Goedecke & Co. arranges giant acquisition loan
The Southport office of Goedecke & Co. L.L.C. has arranged $5,215,000 in financing for the acquisition of Giant at Milford Mill, a 68,720-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in Milford.
Goedecke principal Timothy Breda and senior associate Kristin Zuckerman worked exclusively on behalf of Katz Properties L.L.C., a full service real estate company that invests in grocery-anchored centers in primary and secondary markets in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, to secure a long-term, fixed rate, nonrecourse loan from Iowa-based American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co.
Oenophiles now have a winery-based club
Located at 5 Shelter Rock Road, The Shelter Rock Winery, whose owner Giovanni Petretta”™s family has been making wine for more than 500 years, represents the region”™s first winemaking membership club where friends, neighbors and wine aficionados gather for the yearlong winemaking process from grape selection, crushing, bottling, labeling and tasting. The club assists nonprofits and community organizations in raising funds by offering complimentary wine tastings.
Stratford law firm expands into Stamford
Mitchell and Sheahan P.C., a Stratford-based law firm specializing in employment law, announced its expansion with an office at 68 Southfield Ave., 2 Stamford Landing, Suite 100, Stamford. Attorney Gary Phelan will be splitting his time between the firm”™s Stamford and Stratford offices.
Norwalk BHHS names top sales executives
BHHS New England Properties has announced the top sales executives in its Norwalk office. The top honors in April went to Sue Cooper as the top-listing agent and to Tony Parenti, who won the top-selling award.
Community library can win $25K grant
Communities across the U.S. and Canada have answered the call from State Farm Insurance to help create a positive impact in their community and submitted 4,000 causes as part of this year”™s neighborhood-assist program. United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) announced it is one of the top 200 causes selected by the State Farm Youth Advisory Board to compete for one of 40 State Farm Neighborhood Assist grants in the amount of $25,000.
UWWC is calling upon Facebook users to help bring $25,000 worth of children”™s books into the local community by voting online daily through May 16 for the UWWC Imagination Library program.
Orland and Broder receive top 10 award
The National Academy of Family Law Attorneys (NAFLA) has named both Carole Topol Orland and Eric J. Broder among the top 10 attorneys in family law in Connecticut. Broder and Orland are co-founders of Westport-based Broder & Orland L.L.C., which is billed as Connecticut”™s largest family law firm.
NAFLA”™s board of governors awards this distinction to only the top 10 family attorneys within the state. Criteria include client and peer reviews, length of time practicing family law, trial experience and case outcomes, published articles and legal awards.
Westport Resources, an independent investment firm, announced its founder and CEO John Adams Vaccaro was named one of Barron”™s “Top 100 Financial Advisers in America” for 2014.  Published by Dow Jones & Co., Barron”™s bases rankings on assets managed, revenue generated for the advisers”™ firms and the quality of advisers”™ practices. This is the first time Vaccaro (ranked No. 91) has received the recognition.
Heart of Gold at Nestlé
The Volunteer Center of United Way of Western Connecticut hosted its annual Heart of Gold Award Dinner on April 9 at the Stamford Marriott. More than 260 people attended.
Tim Brown, Nestlé Waters president and CEO, was selected as this year”™s Heart of Gold recipient “for ways in which Nestlé Waters and its employees make an impact on our community through volunteerism.” The 2014 Heart of Gold Scholarship went to Rachel Katz, a student at Westhill High School in Stamford, who will attend Duke University in the fall.
The town of Fairfield”™s entire 375-member food drive committee has extended thanks for the “generosity and compassion necessary for the success of Fairfield”™s townwide food drive” that took place the weekend of April 26-27 at Fairfield Ludlowe High School.
Success was principally due to churches, synagogues, public and private schools, organizations, clubs and individuals who raised, packed and delivered the thousands of pounds of donated nonperishable food. “Most impressive was the enthusiastic participation of more than 600 on-site volunteers throughout the weekend long event,” organizers said in a prepared statement. “They all worked hard and we are very grateful.”
Cleaner than thou at YMCA
The YMCA of Greenwich has installed a state-of-the-art ultraviolet disinfection system to combat odor, irritation, athletic asthma and corrosion for its 50-meter pool. Neptune Benson, of Conventry, R.I, a manufacturer of commercial aquatic filtration components and systems, completed the installation. Ultraviolet disinfection systems have become the standard for improving air quality and highly disinfecting indoor commercial pools, according to the company.
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