Michael Puffer

1 week ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer

A Pennsylvania-based company specializing in heat treating manufactured parts recently paid $2.35 million for a 29,504-square-foot Berlin manufacturing building. In a deed recorded April 7, a limited liability company affiliated with Solar Atmospheres bought the 1976-vintage, concrete and pre-finished metal building on 4.3 acres at 190 New Park Drive from 15 Valmar LLC, of Berlin.

1 week ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer

Zane Ruzzi paid many childhood visits to his father’s 3,000-square-foot auto body shop in Hartford, where longtime employees became like uncles. Growing up in Southington, he spent his high school summers working at Brookfield Auto Body, named after its address at 8 Brookfield St. He started with cleaning cars and sanding scuffed bumpers, then worked his way up to repairing dents and welding. After graduating high school, he went to work full time at the shop.

1 week ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer

A 694-square-foot Dunkin’ location in Torrington recently sold for $2.35 million. In a deed recorded April 7, Zepka Properties LLC acquired the roughly seven-year-old, fast-food restaurant building on four-tenths of an acre at 305 East Main St., from JLG Realty LLC. The buyer’s principals are Peter and Elizabeth Zepka, who share a Harwington address. The seller’s principals are George Mussalli and Sherine Rabbat, who, according to state business records, share an address in Milton, Massachusetts.

1 week ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer

Two decades ago, six Connecticut dairy farms came together to launch The Farmer’s Cow milk brand, aiming to create a revenue source that would help them resist the significant decline of the state’s agriculture industry. Today, the brand’s logo — a peaceful cow with a pleasant farm scene behind it — is a common sight on milk jugs and egg cartons on shelves at Walmart, Stop & Shop and elsewhere.

1 week ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Michael Puffer

A roughly 642-acre property in the state's northeast corner will become Connecticut's newest wildlife management area, following its sale to the state by developer Mark Greenberg for $4.14 million. In a deal that closed in late April, a limited liability company controlled by Greenberg – an active developer based in Litchfield – sold wooded property at 520 Bailey Hill Road to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.