T E R

C H A P T E R : M A Y

M U L T I - F A M I L Y

M A R K E T U P D A T E

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H A R T F O R D C H A P T E R : M A Y

S P O N S O R S D I N N E R

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F A I R F I E L D / W E S T C H E S T E R C H A P T E R : M A Y

S P O N S O R S D I N N E R

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REFA-CT: JUNE

ANNUAL GOLF OUTING

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REFA-CT: JUNE

ANNUAL GOLF OUTING

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M E M B E R N O T E S

Amenta Emma

• Was selected as the winner in the Adaptive Reuse category at the 39th Annual Interiors Awards presented by Contract Magazine for their project for Quinnipiac University’s Brand Strategy Group. Amenta Emma project designers transformed a 19th century house for the organization responsible for the university’s marketing, communications, brand identify and digital initiatives.

Saugatuck Commercial

• Brokered the sale of two Wells Fargo properties (Hamden and Greenwich) and assisted in the renewal of their leases in Newtown and downtown Fairfield.

• Represented Atlanta-based Formation Development Group LLC in the purchase of 55 Old Quarry Rd, Ridgefield. Formation Development plans to develop the property into a 78,000 s/f three-story, assisted-living and memory care facility.

CBRE

• Jeffrey Dunne, David Gavin and Travis Langer represented the seller, CG Milford, LLC, an affiliate of the Cappelli Organization,in the 1031 purchase of Milford Square, Milford for $28 million. The 62,442 s/f retail center is located on Rte. 1 and includes REI, Panera, Verizon, Sleep Number and PetValu.

• Jeffrey Dune, David Gavin and Travis Langer represented the owner, CapFor Westport, LLC in the $30 million sale of 1365 Post Road East in Westport. They also were responsible for procuring the purchaser. The property is a 50,795 s/f grocery anchored center.

• Beth Chappel and Nina Becker served as the exclusive leasing agents for the retail space at 1950 Boston Post Road, Darien. The retail leases totaled 4,247 s/f. Tenants include Danny’s Cycles, Roost, and Johnny’s Hair Salon.

R.D. Scinto Company

• Purchased a 2.83 acre parcel from 900 Shelton Plaza Associates for the construction of a 27,000 s/f retail center in Shelton. The price was $1.5 million.

Cushman & Wakefield

• Arranged a 4,842 s/f lease for TrueNorth Chartering LLC, a ship brokerage company, at 372 Danbury Road, Wilton. The team representing the landlord consisted of Brian Scruton, Kathleen Fazio and John Altieri. Adam Klimek represented the tenant.

Building and Land Technology

• BLT has leased 25,000 s/f of office space at 200 Elm Street, Stamford to Webster Bank. Ed Tonnessen of JLL represented Webster Bank in the transaction.

Colliers International

• Nicholas Morizio and Peter Shiue were the sole brokers of the sale of 90 River Street, New Haven, a 82,261 s/f vacant industrial building for $930,000 to Patriot Marine, LLC, a dredging and maritime construction company.

CBRE Capital Markets

• Michael Riccio, Susan Larkin and Anna Pfau arranged a $39.6 million loan for New Jersey-based developer Continental Properties for the construction of Trumbull Loft Apartments in Trumbull.

• Michael Riccio, Susan Larkin and Anna Pfau arranged $13.8 million construction to permanent financing for a 234,000 s/f to-be-built industrial building in Windsor.

RHYS Commercial

• Brokered the sale of 1 Eliot Place, Fairfield, a 25,000 s/f three-story office building to Rockwest Real Estate Partners for $5.075 million. The seller was FNL Enterprises. Ted Grogan and Greg Romano were the sole brokers.

• Brokered the $4.35 million sale of 59 Danbury Road, Wilton, a 32,270 s/f multi-use building. Cory Gubner, Christian Bangert and Alex Haendler were the sole brokers for the seller, NY City based Caroline APTS Co., and the buyer, New England Investment Partners.

• Brokered the $2.1 million sale of 36 Atlantic Street in Stamford, a 12,150 s/f, three-story mixed-use building. Greg Romano, Ted Grogan and Alex Haendler were the sole brokers for the seller, Jole Realty, and a local investor who was the buyer.

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FOUNDING SPONSORS

Carlton Fields Jorden Burt

Cigna Realty Investors

Day Pitney LLP

Fidelity Family of Title Insurers

First American Title Insurance Company

Hart Realty Advisers, Inc.

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP

People’s United Bank

REFA-WIDE SPONSORS

AEI Consultants

Bank of America

Brown Rudnick LLP

Carmody Torrance Sandak Hennessey LLP

CATIC

CBRE

CohnReznick LLP

Fulcrum

Guilford Savings Bank

GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.

H.B. Nitkin Group

HRP Associates

Key Bank Real Estate Capital

Murtha Cullina LLP

OFI

Perkins Eastman

Pullman & Comley

RFR Realty

Robinson & Cole, LLP

Shipman & Goodwin, LLP

TD Bank N.A.

UConn Center for Real Estate

FAIRFIELD/WESTCHESTER CHAPTER SPONSORS

Antinozzi Associates

Building & Land Technology

Cacace Tusch & Santagata

Celestial Capital Group, LLC

Cohen & Wolf, P.C.

Collins Enterprises, LLC

Cushman & Wakefield

Edgewood Capital

Empire State Realty Trust

2 0 1 8 R E F A - C T S P O N S O R S

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FAIRFIELD/WESTCHESTER CHAPTER SPONSORS (cont’d)

First American Title NCS

Forstone Capital, LLC

Fuller Development

Goedecke & Co., LLC

Jones Lang LaSalle

JP McHale

Lincoln Property Company

LMC, A Lennar Company

M&T Bank

Marcus Partners

McCarthy Fingar LLP

Merritt 7

Mountain Development Group

Newmark Knight Frank

NorthMarq Capital LLC

Nova Consulting Group

Reckson, a Division of SL Green

RMS Commercial, LLC

Spinnaker Real Estate Partners

Sterling National Bank

Summer Street Advisors

The Ashforth Company

Union Savings Bank

Urstadt Biddle Properties

Webster Bank

WFL Real Estate Services

HARTFORD CHAPTER SPONSORS

Amenta Emma Architects

Barings

BlumShapiro

Farmington Bank

Ford & Paulekas

GHD Services

Hinckley Allen & Snyder

Lexington Partners LLC

McCarter & English, LLP

M.J. Fish Insurance

MetroHartford Alliance

McCarter & English, LLP

Sentry Commercial

The Simon Konover Company

Tomasso Brothers

UBS Realty Investors, LLC

Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.

Whittlesey & Hadley

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REFA Sponsorship

REFA-CT Sponsors serve a leadership role in supporting the organization financially as well as fostering the ex-change of real estate finance information through program and networking opportunities. As a Sponsor, organizations not only gain the benefit of REFA’s membership opportunities, but they benefit from special Sponsor networking events and increased visibility within the industry. Sponsors are recognized as lead-

ers by their peers.

Free membership and free passes to regular programs

Sponsor-only dinners and special events

Company name visibility on REFA-CT website and printed materials

Direct company links from REFA-CT website

Automatic REFA-CT Fall Event Sponsorship

For more information, visit: www.refact.org/sponsor

• More than 50 specialized breakfast and lunch programs, such as The State of the Market and Capital Mar-kets. Programs are led by popular guest speakers, including REFA members.

• Special networking events, including seasonal cocktail receptions, sponsor receptions, and the annual Golf Outing

• The REFA-CT Fall Event - considered the networking “event of the year” for Connecticut commercial real es-tate professionals

• An online membership directory, including an updated website list of all REFA-CT members - A Who’s Who of Commercial Real Estate Professionals

• As THE information resource for the Connecticut real estate community, REFA-CT hosts an impressive calendar of educational seminars and networking events that include a who’s who of the industry

For more information, visit: www.refact.org

Member Benefits

Through its efforts to foster the exchange of real estate finance information, REFA has earned a reputation for delivering quality programming at a more than competitive price.

Member Benefits Include:

Our Vision: To be the Premier Association of

Real Estate Finance Professionals

Sponsor Benefits Include:

http://www.refact.org/sponsor.html

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2019 SPONSORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIP

Thanks to the over 500 members and over 80 sponsors for supporting REFA-CT!!

Watch for the 2019 sponsorship forms that will be mailed to all members in September. Choose the level of sponsorship that best fits your company.

REFA-Wide Sponsorship offers visibility on the registration flyers in both the Fairfield/Westchester and

the Hartford Chapters and includes 2 memberships and 10 passes for monthly programs.

A Chapter Sponsorship will give your company visibility on that chapter’s monthly meeting notice, one membership and 5 passes to the monthly programs.

All sponsors will be featured on the Power Point presentation that is shown at the monthly programs.

REFA membership is by individual. Become a REFA member and pay a lower fee to attend monthly

meetings and receive Member-Only meeting invitations. Membership reminders for 2019 will be sent in October.

You can renew both your membership and sponsorship online!

www.refact.org

Gilbane Building Company

• Was honored with the Platinum Safety Award in Building Construction for overall safety performance over the past three years by the Connecticut Construction Industries Association.

Windsor Station Apartments

• Was named a winner at the CREW-CT 2018 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best in Class Multifamily/Residential. Windsor Station Apartments is a 130-unit market rate rental project on 6.5 acres adjoining the passenger rail station in Windsor. The project team include Lexington Partners, Barton Partners, Allen and Major, Associated Construction, HRP Associates and the town of Windsor.

USI Insurance Services

• Michael Piscatelli recently wrote an article on “The Right Solutions for Real Estate Firms Can Mitigate Impending Proper-ty Insurance Rate Hikes for 2018”. Read this article at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/right-solutions-real-estate-firms-can-mitigate-

rate-hikes-piscatelli/

Do you have news you want to share with the REFA members? If so, please send to Sharon at [email protected] for the Winter edition of the REFA newsletter.

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