The Business Journals - Week of February 8

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CHALLENGING ENDEAVOR

John Flanagan, Blythedale’s vice president of operations, on the construction site.

BLYTHEDALE DOESN’T MISS A BEAT WITH ITS $27M EXPANSION

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ow is a pediatric hospital able to conduct a $27 million two-year construction project during the middle of a global pandemic without affecting patient care or otherwise disrupting normal operations? If you’re Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, how you do it is through meticulous planning, careful management of the construction and ongoing coordination with the medical staff.

The construction that’s underway continues the multifaceted project that has already added eight beds to the traumatic brain injury unit, giving the hospital the only dedicated post-

acute pediatric brain injury unit in New York state.

In addition to creating a new administrative suite, construction includes a new and expanded Therapy Village with its own rock-climbing wall, a pharmacy, an expanded and renovated parent education center and simulation lab and an expanded assistive technology center.

“Our end goal is to improve the patient experience,” John Flanagan, Blythedale’s vice president of operations told the Business Journal. “This is a challenge always when you have construction in a hospital where you’re providing care on a day-today basis so it takes careful coordination with our clinical team, a lot of time plan-

Report: Half of employees likely to keep working remotely post-Covid

ning the different moves that are involved. We also do very careful risk assessment to ensure that we’re maintaining and managing our infection control practices.”

Flanagan said the hospital was fortunate to have some space that was underutilized.

“We have multiple layers of regulations that we have to ensure that we’re meeting,” Flanagan said.

“During the planning process we work with our architects and engineers to make sure we’re meeting all of those requirements.”

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BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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nce the Covid19 pandemic is behind us, fully half of the global workforce will do their jobs in a “Total Workplace Ecosystem,” according to new research

by Cushman & Wakefield.

The term refers to a combination of working from home, at the office and possibly at a third location, according to David Smith, head of Occupier Insights in Cushman’s global research department.

“We wanted to get the investor’s, as well as the occupier’s, point of view in order to get a 360-degree view of the future of working in an office,” Smith said.

“Part of what we found is similar to what a lot of the other data show, but we also found some other factors that should be kept in mind.”

Key findings of the report, “The Future of the Workplace” — which analyzes more than 2.5 million data points driving workplace experience from workers around the globe in the pre-Covid-19 era, as well as 1.7 million data points from more than 40,000 respondents worldwide in the current workfrom-home environment — include that employees can be productive anywhere, not just in the office.

While hardly a revelation — many employers have expressed pleasant

surprise at how well the remote work move has gone in terms of productivity and engagement — Smith said it comes with some caveats.

“It works well for focused tasks, scheduling meetings and to some extent working with a team,” he said. “And we’ve also all seen how much technology has helped, with Zoom, Skype and other video conferencing tools.

“But there are other parts of productivity, innovation and creativity that have not gone as well,” he continued. “There can be a real bifurcation, especially when it comes to engaging with a company’s cul» REMOTE WORKING

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Guidecraft teams with Martha Stewart brand on children’s’ home-office furniture

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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ince 1966, Tuxedo Parkbased Guidecraft has designed furniture and toys for the educational market.

But what happens when schools are closed due to a pandemic, with no guarantee that full-time lessons will resume on a regular basis?

For Guidecraft, the answer to that thorny question was no less a figure than Martha Stewart.

The company teamed with Marquee Brands, which acquired the Martha Stewart brand in 2019, to create the new Martha Stewart Living and Learning Kids’ Collection line of furniture.

“Each piece was thoughtfully designed with flexibility and function in mind to enhance children’s home-based learning environments, a significant consideration as many schools across the nation anticipate full virtual learning for the foreseeable future,” said the promotional material for the new line. “The collection pioneers the concept of a child’s home office space and will provide children with a unique furniture system and workspace, inspiring them to create, organize, study, collect and curate.”

For Guidecraft President Gary Bilezikian, the union with the

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ART & PRODUCTION Creative Director Dan Viteri Graphic Designer Sarafina Pavlak

Martha Stewart brand opened the company to a new environment.

“We’ve dabbled a bit in consumer furniture and had some success bringing over educational concepts, but without a real understanding of the consumer market,” he said. “When the pandemic hit, we thought it’d be a great opportunity to find a partner that could give us a helping hand in using some of what we know with a lot of what they know. The one that made sense was Martha Stewart — and they were open to the partnership, so we’re just really fortunate, due to the timing of it.”

Adapting product designs from the classroom to the home required Guidecraft to reconsider some of its offerings in order to have them successfully adapt to a domestic setting.

“In a classroom, you’re dealing with maybe 14 to 24 kids at a similar age,” Bilezikian explained.

“And you want to design furniture that moves them through different areas and spaces in a classroom. When you’re dealing with a home environment, you’re FCBJ

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looking at the ages and stages of learning and how they blend in with a playroom, a bedroom, a kitchen, a family room and then you’re ultimately looking at scale.

“If an art table has storage and a large surface, it’s for two kids,” he continued. “Also, two kids possibly have a parent who’s going to pull up a stool and participate in the activities. So, the difference probably would be that a lot of children’s furniture is made on the assumption that children do things by themselves. I think what the Martha Stewart team really embraced was the idea of togetherness and families. You need furniture that meets the needs of children and adults, and has the quality and is designed so that it looks appropriate in many different settings at home.”

Bilezikian added that the new product line uses items that are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.

“That is a responsible chain that goes all the way from the beginning of the life cycle of the material, whether from a forest to the mill, to the manufacturer,

A sample of the consumer-focused children’s furniture created

by Tuxedo Park-based Guidecraft.

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to the end consumer,” he said.

“Additionally, all of our packaging is recyclable. We try and meet a responsibility in what we’re putting into a home, both from what is discarded after the furniture is assembled to what goes into the home itself.”

Looking forward into 2021, Bilezikian said his company will be further studying the home-learning environment, particularly in regard to “what they’re utilizing in the absence of a social structure.” And while the state of in-class schooling is still a work in progress in this country, Guidecraft is still supplying its products to countries overseas where classes are still in session.

“In the U.S., it is probably going to be end of the year or into next year before we start to see a meaningful recovery,” he said.

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Danbury Mayor Joe Cavo: Downtown development still key, but future looks bright

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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ongtime Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton customarily painted a positive picture of the city where he grew up.

Joe Cavo — appointed mayor after Boughton became the state’s Department of Revenue Services commissioner — takes much the same tack.

“We’re an economic hub,” Cavo told the Business Journal. “Even during my short time as mayor, I’ve been getting lots of emails from businesses looking to come to Danbury. And we’re certainly grateful for that.”

Sworn in on Dec. 16, Cavo — who had served as Danbury City Council president since 2006 —

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said his familiarity with how the city’s government works, not to mention the sheer pace of the job, have helped him avoid any surprises.

“I walk in every day and say, ‘Okay, what’s on the agenda?’” he said. “There’s always something going on. There have been no surprises per se — just the stuff that happens that I view as part of the day.”

Cavo’s experience with the Danbury Fire Department — he retired in 2017 as its superintendent of apparatus — also helps, he said.

“You get used to having nothing surprise you,” he said.

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echoing the sentiment expressed

by Boughton during his farewell address as mayor.

“We have a really good mix of businesses,” he said. “Danbury has a very diverse allocation of business and business owners that work well together on a continued basis. Our banking institutions, restaurants and other businesses all seem to be supporting one another in ways that I don’t know you see everywhere in the country.”

Cavo also credited the Danbury Chamber of Commerce and Danbury City Center with “doing a great job with our businesses downtown and throughout Danbury. They have lively, robust meetings — a lot of good things are happening here.”

He further praised Roger Palanzo, the city’s director of business advocacy, for helping Danbury navigate the pandemic.

“The problem we have is finding the space,” Cavo said. “Roger is working with companies all the time to find adequate space for them to build their facilities.”

Even so, downtown remains something of a sore spot. Despite efforts to rehabilitate the district through new sidewalks and other beautification efforts — price tag $4 million — it can still feel a bit like a ghost town after hours. But, the mayor said, more help is on the way.

“A little while after I joined the city council in 2003, we received a study that said we needed to look into rehabilitating downtown,” he said. “And to an extent, we’re still waiting for that. Is it happening at the rate we’d like to see? Maybe not.”

Nevertheless, Cavo points to successful projects like Kennedy Flats — the 374-unit luxury apartment complex that was built in

Former Danbury City Council President being sworn in as mayor in December.

2016 — as a beacon for the area.

While some initially questioned whether market-rate apartments in downtown would work, Cavo said it is now fully occupied and has a waiting list.

Another pair of properties are being redeveloped for apartments, including the 6-story, 145unit Brookview Commons, which is being built on the 3.3-acre lot at 333 Main St. that was formerly home to the offices of The NewsTimes, Hearst Connecticut Media’s Danbury newspaper.

The theory, Cavo said, is that “If we have enough people down here, we’ll need services down here. It’s the old ‘If you build it, they will come.’”

The city is also awaiting delivery of a $1 million transportation study that will include research on establishing a high-speed rail line from Danbury to Grand Central Terminal.

State Rep. Stephen Meskers (D-Greenwich) recently introduced Proposed Bill No.6097 to the Transportation Committee, which would ask Transportation Commissioner Joseph Giulietti “to review the assets and usage of rail in the state and study the feasibility of using existing assets to provide passenger train service from the town of Danbury to New York.”

“It’s very feasible,” the mayor said. “It’s just a matter of bringing all the players to the table and getting it done.” The study has been delayed by the pandemic, he said. While no timetable for its delivery has been set, Cavo said he hopes it will be soon.

As is the case worldwide, much of Danbury’s future rests upon the pandemic.

“We’re all waiting to see how we come out of Covid and whether work from home will continue to be the norm,” he said.

That will also play a part in the train strategy, he added: “Ridership is way down — is that going to be temporary or will it continue even after the pandemic is over?”

Shifting to the influx of New York City residents to Fairfield County, Cavo said that those moves will be permanent. “I don’t see many people buying a house here for $400,000 and then turning around and trying to sell it in a year,” he said. “I have a neighbor who works in New York City and bought a home here. She telecommutes part of the week and seems fine with it. I think that’s going to be the way of the future, at least for her.”

Education initiatives

Danbury is also in the midst of reopening its schools for the first time this school year on a hybrid basis, following a spike in Covid numbers that postponed such efforts last fall.

“Our vaccination numbers are going up,” he said. “We just have to continue to follow the guidelines. I’m very optimistic and hopeful that those key factors will work.”

As with most municipalities, how many Covid vaccine doses the city receives varies from week to week. A spokesman for the mayor said that an “adequate” supply of second doses is expected to arrive each week.

Education appears to loom large in Danbury’s future. Top of Cavo’s mind is the Danbury Career Academy, an ambitious project under which the city will pay $93 million to convert 210,000 square feet of office space at the Summit at Danbury into classrooms and labs for 1,400 middle and high school students.

“Nuvance is a big, big part of that whole expansion” at the revitalized complex at 39 Old Ridgebury Road, the mayor said. The health care system signed a lease for 220,000 square feet at The Summit in December, the largest office space lease in Connecticut last year.

The Career Academy was one of Boughton’s pet projects — and continues to be so, as he is chair of the project’s steering committee. Cavo said the school is designed to help alleviate some of the overcrowding at the city’s high school and middle schools, which exists “because Danbury is a place that people want to come to.”

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Joe Cavo Cavo said the school will prove to be cheaper to build than a new brick-and-mortar school and that “the best part is that 80% of the cost of building the school will be reimbursed from the state, which comes out to be about $75 million. That’s a great deal.”

The clock is ticking, however: Cavo acknowledged that Danbury must deliver the academy’s blueprints to the state by Oct. 1 to qualify for the funds. The mayor said he was confident that would happen, as will clearing earlier hurdles like city council approval and a subsequent public referendum, which will probably take place in June.

The mayor also has high hopes for the proposed Danbury Prospect Charter School, which is dependent on an approval from the state legislature — not all of whose members have expressed their support. The school, which would house 550 students, recently received a $25 million donation from an anonymous philanthropist.

“It makes sense to me,” Cavo said. “It gives parents another opportunity to have a different style of education. I’m hoping it punches through this year.” He said he has received “hundreds and hundreds” of emails from constituents supporting the plan.

As he has since being appointed mayor, Cavo would not say whether he plans to run for the office in November.

A Republican, he would presumably face off against Democrat Councilman Roberto Alves, who announced his candidacy in early January.

“I’m still the new guy and my efforts are based on the operations of the city,” he said. “I haven’t really sat down and thought about, ‘Do I want to keep doing this?’ It would be a disservice to the residents of Danbury if I started politicking right away.

“As the newness calms down, there will be time to think about it,” he said. “Right now there are still days that it’s overwhelming, when I look at it and think, ‘Holy mackerel!’”

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“It’s constantly trying to figure out the different pieces and what will work given the plan we have to implement,” Flanagan said. “It’s careful coordination with our clinical team, very transparent communication about what the work will entail, how long it will need to take to get that work done and being flexible enough to reassess the plan if something doesn’t work out.”

Flanagan said a good example of something not working out was that they were supposed to start the project in February 2020 and were not able to do so because of the arrival of the coronavirus.

“We had to pause the beginning of the project and work with our contractors, our construction team and put together a careful safety plan first, which affected all of our timelines and so we basically created a new plan,” Flanagan said. He said that all of the Covid safety protocols that were adopted for hospital staff were applied to the construction workers.

“We’ll end up with a really state-ofthe-art beautiful therapy space for our children, both for inpatients and for outpatients. We’re going to have a new rock climbing wall, we’re going to have new balance equipment and it will be more open for the patients to get their therapy.

We’re really excited about that. We’re also really excited about the pharmacy. This will expand the space for our pharmacists to do their work,” Flanagan said.

“The other piece that we’re really excited about is the simulation lab, so we’re going to be essentially doubling the space we have for parent education. This is where we teach parents how to care for 1

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ture, the ability to shadow and learn from a mentor and the employee’s well-being.”

The last point can be particularly important, Smith said. While most workers may be able to achieve some semblance of the fabled work/life balance, that can be compromised by a lack of time away from work; in other words, there is a temptation to make sure one’s home office never closes, lest one’s dedication and/or productivity be called into question.

“There’s also the general atmosphere with the economy going into and out of a recession,” Smith said. “That makes it all the more imperative from the employee’s standpoint that they be seen as doing a good job.”

Even so, Smith said that the trend toward flexibility when it comes to working remotely, already in place to some degree before the pandemic, is accelerating. The report found that 73% of the workforce believes their company should embrace some level of working from home and 90% feel they can be trusted to do so.

Generational differences One unexpected finding of the report is the different views of remote working in

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their kids in a homelike setting and we’ll also be able to use this space to teach the community and other health care providers how to provide the complex care for the children that we’re doing here at Blythedale.”

Larry Levine, Blythedale’s president and CEO, told the Business Journal that the hospital has been working with the company Lendlease, a multinational construction, property and infrastructure company Lendlease managed construction of Blythedale’s 89,950-square-foot, 2-story main building and parking areas, along with an outdoor recreation area for the Mount Pleasant-Blythedale School, which is on the hospital’s campus.

“We’ve just received a $2 million gift, which is the fifth-highest major gift to Blythedale and that came to expand and modernize our therapy center,” Levine said, adding that the donor is modest and wanted to remain anonymous.

“The rest of the funding will be coming from the hospital’s capital funds. We have a capital plant fund that we contribute to every year to continue to update and modernize the hospital. We are not borrowing any funds for this project.”

Levine said that the hospital’s annual revenues have grown fourfold since 2001, recently reaching $90 million.

“We have a management and fiscal dashboard that always looks at how we manage expenses to volume so we’ve been very successful I think at running a very tight ship here at the hospital while making sure we have the right staffing to meet care needs,” Levine said. “We’re

very careful how we look at productivity standards. I’m blessed with an excellent CFO and a great finance committee on the board.”

Levine said that the current construction project actually has its roots in a fourphase plan to enhance and expand the physical plant that was put into effect in 2009. He said that the main building was opened at the beginning of 2012 and the hospital has continued to update not only the physical plant, but the technology used within.

“That building is still very new and very modern and that’s the anchor because our inpatient activities are a major driver of our economic engine,” Levine said. “We built a new center for speech therapy and audiology; we modernized and expanded our day hospital; we built a new pediatric

long-term care unit.”

Levine said that part of planning for Blythedale’s future involves dealing with limitations imposed by the size of its site.

“We’ve really maxed-out on the physical footprint by which we’re able to build on the hospital site,” Levine said. “Any real expansion and modernization beyond what we’ve done really needs to look outside of the four walls if you will of the main hospital campus. Part of our longer-term future is to try to figure out how to scale Blythedale, which is a very unique children’s hospital.”

varying age groups.

“The assumption was that older workers would like it less,” Smith acknowledged, “but it actually works better for them. Baby boomers are more likely to have the necessary space at home for an office, while younger generations may be in a small apartment, living with a roommate or even still living with their parents.”

In fact, 70% of Gen Z and 69% of millennials reported challenges in working from home, compared with 55% of baby boomers. While subpar connectivity was the biggest complaint across all age groups, Gen Z also cited a lack of workspace as a top challenge, while both millennials and Gen X said that being caregivers — either to aging parents or younger siblings and children — complicated their at-home situations.

“People who have been at a company for 20 years or more feel that they have solidified their relationships with their coworkers,” Smith noted, “and you don’t get that if you’re just out of school, or even if you’ve been there for five or six years.”

The onboarding process, a challenge for any age group during the pandemic, is made more so when it comes to those new to the workforce.

“Most people are still not back to working in the office,” Smith said, “so getting to know the job, being able to literally look over the shoulder of someone who can show you how to do something just isn’t there. The connections you can make and the comfort level of talking to somebody in the coffee area — that’s just not there right now.”

And while the aforementioned technology has “worked pretty well,” Smith said, “Most of us have experienced at least some fatigue as we headed into the fall and now winter. Not just eye strain, but you generally have to focus in a way that you don’t necessarily do in person, so some energy is lost there.”

To offset the potential for burnout, Cushman suggests that employers encourage their teams to take time out and not be connected 24/7.

“The fact that the employee and the leader cannot connect in the same way can actually work in their favor,” Smith said.

“There’s a feeling of, ‘We’re going through this crisis together.’”

Looking ahead, Cushman believes there will be a decided shift toward allowing employees to work remotely, at least part of the time, both for health reasons and

in recognition that such flexibility can be attractive to new recruits as well as veteran workers.

Depending on the individual and their job description, “Some want to be in the office every single day and some want to be 100% virtual,” Smith said. “The vast majority is somewhere in between.”

If companies make no change in enabling flexible working, they could see their footprint size increase by 15% to 20% as a result of social distancing measures and new types of collaborative environments, according to the report. However, that can be easily offset with increased flexible working practices: If 50% of respondents who indicated they would increase their flexible working policy follow through on it, there would be no net change in footprint, the report said.

“There is an imperative to recognize that the workplace is no longer a single location,” according to Cushman, “but an ecosystem of a variety of locations and experiences to support convenience, functionality and well-being. In doing so we can reimagine the way we work and leverage location, time and technology to drive improved people, place and business performance.

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A rendering of the new and expanded Therapy Village.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER Three strategies to engage your audience on Instagram

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t’s been reported that over a billion people use Instagram at least once a month. And 80% of the people who use Instagram follow at least one business account. One study states that “72% of Instagram users have purchased a product they saw on the app.” Eighty-three percent of the people who use Instagram say they learn about new products and services on the platform.

Here are three strategies to engage prospects and potential customers on Instagram:

1. Create an Instagram poll

Create an Instagram poll, which can be a question in the form of a Yes or No answer, presenting Option 1 or Option 2.

For example, I published an Instagram poll for my client in the medical aesthetic industry. The question was “Do you want gorgeous, glowing skin?” The options that people could choose were “Yes” or “No, thanks.”

In 24 hours, 124 people voted for “Yes” and 10 people voted for “No, thanks.” You can manually send a message to the people who voted “Yes” and share information about a new skincare treatment you are offering. For example, to the people who voted “Yes,” you can say something to the effect of, “Then you’re going to love the (name of your new treatment)!

It’s our newest service designed to help you get gorgeous, radiant skin. Have you heard of it?”

This message may spark a conversation between you and the people who responded to your poll. The feedback from the poll serves as market research and sends signals to Instagram that demonstrate people are engaging with your business. Instagram polls are published as Instagram stories, which means they only stay up for 24 hours. After that period of time, they expire from the public’s view.

You can view the poll’s results after the Instagram story expires. The option to share the results of the poll is available.

Other metrics that Instagram provides include if there were any messages sent in response to your poll, how many times your profile was visited as a result of the poll and if people clicked to visit your website.

2. Ask a question that allows people to write open-ended answers

Consider asking your audience a question such as “What do you love most about (insert the name of your business, a staff member, a service you offer, etc).”

You may get positive reviews from people who compliment your business.

The responses would go to the section of Instagram that contains your private, Direct Messages. That means only you, the person who sent the message, and Instagram can see what is being said in that section. Remove the person’s name who sent you the compliment, and add it to the Review of the Week section in your emails, your social media posts, paid ads if you’re running them, and website.

By adding new reviews to your website, you can strengthen your website’s SEO because you have updated the website with original, relevant information.

Like an Instagram poll, a question in your Instagram story would be viewable to the public for 24 hours.

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3. Publish a countdown timer in your Instagram story

You can publish a countdown timer in your Instagram story. Last year, I published countdown timers for my medical aesthetic practices to share when they were going to reopen after they chose to temporarily close due to the virus. For example, the timer shared that the business was going to reopen in 12 days, 18 hours and 24 minutes. The timer would count down minute by minute.

People were able to turn on reminders for the countdown timer and share the timer in their Instagram story. The timer was shared eight times, generated eight replies and prompted nine visits to the business’ Instagram account. We capped off the Instagram story with the words “see you soon” and a friendly picture.

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Suite Talk: Michael Romita, president and CEO, Westchester County Association

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he optimist looks beyond the current socioeconomic and political environment and calls out a light at the end of the tunnel. The pessimist might acknowledge that despite the distant light, we are still in the tunnel. And the fatalist might view that distant light as belonging to an oncoming train.

As president and CEO of the Westchester County Association, Michael Romita is neither the optimist, pessimist or fatalist. But he is a realist about the state of the county’s economy. In this edition of Suite Talk, Business Journal Senior Enterprise Editor Phil Hall joins Romita in a discussion on where Westchester’s economy is heading.

What is the state of Westchester’s business community at this point in time?

“There are a lot of reasons to be optimistic about the business environment in Westchester. We’re showing some resiliency, unemployment has bounced back from its nadir in late spring and early summer, and the real estate industry is holding its own. But let’s face it, the economy in Westchester, the Hudson Valley and nationally is under a tremendous amount of stress because of the pandemic. And the most frustrating thing for local business leaders and civic leaders and politicians is that this is caused by reasons that, for the most part, are out of our control.

“The two most important remedies to try and get us back are also fundamentally out of our control: The size and scope of a federal stimulus package, which continues to be in flux and the pace and efficiency of the administration and distribution of the vaccine. Until we can solve those two issues, we’re going to have a lot of uncer-

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tainty surrounding the local economy.”

What are the strong points of the regional economy?

“We have a very diverse ecosystem and the strong sectors of the economy are going to continue to play an important part for the foreseeable future. With the health care industry, you’ve got a lot of world class health care providers and institutions that continue to see tremendous opportunity in Westchester. The real estate industry is also very diverse — and residential real estate, in particular right now, is very hot. It’s white hot and not just for single-family homes, but also for multifamily developments.

“And then you’ve got world-class institutions of higher learning, great outdoor arts and cultural institutions — all of the things that anybody can tell you about how great it is to live, work and play in Westchester. I grew up here, so I’m still a firm believer in all that Westchester has to offer.”

On the flip side, what parts of Westchester’s economy could use some improving?

“When the pandemic hit, the Westchester County Association put together its post-pandemic working group, which is a consortium of thinkers from the business, nonprofit, educational and political communities to address those issues.

We came up with what we call the four foundational pillars of rebuilding the economy and working toward a stronger future.

“The first is continuing to provide strong support for the health care sector and life sciences, with a specific emphasis on workforce development. The second foundational pillar was real estate and affordable housing. We have an affordable housing WCBJ

crisis here in Westchester — I think that the county’s most recent housing needs assessment concluded that we need over 11,000 units of additional affordable housing. And so we’re a strong proponent of things like adaptive reuse and repurposing commercial space for mixed use development to try and solve that problem.

“The third pillar is digital connectivity and helping to close the digital divide.

Obviously, it’s becoming increasingly important to have a robust broadband infrastructure. And then lastly, we have challenges in the area of energy and sustainability. So, those are the things that we’re trying to focus on.”

Many New York City residents have moved from the Big Apple into Fairfield County during the pandemic. Is Westchester losing population, as well?

“No, we haven’t seen an exodus of population. Although the population is pretty stable, it’s not expanding tremendously rapidly. And it’s also aging.

“I think that that’s a reflection of a couple of things. We have very high taxes in Westchester and that tends to be a little frightening for some people. And some moves that were made recently by the federal government, particularly the limitations placed on the SALT deduction, are making Westchester an even more expensive place to live. But if we can solve affordable housing and start to attract young professionals back to the county, I think that that’ll help a little bit.

“I don’t want to see New York City crater. And at the end of the day, we’re still a satellite economic sector. We’re not necessarily competing for jobs and businesses with New York City — we’re competing

Michael Romita, president and CEO, Westchester County Association.

with Bergen County, we’re competing with Fairfield County and places like that.”

What about the small-business community? Are you seeing a lot of small businesses being created in Westchester at this time?

“I think that small businesses are struggling. The greatest challenges right now are for small businesses, for entrepreneurs and individual sectors like hospitality and food services. I think the small businesses are going to be challenged and I think that that’s reflected by a lot of the grant and loan opportunities that are being championed by county government and by state government to try and help these folks.”

Are you seeing more entrepreneurs, starting businesses who are women and people of color?

“I don’t think there’s been enough support given to women and minorities who want to start small businesses. I know that this is a big focus of the county and they have to start throwing some money and some heft behind it. There are programs out there to help these businesses. But, you know, we still face, on a national level, institutionalized disadvantages for those sectors of the population. I don’t think that there’s enough opportunity out there for women and minorities, and I think that’s something we need to work on.”

Greylock Capital seeks bankruptcy help to stem reversal of fortune

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reylock Capital Associates, a White Plains investment firm that has seen its assets plummet in recent years, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Greylock needs to get out of a Manhattan office lease that costs $100,000 a month, according to the petition filed Jan. 31 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, White Plains, if it is to reorganize successfully and continue as a going concern.

In 2014, the firm leased the entire 24th floor of a midtown Manhattan office building, 11,400 square feet on Madison Avenue two blocks from Grand Central Terminal.

The expectation was that business would continue to grow and employees would be added, according to an affidavit by CFO David Steltzer.

It did grow. By the end of 2017, Greylock was managing $1.1 billion in assets and employed 21 people.

But from 2018 to 2020, the firm faced “significant challenges,” according to Steltzer. Returns on investments were negative and investors were withdrawing funds from the flagship Greylock Global Opportunity Fund.

By the end of last year, Greylock was managing about $450 million, according to the affidavit, and employed nine people.

It has to liquidate another $100 million by the end of March, reducing assets under management by 68% from the highpoint, if it finds no new investors.

Greylock notified the Manhattan landlord in December that it would try to use bankruptcy to get out of the lease. The firm proposed a buyout “superior to the treatment (the) landlord is entitled to in bankruptcy,” according to a court document, but the landlord rejected the proposal and made no counteroffer.

Greylock vacated the Manhattan office last month and now maintains an office at Steltzer’s home in White Plains.

The firm is asking bankruptcy court to approve the lease rejection.

Without the relief, Steltzer said, Greylock will be “unable to pay its debts as they become due in the near term.”

Greylock Associates is the parent company of Greylock Capital Management, the manager of the flagship fund. The firm offers alternative investments — such as distressed debt and sovereign debt — to institutions and high net worth individuals.

Willem Humes is the CEO and chief investment officer and owns 64.4% of Greylock Capital Associates, according to a 2019 partnership tax return.

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Good things are happening out there

Westport Book Shop’s Dual Mission KAREN SACKOWITZ ksackowitz@westfairinc.com

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hree years in the making, the new Westport Book Shop has opened to the public with a dual mission to support the Westport Library and to provide meaningful employment to adults with disabilities.

The seed of the idea was planted in winter 2018, when Jennifer Bangser, director of strategic community partnerships for the Westport Library, traveled with a group from the Westport Commission on Disabilities to the Prospector Theater in Ridgefield.

The Prospector is a nonprofit movie house that employs adults with disabilities. Inspired by what she learned, Bangser approached Westport Library Executive Director Bill Harmer to see what they might be able to implement in a similar way.

“When Bill asked me what I thought of the idea, I said, ‘Oh my gosh, let me do that!’” recalled Jocelyn Barandiaran, president of the nonprofit Westport Book Sale Ventures Inc. “At the time, I thought we’d start out slowly by bringing on people to sort, price and organize book donations.”

Barandiaran was already imagining how the program could move beyond its annual book sales and provide more valuable experience for the adults with disabilities who would be working with them.

“I knew that we would need to open a retail environment, because that’s where you can create many more transferable jobs,” she said. “If I train you in a retail environment selling books, you can go to work at the Gap. You can work at Walmart. There are more visible jobs available.”

By March 2020, the organization had hired its first three employees for a pilot program within the used-book sale team.

But as so many stories went at that particular time, the pandemic shut things down.

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out the library; by fall, the book sale team was once again ready to try an employee program.

“It was serendipitous that in the beginning of the summer, Eileen Lavigne Flug mentioned to Bill Harmer that she really missed having a used bookstore in town,” Barandiaran said, referring to the Westport attorney and passionate community advocate. “She and I talked and we knew that with the cost of real estate in Westport, if we could find space at a fair rate and get enough founding donors to back the project, we would go forward. And that’s what we did.”

A group of 16 donors ultimately stepped up to help the library secure its 1,100-square-foot space on Jessup Road, which was leased from Admiral Real Estate Services of Bronxville. Inventory wasn’t an issue; given the cancellation of the library’s annual used book sales in March and July, there was an abundance of donated materials. The next step was finding employees for the program.

“We went into this knowing a lot about selling used books, but knowing nothing about working with people with disabilities, so we researched organizations who could help us,” Barandiaran said. “We connected with Star Inc. and Abilis, who worked with us to define specific job descriptions and tasks, and to understand the job-coaching element.”

Star Inc., based in Norwalk, and Abilis in Greenwich are nonprofit organizations that serve individuals of all ages who have developmental disabilities, including providing employment resource training, coaching and placement. Barandiaran said the bookshop’s first three employees came through the organizations, which also provided a job coach for each. In addition, there are more organizational supports coming to the shop.

“We’re talking to a couple of experienced managers who may job-share so that we can spread the hours out a bit,” WCBJ

(top) Customers browse the shelves.

Barandiaran said. “Right now, though, we’re keeping hours limited as we get our processes down. Our hope is that by the end of March, we’ll have our base secure so we can bring in new people with a consistent training environment.”

For now, the Westport Book Shop is open Thursdays and Fridays 3 to 6 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays noon to 5 p.m.

Covid precautions dictate that a limited

number of shoppers can be in the store at once, which Barandiaran said also provides a calmer atmosphere for the trainees and a more pleasant interaction with customers.

“It’s been so nice to be in an environment where people are just glad to be there,” she said. “With masks, I’ve personally missed seeing people smile. But in the shop and hearing the comments, it makes for such a wonderful atmosphere.”

Banker John Traynor predicts economy will ‘rebound strongly’

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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he Fairfield Chamber of Commerce’s 2021 Economic Outlook presentation broke with tradition as the Covid19 pandemic forced the yearly event to be switched from a breakfast gathering of business professionals and legislators into a virtual showcase.

But in keeping with tradition, John Traynor, executive vice president and chief investment officer at People’s United Bank, returned to provide his annual forecast for the economic year ahead.

For Traynor, the arrival of Joe Biden in the White House will create an economic and political climate that will be anything but sleepy.

“We really believe that the policies that he’s implementing, the policies that he plans to implement and the changes that we’ve seen down in Washington are going to have a tremendous impact on the economy going forward,” Traynor said about the new president.

“I don’t think anybody on this call would disagree with me, there’ll be pretty heated debates on taxes and regulation. But we do believe the economy this year and into next year is going to rebound and rebound very strongly. So, we’re very positive on the environment going forward.”

Traynor highlighted that the pandemic continues to frame the economic picture.

He observed the pandemic-induced recession is “more critical to the service economy than it is to the manufacturing side of the economy,” but he stressed that an across-theboard recovery can only be fueled if lingering reluctance over the efficacy of the vaccine is minimized and people accept the vaccine as the best tool for speeding the pandemic’s demise.

Traynor also cited the need to increase consumer confidence and business confidence. While observing that “consumers need to be more confident to go out and patronize” businesses, he also insisted that businesses need to display confidence by increasing capital spending.

“If you’re a small business and your confidence isn’t high, you’re not going to go out and expand your business,” he said.

“We need this to increase very dramatically.”

Traynor floated the potential for a new wave of business formations arising from the recession. But for those dependent on being employed rather than self-employed, he acknowledged Connecticut’s unemployment levels have ticked upward, further complicating a swift recovery.

And while Connecticut housing prices remain high, Traynor noticed Fairfield County is attracting a new wave of younger homeowners from outside of the region.

“My wife and I live lived here in Fairfield for years,” he said. “And we’re now the old

man and old woman on the street — every house around us are all now filled with young families, most of them are moving up from New York, and they all seem to have two or three kids who are three, four or five years old. And we’re seeing that across the board, so we believe we’re going to see this trend continue.”

Traynor also predicted a post-pandemic environment that will not see the return to daily commuting from the suburbs to Manhattan, but will instead spur new office leasing locally.

“When we finally get to a point where we can start going back to the office, I doubt that all of us are going to be in the office five days a week,” he said. “You’ll probably have a lot of people that are commuting into New York saying, ‘I don’t need to be in my office downtown or on Park Avenue five days a week. Let me set up an office here in Fairfield or let me

work from home.

“You’ve probably got a lot of people in New York thinking, ‘We can move out to the suburbs and have a better quality of life,’” he said. “Even though we’re seeing a quick burst here, we believe there’s a trend in real estate that’s going to continue and Connecticut, especially Fairfield County, is really going to benefit from that.”

One wild card that could reshuffle the economic deck involves taxes, with Traynor recalling how U.S. companies that reincorporated overseas began to shift their operations back to the U.S. when the Trump administration successfully pushed to lower taxes. But with the Biden administration advocating higher corporate taxes, that scenario could change.

“A concern that we have is that we believe tax rates are going to go up,” he said. “But if they go up too high, we could actually see

John Traynor these inversions start to increase again. I know the Biden administration is sensitive to this — Joe Biden is actually talking about it.”

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PPP loan process smoother this time; 3rd round may not be necessary

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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he latest round of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program is going much more smoothly than did the first — and could obviate the need for another round, according to Fairfield County lenders.

“So far there is a smaller number of businesses that are asking for PPP loans,” Cynthia Merkle, president and CEO of Danbury-based Union Savings Bank, told the Business Journal. “Maybe that’s a signal.”

“Hopefully as more people get the vaccine, we won’t need another round,” Tony Giobbi, executive vice president and chief banking officer at Newtown Savings Bank, said. “There’s also a sense in the market that it could be several months before we burn through all the money.”

The $284 billion in this PPP round -which the SBA launched for eligible lenders with less than $1 billion in assets on Jan. 15 and for all lenders on Jan. 19 — is divided into two segments. “First Draw” refers to those who did not receive a PPP loan before Aug. 8, 2020. Those loans are available to a variety of concerns, including sole proprietors, independent contractors, and self-employed persons; any small business concern that meets SBA’s size standards; and various businesses and nonprofits that meet certain conditions.

“Second Draw” loans are for small businesses with 300 or fewer employees that previously received a PPP loan and will use or have used the full amount only for authorized uses, and that can demonstrate a minimum 25% reduction in gross receipts between comparable quarters in 2019 and 2020. The maximum amount of those loans is $2 million of 2.5 times the borrower’s average monthly payroll costs, whichever is the lesser.

As of Feb. 3, the SBA reports 891,044 approvals for nearly $7.3 billion, with 4,942 lenders participating; in Connecticut, more than 11,600 businesses have been granted loans totaling over $1 billion.

The third top 2021 PPP lender to date is M&T Bank; the Buffalo-headquartered institution has approved 9,381 loans worth a total of nearly $1.23 billion. (Bank of America has approved the most loans, 35,627, for $1.93 billion.)

“The feel is different,” M&T Market President Michael Weinstock told the Business Journal. “When we engaged with the first PPP portal (launched on April 3, 2020), which was essentially created in 72

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hours, we were getting updated information in real time. It was fragmented a little bit.”

Indeed, confusion at many of the banks and among customers led to many of the latter reportedly abandoned their longterm relationships with larger banks, which were slower-footed with processing the loans.

“It was a brand-new program, so there were a lot of questions,” acknowledged Merkle, who also chairs the Connecticut Bankers Association. “That was complicated by the computer system the SBA was using for the program. It was one of their older systems that candidly I don’t think was ever designed for the kinds of numbers that were coming in from the banks.”

The situation further deteriorated when the program’s initial $349 billion appropriation was exhausted on April 16. Another $320 billion was added in short order, and it resumed accepting applications from lenders on April 27.

“Depending on how you look at it, this is round 2 or round 3,” Giobbi remarked.

“We saw a lot of confusion during the first round as well, but once (SBA) got everything ironed out, it was a just a race for the money, because it was first come, first served.”

Even with all the hubbub, 8,595 Connecticut businesses each received at least $150,000 in loans in 2020; nationwide, some 650,000 companies received loans.

The SBA has acknowledged the confusion of last year, noting that it is continuing to make improvements to its system to improve the program loan review so that small businesses have as much time as possible to access PPP funds.

“The SBA is committed to working with lenders and eligible borrowers to provide the necessary information for follow-up and help get small businesses back on track so that they’re able to receive another round of PPP loans swiftly,” it said in a Jan. 26 statement. “The SBA encourages borrowers and lenders to work together as quickly as possible to resolve the issues.

The SBA will automatically move favorable decisions to approval. During the newest round of PPP, the SBA has already approved over 400,000 loans for approximately $35 billion.”

More efficient, less need?

The process is going much more quickly this time, M&T’s Weinstock said, partly because “we’ve all been through this before.” Last year, he said, the bank provided more than $7 billion in PPP assistance to WCBJ

more than 35,000 companies. Part of that work involved expanding its loan-processing team from 20 to over 2,700.

“That involved a lot of education for employees and customers from scratch,” he noted. “And it’s resulted in things going a lot more smoothly this time.”

The bank also sent messages out to its 170,000 customers to alert them to the new round, “so that everyone is aware of what’s changed and what’s available to them.”

Applications this time are coming in at a slower — though hardly sluggish — pace.

“On the first day we had 211 applications come in,” Merkle said. “As of Jan. 27, we had processed close to 400 applications for a little over $44 million.”

Union Savings also set up a dedicated PPP team, she added. “I asked employees to describe this phase versus the first phase, and the key phrase was ‘less frenzied’,” she said.

While customers generally better understand the process now, Merkle

recalled, “One of our people called a business on a Saturday for more documentation for the loan. After the gentleman picked up the phone and began talking, they could hear someone in the background yelling, ‘Hang up the phone — no banks call on the weekend!’”

The lenders agreed that the vast majority of current loan requests are of the Second Draw variety — 83% of Union Savings applicants, Merkle said — with loan sizes averaging about $135,000 to $150,000.

Giobbi said he was particularly pleased that much of the money is being dedicated this time to the restaurant and hotel sectors. “They’ve had a really hard time of it,” he said. “For them to know that there’ a life line available for them that will help them be able to stay in business is incredibly important. Small businesses are fundamental to our local economies.”

“This sort of thing is why we’re here,” Weinstock said. “This is where we put our energies.”

Plumbing contractor demands $1.4M for unpaid West Point hospital work

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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subcontractor on a West Point hospital project claims that the prime contractor has refused to pay nearly $1.4 million for its work.

MMC Contractors Northeast is invoking the Miller Act against StructSure Projects Inc., in a lawsuit filed Feb. 2 in U.S. District Court, White Plains.

The Miller Act is a federal law that requires prime contractors on government construction projects to post bonds that guarantee payments to subcontractors and material suppliers.

In 2014, the Army Corp of Engineers hired United Excel Corp., now known as StructSure, of Kansas City, Missouri, to renovate the Keller Army Community Hospital at West Point for $39.5 million.

In 2015, StructSure hired MMC Contractors of Summit, New Jersey, to do the mechanical and plumbing work for $8.3 million. The price was later increased to $9.7 million, according to the complaint, to include 21 change orders.

Rendering of the renovation of the Keller Army Community Hospital at West Point.

MMC Contractors finished the job on Feb. 4, 2020.

StructSure has paid MMC more than $8.3 million, the complaint states, leaving a balance of $1,367,240.

MMC said StructSure has refused to pay

the rest.

StructSure did not respond to an email asking for its side of the story.

MMC Contractors is demanding payment plus 10% interest per annum under the Miller Act and for an alleged

breach of contract. It is also demanding payment from Arch Insurance Co. of Kansas City, the company that bonded StructSure.

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LRC Properties might be in Rye Brook but its focus is on the Southeast

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company based at 5 International Drive in Rye Brook has built a real estate portfolio of about 4 million square feet valued at $600 million and the eyes of the dozen people who work at its headquarters are focused on doubling the portfolio’s size and value in the next couple of years.

The company is LRC Properties.

Founded in 2009, it bills itself as a being able to “take an average office building or obsolete warehouse and turn it into a completely modernized dynamic business environment that tenants cannot wait to get into.”

When some people see the initials LRC they may mistakenly think that the company is tied-in with Westchester developer Louis R. Cappelli who uses LRC in some of his company’s names.

Actually, LRC Properties was co-founded

by Howard Lavitt and Edward J. Kulik, who remain principals of the firm. Also distinctive is that while the company is based in Westchester, LRC’s portfolio consists of properties in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and now Tennessee with a new purchase announced Jan. 18.

LRC is the new owner of 4926 Southridge Blvd. in Memphis, a sprawling 640,000-square-foot property occupied by Technicolor that once dominated color films in Hollywood with its dye-transfer color printing system. Now Technicolor is an American-French multinational company that has been adapting to the digital age.

“It’s 100% occupied by Technicolor.

They run their DVD distribution and returns processing center,” Karie Nero, principal and CFO of LRC Properties told the Business Journal. “We view Memphis as a key market, one that is improving with a solid infrastructure that will see continued improvement and rent growth during 2021 and beyond.”

She said adding to the attractiveness of Memphis is its inland port, the second largest cargo airport in the country and the fact it is a very busy trucking corridor.

“It’s getting a lot of investment by logistics companies, including UPS and FedEx,” Nero said. “The inland port there is actually expanding so it’s in an early stage of growth and we see that continuing.”

Before joining LRC, Nero’s career included positions at GE Capital, HBO, Primedia and Price Waterhouse. She’s a

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graduate of the School of Business at the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She is a CPA, currently on inactive status.

She said that from its earliest days the company has been focused on the Southeast.

“We wanted to identify growing markets. We focused on demographics, population growth, job growth, logistics. We focused on port cities and it became very clear that there are a lot of barriers to entry in the Northeast and the pricing was the biggest barrier to entry,” Nero said.

“We were able to get our properties at a good basis and below replacement cost. We’ve always continued along that path. We continually evaluate our markets and we continually find that we can find more value and opportunity in the Southeast so that is where we have focused our strategy.”

LRC has offices in Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina. It currently has two properties in each of those areas.

Among its other properties are the World Trade Center in North Charleston, South Carolina, which is a 1.1 millionsquare-foot property with manufacturing, flex and office space. LRC has two Class A office buildings in Jacksonville, Florida, that total 223,405 square feet.

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Carolina, that also has retail frontage and formerly was the regional headquarters of Wachovia Bank.

“While we’re focused on office, we’re also very heavily focused on industrial.

That does include your large distribution boxes and infill locations, so it really runs the gamut,” Nero said.

“Even before Covid we looked at things very carefully in our markets.

Covid has actually provided for a spike in the industrial demand. Your distribution and storage requirements are much higher with everyone having to order online. From an office standpoint, some people are fleeing high-rise buildings.

People want the ability to walk up.”

Nero said that prior to Covid, the firm’s headquarters personnel were able to travel to see their property on a regular basis and now have been using internet video in addition to having some boots on the ground.

“It’s all about your relationships in the marketplace. We have a lot of relationships with attorneys, architects, construction people,” Nero said. “It’s professional relationships that really enable you to get in and know what a market is. You have to have relationships with several brokerage firms and we gain a lot of knowledge and insight from all of our professional relationships.”

Nero said the company is a big believer in improving the communities that it

(top) The Technicolor building in Memphis. (bottom) Karie Nero, principal and CFO of LRC Properties.

enters.

“It really gives you an insight into the true pulse of what’s happening in a market versus being an outsider. You really can’t get that feel until you’re in the marketplace,” Nero said.

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Mixed-use project proposed for Yorktown Green shopping center

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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ster Properties has proposed revitalizing the largely vacant Yorktown Green shopping center that it owns by creating a new mixed-use project to enhance the site.

The property covers about 15 acres at 335 Downing Drive in the Yorktown Heights business district. The plan was unveiled at the Jan. 26 work session of the Yorktown Town Board.

Oster would demolish the defunct,

90,000-square-foot former Kmart store to make way for a four-story, U-shaped building featuring 84 one-bedroom and 66 two-bedroom rental apartments and ground-floor retail. There would be covered parking for residents as well as greenspace surrounded by the building’s U-shape.

A freestanding former Food Emporium supermarket has been vacant for almost 10 years and Oster’s representatives said they have an “exciting” tenant in lease negotiations for a supermarket.

“The concept of this is to provide alternatives to empty nesters or young millenni-

als,” said Oster’s attorney Darius Chafizadeh.

“This would allow them to stay in town or young ones to come back into your town and live here and be able to afford it without having to pay high property taxes.”

He told the board that Oster was in the process of finalizing its application for the project.

“Throughout the retail world there’s a rethinking of how retail spaces are designed to service the world,” said Matthew Jarmel, Oster’s architect. “Not only do we plan to demolish the Kmart and build an apartment building, we propose to give all the FCBJ

retail buildings in the center a facelift.”

Jarmel said that tenant amenities would include a fitness center and personal storage lockers. He said that they envision the greenspace as “beautiful area outside with gazebos and benches and landscaping for people who are either living in the facility or maybe shopping or dining in the area to utilize. The intent is to wrap the ‘U’ on the sides, sort of somewhat symmetrical, with small retail tenants that have head-in parking.”

Jarmel said the project would incorporate green features with each apartment having its own energy-efficient HVAC system and energy-efficient windows. He said there is existing infrastructure that can be reused.

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by providing density of housing and residential to service it,” Jarmel said. “So what happens is we have this great synergy of people living here, shopping here, eating here and vice-versa we have people from the rest of the community of Yorktown and surrounding areas coming here to shop.

They can also use the plaza and visit people within the building as well.”

Jarmel said that marketing studies are being done to find the proper price points for the residences, including any affordable housing units.

Chafizadeh said that part of the concept of the project is to provide housing

The concept of this is to provide alternatives to empty nesters or young millennials.

This would allow them to stay in town or young ones to come back into your town and live here and be able to afford it without having to pay high property taxes.”

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opportunities for empty nesters as well as young millennials without their having to pay high property taxes. He said the matter of providing workforce or affordable housing units will be addressed.

“We think this definitely will maintain the tax base and it likely will be even higher than it is now,” Chafizadeh said in response to a question from Councilman Vishnu Patel. “We haven’t done a detailed study of the finances of the taxes but it will definitely maintain the tax base and given the number of apartments and the assessment issues we believe it will be at least the same if not more.”

Jarmel said that the Kmart has been empty for two years because of e-commerce.

“What we see as architects and as planners is that many retail centers and some very large shopping malls as well we’re working on are being repositioned to become mixed use,” Jarmel said. “I can’t identify the specific project but I have a project where a traditional shopping mall we’re taking down — you know several anchor stores — and replacing it with multifamily housing. And the idea of it is that as our population is growing, and it is growing, the need for the traditional retail space is declining because of e-commerce.”

Oster Properties is based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and in addition to Yorktown Green owns more than 2 million square feet in northern New Jersey, Rockland County and New York City and manages about 500 apartment units.

Oster’s retail holdings include the Foster Village Shopping Center in Bergenfield, New Jersey.

Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater had a positive initial reaction to the preliminary plan.

“This proposal recognizes the evolving economy that we are facing, especially e-commerce,” Slater said. “Yorktown Green has languished for too long and I look forward to seeing more details about Oster’s proposal. It is a key property in many ways, not the least of which is its prominent location in the heart of town. This is very welcome news and yet another sign of the economic upswing we are working hard to see in our town.”

Councilwoman Alice Roker said, “I think this is a smart development both from a commercial and residential point of view.”

Councilman Ed Lachterman said that when they review a traffic study for the project they’ll want to be sure that it takes into consideration any other projects in the area.

“I look forward to seeing this go through the planning and the whole process and see where it ends up,” Lachterman said. “I think it looks great so far and I’d like to see where it goes.”

The town of Yorktown is in the process of finalizing the use of overlay zoning that would expand the types of development allowed in commercial districts. A Planned District Design Overlay Zone could be applied to the Yorktown Green.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER Setting our sights on 2021: An outlook on Westchester’s residential market

BY RICHARD HAGGERTY

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he seesaw year, aka 2020, ended on an astonishingly high note for real estate practitioners in the Lower Hudson Valley. I have been in the real estate business for 35 years and what we saw last year was staggering. After experiencing strong first-quarter sales, agents looked forward to and anticipated more of the same for the second quarter. What occurred instead was a decimated market as a result of Covid19 and the virtual shutdown of real estate activity.

Creativity and technology, as well as a desire by city dwellers to escape their close environs, resulted in historically high single-family residential sales in the third quarter which, as it turns out, was only a preview of what was to occur in the fourth quarter.

Westchester, which comprises the largest market in the region, had a year-overyear increase in single-family residential sales of 14% or 6,657 units as compared to 5,839 for 2019; one-third of those sales occurring in the fourth quarter of 2020.

There were 2,232 single-family sales in the fourth quarter as compared with 1,415 sales in Q4 of 2019, a 57% increase. Year over year, the median price of a single-family home in Westchester increased to $735,000, compared with $655,000 for 2019.

Every county in the region, with the exception of the Bronx, which falls in the city category, experienced year-overyear increases in residential home sales.

All regions, the Bronx included, also saw increases in median sales prices. While year-over-year increases were significant, fourth-quarter increases were nothing short of dramatic.

In general, the days a property stayed on the market (DOM) were down in all market areas and properties sold very close to, and in many instances, above list price.

All are indicative of a strong market. The real estate market has been an anomaly in a difficult economy and future predictions for the market are difficult at best.

Inventory is at an all-time low, which may negatively impact sales and put upward pressure on prices which, in turn, affect affordability. This is somewhat offset by the low interest rate environment. A higher-than-usual unemployment rate for the area remains a concern, but commercial activity in the lower Hudson Valley

remains strong and should bode well for the residential sector.

A high level of pending sales is an indication that in the near-term, sales will remain strong.

Joseph Rand, chief creative officer of Howard Hanna | Rand Realty and Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (HGAR) member, is optimistic about what we’ll see this year. The firm’s pipeline of homes that went into contract over the past few months indicates that we are going to see strong housing numbers in the first quarter of 2021.

“We now have a new contract pipeline going into the year that dwarfs what we had going from 2019 to 2020 — a 52 percent increase year over year, amounting to an extra 5,000 deals that have been in the pipeline,” he said. “While some of those deals have closed, a lot of them are going to bolster the numbers in the first quarter of 2021.”

Gail Fattizzi, immediate past HGAR president, is predicting another strong year in Westchester, but does not believe it will be quite as exuberant as 2020.

“We still have low interest rates keeping homes affordable. People still want to own their own home, maybe more than ever thanks to the pandemic,” she said. “And, we are seeing millennials who are now at the stage of family-building and therefore home-buying, so the timing is right assuming they have the financial wherewithal to purchase.”

As of right now, she continued, inventory appears to be the largest limiting factor in our market this year. “If inventory improves at least somewhat, and there isn’t a panic to move/buy, we will probably see appreciation that is not quite as strong as last year but still positive, and sales numbers could actually increase.”

While the jury is still out on what the coming year will bring, it is clear that that the events (and activity) of the last two quarters of 2020 will have a lasting impact.

We remain optimistic and looking forward to seeing what’s in store for the Westchester market.

Richard Haggerty is CEO of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors and president and chief strategic growth officer of OneKey MLS, New York metro’s first regional multiple listing service. For information, visit OneKeyMLSNY.com.

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Coworking spaces adapt for the post-Covid business model

BY KAREN SACKOWITZ ksackowitz@westfairinc.com

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tepping into the industrial chic spaces of B@Work in Westport, one is reminded of an urban artist loft more than a workspace on Post Road. Exposed beams original to the former mill building, convertible stand-up desks, clean-lined furniture: Every element is incorporated to create a productive and comfortable atmosphere for the variety of professionals who choose to rent space there.

“If you had asked a year ago, ‘Why don’t you think about working remotely rather than commuting to White Plains or the City?’, some might think, ‘No, I really need to be” in the office,” said Gerrard Bernacchia, owner of B@Work, which has a second location in Ridgefield.

“For the past 10 months, we’ve all been working remotely,” he continued, “and my gut tells me that when people are ready to get back out there, they’re going to wonder why they’re spending an hour or more in the car every day when it could be five minutes. It’s a market that we need to prepare for and we’re doing that.”

According to a study by Coworking Resources, the number

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of coworking spaces worldwide is projected to reach more than 40,000 by 2024, with almost 5 million people working from shared spaces. That represents an increase of over 158% from 2020.

In Fairfield County, there are several players in the mix. In addition to B@Work, WerkSpace in Bridgeport, SONO Spaces in Norwalk and HAVYN in Darien are among those that have been riding out the ups and downs of the last year. Serendipity Labs has kept four locations open throughout Fairfield and Westchester counties during the pandemic.

But it certainly hasn’t been easy. B@Work opened in spring 2020, just before the shutdown kicked in. While not necessarily an essential business, it was able to keep the doors open because some members use the shared office as a business address, meaning mail continued to be delivered there.

The idea of sharing space, however, made some potential clients uncomfortable at first.

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in to begin with, but added more.

Everybody is required to wear masks when walking around.”

Sanitation supplies are also on hand to be used by both members and staff.

Once members felt more comfortable, Bernachia said, they began using the space regularly.

Clients range from small businesses just starting out to job seekers looking for a spot to conduct Zoom interviews without the interruptions that come with working from home — a topic Bernachia knows something about personally.

“I have twin five-year-old boys and an 18-month baby girl. Working at home is just not an option,” he said. “At the same time, I want to be close so if my wife is watching our toddler, I can get the boys from school or drop them off.”

Bernachia said his team has worked hard to make its space and membership options to be flexible.

Rates run from $30 for a day pass to $300 per month for a flex desk (any open spot) to $400 per month for a dedicated desk or $1,200 per month for a private office.

Beyond the office clients, B@ Work has accommodated members who needed everything from warehouse space to a pop-up shop location.

At HAVYN, a coworking hub in Darien, owner Felicia Rubenstein said that while shared spaces may have catered mainly to individuals like freelancers and entrepreneurs prior to the pandemic, the last 10 months have raised greater awareness of spaces like hers as an alternative to a daily commute or working full time at home.

“People are starting to see that it’s really easy to have that flex time, working two days in the office and three days at home,” she said. “It’s accelerated the thinking, and now it’s a proven case that people can work at home and be productive, to a point.”

According to a May 2020 Coworking Resources survey, 56% of professionals in the U.S. expect to work remotely at least part time, and businesses are embracing working with small remote teams regardless of their location.

“It’s the hub-and-spoke model, where there might be a corporate office in New York City, but people in Fairfield County want to work closer to home,” Rubenstein said.

“But they don’t want to work at home, just near home.”

HAVYN members also benefit from safety measures that have been put into place, such as a mask mandate when walking around

Open area at B@Work Westport.

and cleaning supplies provided throughout the space. Though in-person gatherings are currently at a minimum, the membership calendar is packed with virtual events, webinars and outdoor happenings like a morning meditation and walk.

Membership rates start at $75 per month for virtual and in-person events only, to $360 per month for a floating desk, $650 per month for a permanent desk, or private offices priced individually based on requirements.

Looking ahead, Coworking Resources says that in comparing data from February 2020 and May 2020 (pre- and post-lockdown), space utilization is beginning to recover and shift toward private offices as the type of space most commonly requested.

Longer-term contracts will likely be another shift, as demand is projected to come mainly from larger organizations looking to decentralize their workforces into smaller branch offices and remote teams into private flex offices.

Regeneron proposes 207,000-square-foot lab

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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egeneron is working on plans for the construction of an approximately 207,000-square-foot laboratory building and associated parking garage on the company’s existing campus at 777 Old Saw Mill River Road in Greenburgh.

Attorney Mark Weingarten of the White Plains-based law firm DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP represented Regeneron during a recent work session of the Greenburgh Town Board, describing the Regeneron campus as encompassing 250-acres including approximately 70 acres in the town of Mount Pleasant.

Weingarten said that Regeneron was preparing an application to amend plans approved in 2014 that had been submitted by the property’s prior owner. He said that Regeneron wanted to hear any high-level comments from the board prior to filing its application. Weingarten said that Regeneron hoped to learn of any suggestions or concerns so that it could respond before finalizing its submission.

Weingarten pointed out that in 2014,

prior property owner BMR-Landmark at Eastview received approvals to allow it to build a 128,000-square-foot, 4-story building for office plus research and development (R&D) use. The building also was to have a penthouse for mechanicals covering 100% of the roof and an associated garage.

“The proposed plan that we have that we’re sharing with you this evening is to build on that original approval,” Weingarten said. “We would like to amend that plan to a 207,000-square-foot, 2-story R&D building with enclosed mechanical penthouse covering only 71% of the rooftop.”

George Poth, vice president of real estate and facilities for Regeneron told the board that the company is continuing to look for different ways to expand its physical facilities in order to support the company’s growth.

“When we purchased the campus it was a multitenanted campus and many of our tenants have moved out and Regeneron has recaptured their space for our own growth,” Poth said. He explained that the work to take place in the proposed facility would include producing proteins used in research and production. Proteins were used in creating

Regeneron’s Covid-19 monoclonal antibody cocktail.

When questioned by Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner about the construction timetable, Poth said, “While we can’t commit to a date, our real estate philosophy and the way I’ve been handling matters for Regeneron is that we always want to be able to have shovel-in-ground-ready space because that’s very important for us because we have to act quickly on certain programs.”

Poth continued, “Once we understand whether or not we can do what we’re proposing then we’ll take it through the normal channels and obtain approvals through the proper channels within Regeneron and then be able to establish a potential start date.”

Weingarten said that because Regeneron is publicly traded, there are limits as to how much the company can say regarding future plans and “when we have harder information for you we will share it.”

Stephen Spina from JMC Planning Engineering Landscape Architecture & Land Surveying PLLC said that the prior owner’s plan had a different shaped parking garage and different shaped building. Spina said that the plan includes a pedestrian FCBJ

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plaza and the use of solar panels on the roof is being considered.

“The building now is larger in footprint, but shorter in height. It was designed that way for the use that it’s serving and the parking garage is in a slightly different location,” Spina said. “It’s a little bit higher but is more efficient in providing the parking that is needed for the use.”

The proposed parking garage would have 1,030 spaces and six levels. The parking garage for the plan that was approved in 2014 had 868 spaces on three levels.

Feiner expressed support for Regeneron and the project.

“I think we’re very lucky in the town that you have helped put Greenburgh on the map and to say that I’m excited about this is really an understatement because I think it’s really great that Regeneron is so successful and is constantly expanding,” Feiner said.

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Good Things JOINT COMMISSION AWARDS BURKE WITH ACCREDITATION

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DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AT WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL APPOINTED

LECHASE HIRES REGIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Dr. Dean J. Straff has been appointed by White Plains Hospital as director of emergency medicine. He will be responsible for managing the clinical operations of the busiest emergency department in Westchester County. In addition to his clinical expertise in emergency medicine, Straff has a professional focus on driving quality improvement, enhancing patient experience and increasing hospital efficiency with the use of data analytics. He previously served as the hospital’s associate director of emergency medicine.

Before joining White Plains Hospital, Straff was an emergency medicine attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell, where he also served as the medical director of the emergency physician assistant program.

“Dr. Straff has proven himself as an exceptional and innovative leader. His experience, expertise and commitment to the practice of emergency medicine will be invaluable as we continue to be the number-one choice for patients needing urgent, lifesaving care in Westchester,” said Dr. Michael Palumbo, executive director and chief medical officer of White Plains Hospital.

Straff completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania and received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and The University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell.

White Plains Hospital is a member of the Montefiore Health System, serving as its tertiary hub of advanced care in the Hudson Valley. The Hospital is a 292-bed not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of providing exceptional acute and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas.

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Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains.

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains has received another three-year accreditation from The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval®, which demonstrates continuous compliance with its performance standards and signals that it is a symbol of quality and commitment to providing safe patient care.

An unannounced onsite rigorous review by a team from The Joint Commission reviewed Burke’s physical plant as well as patient care, policies and procedures, docu-

mentation and infection control. The surveyors also conducted onsite observations and interviews. The results of the survey were highly positive, with no high-risk-level issues identified.

“As a private accreditor, The Joint Commission surveys health care organizations to protect the public by identifying deficiencies in care and working with those organizations to correct them as quickly and sustainably as possible,” said Mark Pelletier, RN, MS, chief operating officer, accreditation and certifica-

tion operations and chief nursing executive, The Joint Commission.

Burke President and CEO Jeffrey Menkes said, “We are proud of this notable accreditation, which reflects our commitment to providing patients and families with the best possible care. For more than a century Burke has been known for our unwavering standard of excellence and leadership in the field of rehabilitative medicine, which is affirmed by the results of our Joint Commission survey.”

NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION IN GREENWICH Aleksandra Moch, environmental analyst for the town of Greenwich was the first to utilize the new universal charging station at Town Hall. “I am so pleased to be able to charge my electric car at work when needed. Greenwich desperately lacks charging opportunities and this is key to meeting the needs of electric car drivers,” said Moch.

Installed at the Town Hall parking lot on the middle level, the dual charger is the first public charger in town to serve all types of electric vehicles. It should satisfy the needs of the 795 electric vehicles registered in the town, according to data provided by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles. “…More electric vehicles on the road will improve our air quality, decrease noise pollution and help to combat harmful climate-changing effects,” said Patricia Sesto, director of Greenwich environmental affairs and co-chair of the sustainability committee.

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a known hurdle for many people who would entertain the idea of an electric vehicle but are concerned about the ability to refuel away from home.

The equipment leased from ChargePoint Inc. will cost users $2.11 for two hours or $0.16/kwh.

Alan Monelli, superintendent of buildings, Ben Branyan, town administrator, and Abby Wadler, assistant town attorney are credited with the tenacity to work though the logistical and contractual issues to launch this first municipal charger.

Zach Sawyer has been hired as regional director of business development in the Armonk office of LeChase Construction Services LLC. He will work to identify and develop new business opportunities, manage customer relationships across the tri-state area and enhance awareness of LeChase’s capabilities in the local market.

Starting his construction career working summers and during school breaks while in high school and college, Sawyer entered the industry full time as a project manager in 2008.

Since then, he has managed projects across a range of industries and geographies. Before joining LeChase, he served three years as associate director of life sciences for a project management and consulting firm in New York. He studied construction management at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pace University. He also has LEED AP® (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. He resides in Peekskill, New York.

Established in 1944, LeChase offers the capabilities of a large firm while maintaining the personalized service of a small firm. Today, the company ranks among the nation’s top contractors – providing general construction and construction management services in a wide range of industries and on projects of all sizes. In addition to serving customers from its operations across New York state and North Carolina, LeChase can provide resources to meet the unique needs of clients no matter where they are located.

LEADING UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS

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JACK WELCH COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY FOR WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION

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he Jack Welch College of Business & Technology at Sacred Heart University (SHU) provides a host of relevant undergraduate and graduate programs that equip students with a unique blend of timely skills and state-of-the-art technological experience steeped in the Catholic intellectual tradition. Wisely integrating technology into its business programs and vice versa, the Welch College of Business & Technology has implemented a top-to-bottom digital transformation in recent years, complete with a range of world-class learning labs, exciting and meaningful study abroad programs and flexible, dual-degree possibilities perfect for both the undergrad student and working professionals looking to become leaders in today’s global economy, said Dean Martha J. Crawford, Ph.D. “Other schools are talking about it,” she said of the multifaceted focus, “but we are very aggressively going in that direction.”

The Welch College of Business & Technology provides much more than the requirements that lead to a traditional business degree or MBA. The college educates leaders to make a positive contribution to the community by nurturing ethical reasoning skills, an entrepreneurial mindset, data and technology literacy and global perspectives through student-focused teaching, experiential learning and impactful research.

Primarily housed on the university’s west campus, formerly home to General Electric’s international headquarters, the college offers nine advanced degree programs, including an MBA, master’s degrees in business analytics, digital marketing and human resources management and a Doctorate of Business Administration in finance, for about 600 graduate students.

Another 1,800 undergrads enjoy a range of programs from accounting and finance to management and marketing.

Undergraduates may also take advantage of the popular study-abroad program in Dingle, Ireland, while MBA candidates have been honing their skills at the Luxembourg campus since 1991.

The Welch College of Business & Technology also houses the School of Computer Science & Engineering, which offers undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs in cutting-edge fields such as game development, cybersecurity and database design – all led by industry-savvy professionals who understand the needs and demands of today’s workplace.

Synergy is encouraged between business and technology and dual-degree programs in disciplines such as computer science and

A student works outside of the Finance Lab at Sacred Heart University’s West Campus. Photo by Mark F. Conrad.

Dean Martha Crawford: Sacred Heart University’s Jack Welch College of Business & Technology Dean Martha J. Crawford, Ph.D. Photo by Don Hamerman.

The Artificial Intelligence Lab at Sacred Heart University’s Jack Welch College of Business & Technology.

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Aerial view of West Campus. Photo by Sean Kaschak.

finance are available. In addition, the availability of the school’s labs for local corporations, startups and nonprofits fosters an authentic spirit of collaboration that involves local business leaders and SHU students and results in vibrant internship, recruiting and networking opportunities.

The university campus boasts a host of new learning labs tailormade to replicate the types of work situations Welch students will encounter in the real world, including iHub, an innovative coworking space in partnership with Verizon. The space caters to the burgeoning innovation community, drawing SHU faculty, staff and students in an academic-focused environment that attracts local startups, entrepreneurs, corporations and other forward-thinking organizations and individuals. SHU’s state-of-the-art Student Concierge Service allows members to make vital connections with various university programs, internships, recruiting, events, speaker sessions, office hours and mentoring.

“The iHub is part of the innovation ecosystem that we are building at our west campus,” said Rupendra Paliwal, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Sacred Heart University. “Companies and entrepre-

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neurs that become members of iHub will have access to our faculty experts, student talents and state-of-the-art labs and facilities from wide-ranging disciplines to help them in various facets of business. Students will have an immersive learning experience with real projects right here on the campus. The iHub will further support a differentiated and distinctive SHU education.”

In addition, Welch students regularly use the IDEA Lab, an 11,000-square-foot prototyping lab capable of desktop and commercial 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC systems and motion capture for robots and drones; an Artificial Intelligence Lab with 40 computers with dedicated servers and object recognition equipment; a Cybersecurity Lab where students collaborate on cyber threat simulations and design responses and defense strategies; a Finance Lab with 13 Bloomberg financial terminals and an LCD ticker-tape display of real-time market information from the NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange; and a Student Incubator Space with technical and advisory support for a growing group of student-led startups.

With an eye to the evolving and globally focused nature of business, the college

caters to both traditional and nontraditional undergrad and graduate students with degree programs that work for working adults. More than 60 percent of graduate students hold full-time jobs.

Once again named among the nation’s outstanding business schools for a master’s degree in business administration by The Princeton Review, the Welch program emphasizes experiential learning and technology literacy and helps students develop an international perspective, through digital integration of the Fairfield and Luxembourg campuses.

The Welch College’s Catholic tradition informs its emphasis on positive social impact. Founded in 2002, the college’s Center for Nonprofits gives MBA students opportunities to apply their knowledge and skills while assisting not-for-profits in achieving their goals and servicing the greater needs of the community. Students make a valuable contribution addressing nonprofits’ longterm viability and effectiveness while gaining real-world experience.

In addition, the college publishes the biannual New England Journal of Entrepreneurship as an invaluable forum for exchange of scholarly ideas, practices and policies in entrepreneurship and smallbusiness management.

Located in bustling Fairfield just off the Merritt Parkway, the Welch College is well situated for the plethora of internships, careers and mentoring and networking opportunities to be found in Fairfield and Westchester counties and New York City.

The Jack Welch College of Business & Technology is named for the legendary General Electric CEO Jack Welch and business courses are taught in his tradition and spirit. The college is among fewer than 10% worldwide that have earned accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

The Luxembourg program is the only AACSB-accredited MBA program in that county. This exclusive designation signifies the quality and merit of the college’s business curriculum. It is awarded after a rigorous evaluation and requires colleges to meet the highest level of standards for schools and colleges of business.

For further information on the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology, please contact Nadene Koliopoulos, director of graduate programs, koliopoulosn@ sacredheart.edu, 203-365-7660 or Paul Rychlik, director of graduate admissions, gradstudies@sacredheart.edu, 203-3657619.

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Are you ready to take your passion to the next level, but are unsure what the next step is?

Join one of our upcoming virtual Open Houses to learn more. www.sacredheart.edu/gradopenhouse Saturday, March 6th at 10 A.M. College of Health Professions and the Davis & Henley College of Nursing Sunday, March 7th at 10 A.M College of Arts & Sciences, School of Communication, Media & the Arts and the School of Social Work Welch College of Business & Technology and the School of Computer Science & Engineering Thursday, March 11 at 6:30 P.M. Farrington College of Education

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Best Kept Secret: Community Colleges Deliver Affordable, Customized Employee Training care, hospitality, industrial goods, manufacturing, technology and utility industries, to name a few.

“By responding quickly with highquality, customized solutions to employers’ most pressing workforce training and education needs, Norwalk, Housatonic and Gateway Community Colleges are becoming the go-to employee training resources among Connecticut’s business community,” said Kristina Testa-Buzzee, Ed.D., chief regional workforce development officer for the Shoreline West Region. “Employers are benefitting from increased employee productivity, stronger teams and a better bottom line.”

WHERE TO BEGIN

Any firm looking to improve operations, increase efficiencies, improve recruitment and retention, or optimize performance, need look no further than community college contract training - a secret weapon in staying competitive.

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ecognizing that it often takes additional learning for workers to fulfill the roles they’re hired to perform, community colleges throughout our region are expanding their employee training services to help employers fill the skills gap.

If the term “Contract Training” is new to you, welcome to effective employee training that is affordable, customizable and ondemand. In short, contract training is when a business, industry, nonprofit organization, municipality or government agency contracts with a community college to provide training and education to its employees.

Employers work directly with community colleges to ‘upskill’ their existing employees with the practical training they need to perform effectively on the job. For the colleges, the service is a natural, as providing employee training perfectly aligns with their mission of economic and workforce development.

Norwalk, Housatonic and Gateway Community Colleges can develop and deliver customized workforce training programs and certification courses for employers throughout the state. Community colleges are professionals at advancing economic growth through skills training, and for the

last five years that has included contract training to meet the unique employee development needs of Connecticut’s workforce.

CONVENIENT FULL-SERVICE RESOURCES The benefits to employers abound. With locations in our backyard, instructors that are industry experts and prices that smash those of traditional corporate training programs, companies and organizations large and small are turning to our region’s community colleges as their new employee training team. The colleges make training available when and where firms need it, with courses delivered either online or inperson, at their workplace location or at the colleges themselves.

Whether the priority is improving people skills, leadership development or technical knowhow, employers are discovering that our region’s community colleges provide certifications and training that meet their needs. Some of the most popular training areas offered include customer service, human resources, information technology/ computers, finance, leadership and management development, ethical and legal issues, Quickbooks/bookkeeping, health care, safety and security/OSHA, manufac-

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turing, STEM training, ESL and more.

“When it comes to workforce training, our community colleges are designed to be responsive and flexible partners in preparing the regional workforce with customized, industry-specific training,” said Thomas G. Coley, Ph.D., president of the Shoreline West region, which encompasses Housatonic, Norwalk and Gateway Community Colleges.

“Our ability to work closely with multiple industries, particularly health care, manufacturing, finance, technology and business, allows us to provide affordable and targeted training that keeps the current workforce updated with the latest competencies and the emerging workforce prepared to enter into jobs in high-demand fields.”

GET RESULTS A wide variety of employers throughout Connecticut are already benefitting, including Fortune 500 corporations, small and mid-sized businesses, nonprofits, state and federal agencies, unions and workforce development agencies. The community colleges have trained hundreds of employees of every level in the aerospace, consumer goods, retail, electronics, food and beverage, government, health

Each discussion about contract training begins the same way – the colleges listen to business and industry. Their philosophy: getting employees the training they need to succeed is a collaborative effort between a firm and the college. They understand that every organization’s training challenge is unique and that by learning those specific needs, they can quickly develop a targeted, successful solution. And they do it affordably.

Whether a workforce is 10 or 10,000 employees, the community colleges offer special rates to help firms realize their vision of a well-trained, productive workforce. They work with budgets of every size to find the best solution to employers’ specific challenges. In addition, for workers that want professional enrichment and an opportunity to grow in their careers, the colleges work with employers’ tuition reimbursement programs.

Our community colleges are poised to expand their service offerings and welcome the opportunity to serve Connecticut’s employers. Any firm looking to improve operations, increase efficiencies, improve recruitment and retention, or optimize performance, need look no further than community college contract training – a secret weapon in staying competitive.

Contact Kristina Testa-Buzzee, Ed.D., chief regional workforce development officer for the Shoreline West Region of Connecticut Community Colleges via email at KTesta-Buzzee@commnet.edu or call 203-332-5156 to learn more about how contract training with Norwalk, Housatonic and Gateway Community Colleges can help your organization. For communities outside of these service areas, Kristina will put you in contact with an appropriate colleague.

PCSB BANK DONATES TO LIBRARY

Christopher Geotes

Representatives from PCSB Bank in Yorktown Heights donated $1,500 to the Friends of Mahopac Public Library (MPL) to be used toward the Teen Library Council and Outreach Program and the Teen Summer Reading Program. PCSB Bank, a New York-chartered stock commercial bank, has served the banking needs of its customers in the lower Hudson Valley of New York state since 1871. It operates from its executive offices/headquarters and 15 branch offices located throughout Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York.

Hillary Millman From left: Paul Murphy, head of Teen Services, Mahopac Public Library; Karen Kellogg, president of the Friends of MPL; Robin Hulmes, senior vice president, PCSB Bank; Kelly Puccio, vice president, PCSB Bank; and Michele Capozzella, library director. Courtesy PCSB Bank.

PHELPS NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM AT FAMILY MEDICINE

Jason Putter

ASSOCIATES RISE TO PARTNERS IN LAW FIRM Christopher Geotes and Jason Putter have become partners at Martin LLP in Stamford. Both have been associates at the firm making significant contributions to it and clients.

Geotes’ corporate practice operates in three categories: mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings and outside general counsel services with a particular focus on private equity. He is also active in Martin’s pro bono practice.

Putter concentrates his practice on corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings and private equity on behalf of middle-market clients, including a substantial number of growth companies and the entrepreneurs who lead them. He also represents clients as outside general counsel on day-to-day corporate matters.

Christopher Martin, managing partner of Martin said, “We are proud to announce the partnerships of both Chris and Jason, who have been an integral part of our firm. We are excited for them to join the partnership and continue to grow their practices.”

From left: Dr. Rebecca Collins of Eastchester, Dr. London Muse of Ossining, and Dr. Samantha Rai of Tarrytown, are the new leadership team for the Family Medicine Residency Program at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow.

The Family Medicine Residency Program (FMRP) at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow began 2021 by welcoming a new leadership team. Dr. Rebecca Collins the new program director, will lead alongside recently promoted Associate Program Director Dr. Samantha Rai and Dr. London Muse, who was promoted to associate program director in 2019.

Collins completed her family medicine training at Columbia University’s Center for Family and Community Medicine, medical school at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and public health training at A.T. Still University. She is one of the founding faculty members of this residency program,

which concentrates on comprehensive health care to underserved communities.

Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Muse completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana in 2008, her medical education at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, in 2012, and her family medicine residency training at Phelps in 2015. After learning Spanish during her residency and providing care at Open Door, she joined the practice as a fulltime faculty physician becoming the medical director at Sleepy Hollow Open Door in January 2017, In 2019, she was promoted to associate program director and continues to serve in this role as part of the new leader-

ship team.

Before joining the leadership team, Rai earned her undergraduate degree from Brown University and her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine.

She completed her residency training and served as a chief resident at the Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program, an affiliate of the University of California, San Francisco. On returning to New York, she joined Mount Kisco Open Door in 2005 and later served as the medical director for clinical quality for the entire organization. Inspired to share her passion for family medicine, Rai joined the Phelps Family Medicine Residency Program faculty in 2014.

BCW AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR AWARD The Business Council of Westchester (BCW), presented its Ambassador of the Year Award to Hillary Millman of In Better Words LLC at its annual New Year Blast on Jan.14.

Millman, a marketing and communications consultant, launched In Better Words, a New York state-certified woman-owned business, in 2012. She helps business owners reach and persuade their target audiences and works with nonprofit leaders to promote advocacy and fundraising efforts, events and services.

For six years prior, she was the director of communications for The Business Council of Westchester as well as an adjunct instructor at the College of Westchester in White Plains where she taught business, marketing and public speaking.

The BCW’s Ambassador Program was created 16 years ago and is one of its most popular signature programs. Long-time BCW members volunteer their time, energy and expertise to mentor and guide new members through their first year of membership. Every member who joins the BCW is partnered with an ambassador.

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NEW BOARD MEMBER AT MCDONALD HOUSE

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Raquel Raoul

Raquel Raoul a resident of Poughkeepsie, has joined the Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley Board of Directors, which is made up of 14 members from Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess counties and Connecticut. Raoul currently serves as a director of nursing at Maria Ferari Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. She holds a master’s degree in nursing, bachelor’s degree in finance and brings nine years’ experience in pediatric and adult nursing specialties and leadership roles. Prior to her career in nursing, Raoul held positions

in the financial industry working with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and other local banks.

“Ronald McDonald House holds a very special place in my heart since we were guests a few years ago when my daughter was a patient at the hospital,” said Raoul.

Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley provides families with children facing medical challenges an atmosphere of comfort, hope and courage, keeping them close to the care and resources they need. It is located on the campus of Westchester Medical Center.

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Good Things NYPA CUTS ELECTRIC COSTS FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS The New York Power Authority (NYPA) Board of Trustees has approved a proposal to cut electric rates by $780,000 for the authority’s Westchester governmental customers, which include the county, towns, villages, cities, schools and housing authorities.

“Our governmental customers in Westchester are some of the Power Authority’s most valued customers,” said Gil C. Quiniones, NYPA president and CEO. The more than 3% decrease is the result of expected declines in market energy prices and it will be effective with January 2021 electric bills.

NYPA works with its customers to obtain power supplies from NYPA generating plants and arrange economical-power purchases from the wholesale energy market. NYPA generation, contracted generation and power purchases save customers millions of dollars a year on electric bills compared to the cost of securing power from local utilities.

NYPA also partners with governmental customers on major energy efficiency and clean-energy initiatives to lower their power bills and operating costs.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer said, “…This move by NYPA is welcome news to Westchester County taxpayers because it will boost the efforts made by municipalities to do just that (manage costs).”

NYPA is the largest state public power organization in the nation, operating 16 generating facilities and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. More than 80% of the electricity NYPA produces is clean renewable hydropower. NYPA uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity.

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ART$WCHALLENGE RAISES MORE THAN $1M ArtsWestchester in White Plains honored County Executive George Latimer and the Board of Legislators on Jan. 29 for their partnership in the 2020 Art$WChallenge Grant campaign that raised $1,111,746 for 85 local arts and culture organizations.

“This unprecedented outpouring of private support for large and small arts groups throughout the county demonstrates the high esteem that many Westchester residents have for the vital role art and culture play in our collective quality of life,” said Janet Langsam, ArtsWestchester’s CEO. “We are grateful to all this year’s arts donors and especially thankful to our county executive and our county legislators for their longtime commitment to the arts and for investing an additional $250,000 in matching funds into the 2020 Challenge program at a time when the arts are struggling. Their additional investment enabled 60 cultural organizations to participate for the first time in this important grant program at this unprecedented time.”

The Art$WChallenge enabled local groups to raise $757,993 from private donors

by Dec. 31, which was matched by $353,753 in county funding. The amount of private donations raised was the most raised by the campaign since it launched in 2007.

Workshop at Westchester Children’s Museum, one of the 120 eligible arts groups for the Art$WChallenge Grant Program. Courtesy Westchester Children’s Museum.

Nioka Workman of Firey String Sistas performing in a concert presented by PJS Jazz Society, one of the eligible arts groups for the Art$WChallenge Grant Program.

“Despite the havoc caused by Covid-19, the Westchester arts community has rallied in a way that continues to provide engaging virtual and in-person cultural programs for county residents,” said Latimer. “However, to support these programs, given the canceled events and decline in ticket sales, groups have had to get creative with fundraising.

This is where the Art$WChallenge matching grant program helped.”

“Since the inception of the Art$WChallenge in 2007, a total of $4.7 million in private money has been raised and invested in Westchester County’s cultural sector,” said Benjamin Boykin, chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators.

COUNTY’S ASIAN AMERICAN ADVISORY BOARD HOLDS DEBUT MEETING The Westchester County’s Asian American Advisory Board held its first meeting of the year on Jan. 21 in White Plains to brainstorm ways to help shape policies impacting their community.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer signed off on the creation of the board as a part of his continued dedication to ensuring everyone living here has a voice in county government. The members of the board are leaders in their fields, including medicine, research and law.

Asian Americans are among the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States and make up 6.5% of the population in Westchester County, according to the 2010 U.S. Census Statistics. The 14-member board represents countries like Vietnam, Korea, the Philippines and Japan.

Jin Whang, a local activist and member of the board said: “My hope is for the Asian American Advisory Board to work with our Westchester leaders in undoing the indivisibility facing our communities against the national backdrop of the national dialogue on inclusivity and racial justice.”

LEADERS IN EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE AND WORLD AFFAIRS JOIN WHITBY BOARD

Khalil Rahman

Whitby School in Greenwich, a co-educational independent school that provides an educational continuum for children 18 months through grade 8, recently announced that Jon Downs of Millbrook School, New York; Stephanie Pax Flanigan of Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, New York; and Khalil Rahman, founder and trustee of East West University, Bangladesh; have joined its Board of Trustees.

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range of experiences and perspectives deeply rooted in education, especially in the independent school sector.”

Downs, associate headmaster and headmaster-elect at Millbrook School in New York, has an extensive 16-year career in independent school education.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College, a Master of Arts degree from Bread Loaf School of English and a Master of Arts degree in education from Harvard.

Flanigan is the Head of School at

Jon Downs

Brooklyn Heights Montessori School (BHMS). Before joining BHMS in 2019, she held an 18-year tenure as head of school at the Montessori School of Denver. Prior to her career in education, she was a trial lawyer. Flanagan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College and a Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Rahman is a founder of East West University, a leading private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and currently serves on its Board of Trustees. He retired from the United Nations in 2016

after having served the organization for 25 years in various senior positions. Rahman began his career as an executive at the American Express International Bank in 1978. The following year, he joined the foreign service of Bangladesh and rose to become a director-general in the foreign office. He earned his Master of Arts degree in law and diplomacy and a Ph.D. in economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in 1983. He also received a Master of Arts degree in economics from Dhaka University in 1978.

SUSTAINABLE FARMING: FROM THE GROUND UP

Martha Lopez

NEW DIRECTOR OF MINORITY AND WOMENOWNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT APPOINTED Martha Lopez has been appointed by Westchester County Executive George Latimer to serve as director of minority and women-owned business development for the county government.

Lopez served, from 2001 to 2009, as the director for Hispanic affairs for Westchester County and currently serves as director of program and policy for minority- and women-owned business enterprise programs (MWBE) and immigrant affairs.

Lopez, a resident of New Rochelle and prominent within the Hispanic community, was a founding member of the Board of Directors of KEEPS, an after-school program for children in Mamaroneck. She is a former member of the Westchester Hispanic Advisory Board, and in 1999, co-founded the Hispanic Resource Center of Larchmont/Mamaroneck (now known as the Community Resource Center) and for two years served as its president.

In her new role, Lopez will be tasked with expanding opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses to work with county departments, local governments and larger companies seeking to diversify their subcontractor rosters and assist MWBEs with state or county certification. She will also manage the county’s Technical Assistance Advisory Committee.

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Jack Algiere

Steve McMenamin

The most recent program of the Bruce Museum’s monthly series of virtual programs with thought leaders in the fields of art and science featured two innovators who discussed the emerging science of sustainable farming – the practice of maximizing agricultural productivity while maintaining a harmonious, interdependent state-of-the-art, science-based techniques relationship with the environment.

The leaders of the discussion were Jack Algiere, director at the Stone Barns Center Farm in Pocantico Hills, New York, and Steve McMenamin, manager of Versailles Farms, a market garden operation in Greenwich.

At Stone Barns, Algiere has built an integrated farming operation rooted in land stewardship, innovation and community, which also serves as a training campus for young farmers, chefs, change-

makers and the public. He oversees the extensive farming operations at Stone Barns, integrating a holistic farm team that works together on multispecies grass-fed livestock, grains, field crops, greenhouse, fruit, flowers, wild landscapes and compost in a four-season regenerative system. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in horticulture from the University of Rhode Island.

McMenamin and his wife, Ingrid MaMenamin, started Versailles Farms, a market garden operation based in the backcountry of Greenwich after selling their French restaurant and patisserie, Versailles Brasserie. (The McMenamins rehabilitated Versailles, a Greenwich institution for 30 years, taking it out of bankruptcy and earning it a 4-star review by “The New York Times” in 2010.) They aim to grow food for the community with an emphasis on nutrient density, flavor and good digestion from their roughly four acres of greens on 1.5 acres of land.

HISTORIC INN REPLACES OLD OIL-BURNING SYSTEM

Danille Petrie, left, and Christine Carnicelli, owners of the West Lane Inn in Ridgefield.

The innkeepers of The West Lane Inn, built in 1849 in Ridgefield and the Connecticut Green Bank recently completed a Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE)-financed energy-efficiency project at the inn’s 22 West Lane location. The project was to replace an old oil-burning heat system with a new heat-pump system designed to handle the heating and cooling needs of the 17room historic property.

The innkeepers, Christine Carnicelli and Danille Petrie, who purchased the inn in the fall of 2019, are working hard to balance the colonial charm of the 1840s building with the need for modern amenities.

“When guests come to stay at our inn, we want them to have the most relaxing, cozy experience possible. By adding a new heat-pump system, we are able to keep rooms comfortable all year long,” said Carnicelli. “The new system is also more energy efficient and better for the environment, which fits with Ridgefield’s country surroundings.”

Eastern Mechanical Services Inc. of Danbury, an HVAC contractor serving Fairfield County since 1985, installed the new equipment. The balance of the project cost, after utility incentives and owner equity, will be paid off over 10 years through the C-PACE assessment. This allows the owners to reap the energy-sav-

ing benefits immediately while paying for the improvement over time.

“We are always excited when a new type of property, in this case a boutique inn, takes advantage of C-PACE to improve their energy efficiency. This is also a great example of progress toward the state’s goal of electrifying buildings,” said Mackey Dykes, vice president of financing programs at the Connecticut Green Bank. “Commercial properties of all sizes should look at their HVAC systems for opportunities to unlock savings.”

The Connecticut Green Bank was established by the Connecticut General Assembly in 2011 as the nation’s first green bank.

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FORMER INTERN JOINS LAW FIRM Jennifer E. Czarnowski joins Neubert, Pepe & Monteith PC’s (NPM) real estate and commercial finance and banking practice groups. She was first associated with Neubert, Pepe & Monteith as a legal extern while a student at Quinnipiac University School of Law and continued as a summer associate and then law clerk before becoming an associate with the firm.

Czarnowski brings 10 years of combined experience in project and account management, business development and management information systems to her current legal work.

“Jennifer joined us initially as an itern through Quinnipiac University, and we were immediately impressed with her work,” said Jane Elaine Ballerini, partner.

Czarnowski earned her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Connecticut and her Juris Doctorate from Quinnipiac University School of Law, cum laude.

Neubert, Pepe & Monteith is a general practice law firm in New Haven with offices in Hartford and Fairfield and White Plains.

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Facts & Figures U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT White Plains & Poughkeepsie Local business cases, Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Avrio Health L.P., Stamford, et al, vs. AIG Specialty Insurance Co., et al, 21-7005-RDD: Adversary proceeding, recovery of property in Purdue Pharma, Chapter 11.

Attorney: Paul E. Breene.

Greylock Capital Associates, White Plains, 21-22063-RDD: Chapter 11, $1,686,191 assets, $825,663 liabilities.

Attorney: Jeffrey Chubak.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT White Plains Local business cases, Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Painting Industry Insurance Fund, White Plains, et al, vs.

American Venture Construction, Landing, New Jersey, 21-cv-737-KMK: Enforcement of employee benefits. Attorney: Dana L. Henke.

L.J. Coppola Inc., Brewster vs. North American Specialty Insurance Co., Kansas City, Missouri, et al, 21-cv-746-NSR: Removal from Putnam Supreme Court, negligence.

Attorney: Austin S. Brown.

Karlene Rose vs. Carib Fish Market & Grill, Mount Vernon, et al, 21-cv-769-KMK: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Orin Kurtz.

Joseph DiFranco, Yonkers vs.

Urdstadt Biddle Properties Inc., Stamford, et al, 21-cv-790CS: Removal from Westchester Supreme Court, personal injury.

Attorney: Levi Lipton.

Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut vs. Farm Family Casualty Insurance Co., Highland Mills, 21-cv-830-PMH: Insurance. Attorney: Meg R. Reid.

Dov Eisenberger, Monsey vs.

Cavalry SPV I, Valhalla, et al, 21-cv-866-NSR: Class action, Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney: Ralph Deutsch.

Milmar Food Group II, Goshen vs. Traveler Indemnity Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 21cv-901: Removal from Orange Supreme Court, breach of contract.

Attorney: Johnathan C. Lerner.

DEEDS

Edgewood Enterprises Corp., White Plains. Seller: 102 Waller LLC, White Plains. Property: 102 Waller Ave., White Plains. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Jan. 20.

DC NYC Properties LLC, New York City. SelleR: Marva Parker, Greenburgh. Property: 21 Kent Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $325,000. Filed Jan. 21.

Gohl 33 LLC, Melville. Seller: Broadway on Hudson Estates LLC, Huntington. Property: 5 Carriage Trail, Greenburgh. Amount: $3.9 million. Filed Jan. 21.

Kadri Malt 43 LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: Francesca Lauria, Yonkers.

Property: 43 Sherwood Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $535,000. Filed Jan. 22.

MH Broad Ventures LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: 197 Broadway LLC, Scarsdale. Property: 197 S. Broadway, Yonkers. Amount: $1 million. Filed Jan. 20.

Onyx NY Holdings LLC, Purchase. Seller: Michael and Maurice Dwyer Trust, Mount Vernon.

Property: 455 Bedford Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $600,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Miroza Tower LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: Hudson Holdings New York LLC, Kew Gardens. Property: 44 Hudson St., Yonkers. Amount: $10.4 million. Filed Jan. 22.

Well Mind Centers Inc., Yonkers.

Seller: Frank O’Neill, Pound Ridge.

Property: 28 Old Stone Hill Road, Pound Ridge. Amount: $1.3 million.

Filed Jan. 21.

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Below $1 million

1 Campus Drive Associates LLC, Briarcliff Manor. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 1 Campus Drive, Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Jan. 20.

107 Robertson LLC, New York City. Seller: 107 Robertson Avenue LLC, White Plains. Property: 107 Robertson Ave., White Plains.

Amount: $990,000. Filed Jan. 20.

1179-1185 Yonkers Avenue LLC, Long Island City. Seller: MWJ 1179 LLC, Tarrytown. Property: 1179 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $4.3 million. Filed Jan. 21.

1155-9J Warburton Avenue LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Stephanie Constantinou, Yonkers. Property: 1155 Warburton Ave., 9J, Yonkers.

Amount: $387,500. Filed Jan. 19.

245 Secor Road Realty Corp., Brooklyn. Seller: Stewart C. Cooke, Montrose. Property: 245 Secor Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Jan. 19.

41-45 Westchester Management LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: 41-45 Gramatan Avenue LLC, Yonkers. Property: 41-45 Gramatan Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $800,000. Filed Jan. 21.

35 Tucker Holdings LLC, New York City. Seller: Michael A. Bird, et al, Bedford Corners. Property: 35 Tucker, Bedford. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Jan. 19.

56 Prospect Holdings LLC, Melville. Seller: Hudson Regency Ventures LLC, New York City.

Property: 56 Prospect St., Yonkers.

Amount: $6 million. Filed Jan. 19.

Items appearing in the Fairfield County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken.

ON THE RECORD

43-45 Eldredge LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Joseph Hinchey, Harrison. Property: 41-43 Eldredge St., Rye. Amount: $749,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Beyaert Holdings LLC, North Salem. Seller: Rudolf Tromp, et al, North Salem. Property: 855 Peach Lake Road, North Salem. Amount: $999,000. Filed Jan. 20.

Porteus and Son Builders LLC, Ossining. Seller: Michael Grant, et al, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 37 Wells Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $600,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Serin RAF 209 Yankee Finest LLC, Bronx. Seller: Mary Brown, et al, Yonkers. Property: 261 Warburton Ave, U, Yonkers. Amount: $323,361. Filed Jan. 22.

TE 19 M LLC, Monroe. Seller: Lynn S. Biederman, et al, West Haven, Connecticut. Property: 24 Croton St., Ossining. Amount: $419,000. Filed Jan. 21.

Urohealth LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Yonkers Radiation Enterprises LLC, Fort Myers, Florida. Property: 970 N. Broadway, 111A, Yonkers.

Amount: $332,000. Filed Jan. 22.

YLL Management LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: Presoak Holdings LLC, Great Neck. Property: 425 Prescott St., Yonkers. Amount: $291,000. Filed Jan. 22.

JUDGMENTS JTH Development Inc., Rye. $17,397 in favor of Builders Firstsource Inc., Congers. Filed Jan. 20.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed.

westchester county

Beckley, Emma L., et al. Filed

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $376,000 affecting property located at 74 Greenvale Circle, White Plains 10607. Filed Jan. 26.

Donoghue, Timothy, et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $459,000 affecting property located at 7 Payne Ave., Bedford Hills 10507.

Filed Jan. 25.

Magardino, Robert A., et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $474,700 affecting property located at 95 Clarence Road, Scarsdale 10583.

Filed Jan. 21.

Marinello, Anna I., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Financial Credit Services New York Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $589,682 affecting property located at 101 Park Avenue West, White Plains 10607. Filed Jan. 21.

Martin, Howard, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $364,000 affecting property located at 3311 Lexington Ave., Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed Jan. 26.

MECHANIC’S LIENS 64 Nardozzi LLC, as owner. $178,679 as claimed by New York Glass and Aluminum Corp., Brooklyn. Property: in New Rochelle.

Filed Jan. 21.

Lanza, Anthony, et al, as owner. $2,500 as claimed by NY Home Maintenance Company Inc., Pleasantville. Property: in Greenburgh.

Filed Jan. 22.

Midway Shopping Center LP, as owner. $19,650 as claimed by ENT Painting Company LLC, Trumbull, Connecticut. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed Jan. 19.

Ross, Andrea N., et al, as owner. $25,956 as claimed by EP Construction LLC, Danbury, Connecticut. Property: in White Plains.

Filed Jan. 21.

Sehnal, Lois, et al, as owner. $2,272 as claimed by New England Environmental Services, Briarcliff. Property: in Yorktown.

Filed Jan. 21.

NEW BUSINESSES This paper is not responsible for typographical errors contained in the original filings.

PARTNERSHIPS Talk of the Town Unisex Salon, 154A S. Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Joan Stone and Aretha Brown. Filed Aug. 11.

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS Blinds Center, 8 S. Montgomery Ave., Elmsford 10523, c/o Isaias Sanchez. Filed Aug. 10.

CJL Delivery, 31 Rochelle Terrace, 3A, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Carey Lynch. Filed Aug. 10.

Contractor and Landscaping Veraz, 9 Oak St., First floor, West Harrison 10604, c/o Luis Octavio Guaraca Morocho. Filed Aug. 11.

D and N Construction Co., 133 Parkview Ave., Bronxville 10708, c/o Abdul Nafees. Filed Aug. 11.

Demaize Byrd Consulting Services, 249 Hoover Road, Yonkers 10710, c/o Demaize Byrd.

Filed Aug. 10.

Fleek Cleaning Co., 17 Fiske Place, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Israel Williams. Filed Aug. 11.

Jessica Gottesman Productions, 422 E. Boston Post Road, No. 101, Mamaroneck 10543, c/o Jessia Gottesman. FIled Aug. 10.

Joe Grasso Repairs, 141 Greenwich Road, Bedford 10506, c/o Joe Grasso. Filed Aug. 10.

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Larry Miles c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

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Facts & Figures KriscraftingCo, 9 Bryant Crescent, Apt. 2F, White Plains 10605, c/o Kristy Amendola. Filed Aug. 10.

Leslie Nails Salon, 122A Post Road, White Plains 10601, c/o Santa Maria Zambrano. Filed Aug. 11.

Majestic Facility Cleaners, 409 Union Ave., Second floor, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Marcell F. Cabrera Rosario. Filed Aug. 11.

Mikako Art Studio, 1531 Nepperhan Ave., Apt. 3, Yonkers 10703, c/o Mikako Fujiwara. Filed Aug. 11.

Movie With Us, 23 Belknap Ave., Yonkers 10710, c/o Anthony Shubrick. Filed Aug. 10.

New Fedco General Construction Co., 133 Parkview Ave., Bronxville 10708, c/o Abdul Nafees. Filed Aug. 11.

Proeagle Security, 420 S. Riverside Ave., Suite 311, Croton-on-Hudson 10520, c/o Shane Tolbert. Filed Aug. 10.

The Virtual Miracle, 108 Eton Downs, Cortlandt Manor 10567, c/o Sharon N. Diaye. Filed Aug. 10.

PATENTS ADAM6 mice. Patent no.

10,905,109 issued to Lynn Macdonald, et al. Assigned to Regeneron, Tarrytown.

Beverage dispensing valve system. Patent no. 10,906,795 issued to Robert Balstad, et al. Assigned to PepsiCo, Purchase.

Cap and container for Carbonated drinks. Patent no. 10,899,507 issued to Diego Macrellino.

Assigned to PepsiCo, Purchase.

Computer-implemented item recommendation. Patent no.

10,909,603 issued to Ahmed Hosny. Assigned to Mastercard International, Purchase.

Distance-based branch prediction and detection of potential call and potential return instructions. Patent no. 10,908,902 issued to James Bonanno, et al.

Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

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Dual-column LC-MS system and methods of use thereof.

Patent no. 10,908,166 issued to Shunhai Wang, et al. Assigned to Regeneron, Tarrytown.

Efficiency for coordinated start interpretive execution exit for a multithreaded processor.

Patent no. 10,908,903 issued to Jonathan Bradbury, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Fin-field effect transistor devices with modified spacer and gate dielectric thicknesses.

Patent no. 10,910,372 issued to Xin Miao, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Method and system for managing centralized encryption and data format validation for secure real time multiparty data distribution. Patent no. 10,911,227 issued to Moreshwar Datye, et al.

Assigned to Mastercard International, Purchase.

Method and system for providing financial performance data associated with a merchant.

Patent no. 10,909,619 issued to Debashis Ghosh, et al. Assigned to Mastercard International, Purchase.

Methods, systems and computer readable media for suppressing cookie-based advertisement retargeting.

Patent no. 10,909,570 issued to Shubhra Srivastava, et al. Assigned to Mastercard International, Purchase.

Payment facilitation method and system. Patent no. 10,909,542 issued to Pravin Parekh. Assigned to Mastercard International, Purchase.

Power distribution networks for monolithic three-dimensional semiconductor integrated circuit devices. Patent no.

10,910,312 issued to Joshua Rubin, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Radiolabeled anti-LAG3 antibodies for immuno-PET imaging. Patent no. 10,905,784 issued to Marcus Kelly, et al. Assigned to Regeneron, Tarrytown.

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Sterilization method. Patent no. 10,908,166 issued to Philip Shodder. Assigned to Regeneron, Tarrytown.

Systems and methods for tracking access data to a data source. Patent no. 10,909,513 issued to Sharon Rosano, et al.

Assigned to Mastercard International, Purchase.

Tailoring effective communication within communities.

Patent no. 10,911,395 issued to Nathaniel Gibbs, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Technique for automatically splitting words. Patent no.

10,909,316 issued to Toru Nagano, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY

629 Southroad LLC, Milton, as owner. Lender: LendingHome Funding Corp., San Francisco, Ca. Property: 629 South Road, Milton 12547. Amount: $141,300. Filed Jan. 20.

Johnson, Philip, New Paltz, as owner. Lender: Sawyer Savings Bank, Saugerties. Property: 4795 Route 209, Rochester. Amount: $150,000. Filed Jan. 20.

The Church of Rock LLC, Woodstock, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 1360 Route 28, West Hurley 12491.

Amount: $309,400. Filed Jan. 21.

Maletz, Marta, Shandaken, as owner. Lender: Primelending, Dallas, Tx. Property: in Shandaken.

Amount: $314,100. Filed Jan. 21.

Next Generation Construction Corp., et al, Highland, as owner.

Lender: Sawyer Savings Bank, Saugerties. Property: 163 Pancake Hollow Road, Highland 12528.

Amount: $300,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Cold Spring Road 2020 LLC, New York. Seller: John Nielsen, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Milan.

Amount: $85,000. Filed Jan. 15.

West End Lofts II Associates LLC, Baldwin Place. Seller: City of Beacon, Beacon. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $19,500. Filed Jan. 15.

Gas Land Petroleum Inc., New Paltz. Seller: Heidi B. Bryson, Wappingers Falls. Property: 123-125 New Hamburg Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Amount: $513,000.

Filed Jan. 19.

McVick Properties LLC, Beacon.

Seller: V80 and T82 LLC, Beacon.

Property: in Beacon. Amount: $560,000. Filed Jan. 19.

O’Donnell Residential Construction Inc., Hopewell Junction. Seller: Lavish Lifestyle LLC, et al, Hopewell Junction. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $62,500.

Filed Jan. 19.

Baroni Scrap Metal LLC, Pleasant Valley. Seller: Ryan J. Stortini, Hyde Park. Property: 23-25 Van Kleeck Drive, Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $250,000. Filed Jan. 21.

The Scenic Offices LLC, East Orange, N.J. Seller: Plentia Inc., Hyde Park. Property: 4 Scenic Drive, Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $375,000. Filed Jan. 21.

16 Juniper Trail Corp., Holbrook.

Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 691 Long Pond Road, Mahopac 10541.

Amount: $172,500. Filed Jan. 19.

Garrison Explorers LLC, New York. Seller: Eric Goldfine, Mahopac. Property: 15 Upper Station Road, Garrison 10524. Amount: $670,000. Filed Jan. 20.

16 Bangall Road LLC, Pelham.

Seller: Sharon Pataky Nanos, Merrick. Property: 16 Bangall Road, Patterson 12563. Amount: $22,500.

Filed Jan. 21.

Meadowbrook Farms Homeowners Assocztion Inc., Patterson. Seller: JZG Resources Inc., Armonk. Property: in Patterson.

Amount: $400,000. Filed Jan. 21.

BUILDING LOANS

DEEDS

Above $1 million

Above $1 million

Hudson Valley House Buyers LLC, Lagrangeville. Seller: Margaret N. Keiser, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $200,000. Filed Jan. 20.

Below $1 million

Camp Herradura LLC, New York. Seller: Byron Bruce Rooney, New York. Property: in Clinton.

Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Jan. 19.

Huron LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: James Mori, et al, Ballston Spa. Property: in Stanford. Amount: $475,000. Filed Jan. 20.

Kusshi Properties LLC, New York. Seller: Alex Meyer, Kerhonkson. Property: 21 Upper Cherrytown Road, Rochester.

Amount: $151,000. Filed Jan. 15.

KH GCF LLC, New York. Seller: El Kam Realty Co., New York. Property: 129 and 302-304 Dingle Ridge Road and 181 Ridgebury Road, Southeast. Amount: $7.4 million.

Filed Jan. 19.

Sleight Farm Holdings LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Henry G. Page Jr. Development Ltd., Lagrangeville. Property: Keith Drive, Lagrange. Amount: $75,000.

Filed Jan. 20.

American International Relocation Solutions LLC, Pittsburgh, Pa. Seller: Brian Filiatraut, et al, Kingston. Property: 56 Lauren Court, Woodstock. Amount: $800,000. Filed Jan. 19.

214 MAC LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: New Windsor Equities LLC, West Nyack. Property: 214 MacArthur Ave., New Windsor. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Jan. 21.

Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Redl Real Estate LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $680,000.

Filed Jan. 20.

Amanda Crestwood Holdings LLC, Tarrytown. Seller: Olga Panas, Staten Island. Property: 24 Evergreen Drive, Shandaken.

Amount: $194,750. Filed Jan. 19.

Beam Reach LLC, New York.

Seller: Donn King Potter, et al, Pine Plains. Property: in Pine Plains.

Amount: $300,000. Filed Jan. 20.

70 NP LLC, Los Angeles, Ca. Seller: Rajeev Odedra, Highland. Property: 70 New Paltz Road, Lloyd.

Amount: $385,000. Filed Jan. 20.

Colella, Ryan, et al, as owner.

Lender: PCSB Bank. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $351,000.

Filed Jan. 22.

Leung, Peter T., et al, Astoria, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: Old West Point Road W., Philipstown 10524.

Amount: $869,600. Filed Jan. 21.

Airhart, Robert E. II, et al, Highland, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 625 Hurley Avenue Ext., Hurley.

Amount: $780,000. Filed Jan. 15.

Marcic, Dorothy, New York, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 6 Seaton Lane, Woodstock 12498. Amount: $850,000. Filed Jan. 19.

Below $1 million 18 Beacham LLC, Staatsburg. Seller: Lorraine Houghton, Rhinebeck.

Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $171,000. Filed Jan. 15.

Capricious Frog LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: Rafael Perez, et al, New Paltz.

Property: 68 Climbing Ridge Road, Gardiner. Amount: $548,000. Filed Jan. 20.

Facts & Figures Seven21 LLC, Kingston. Seller: Emmanuel Christian Church, et al, Saugerties. Property: 22 Partition St., Saugerties. Amount: $282,500.

Filed Jan. 20.

Tamarack Softwood LLC, New York. Seller: Greenfield Resort LLC, Greenfield Park. Property: 102 Mountain View Circle, no. 59, Wawarsing. Amount: $301,078.

Filed Jan. 20.

P.E. Colucci LLC, Gardiner. Seller: Gardiner Industrial Development Corp., New Paltz. Property: in Gardiner. Amount: $225,000. Filed Jan. 21.

Daur LLC, Hudson. Seller: Paul C. Remus, et al, Kingston. Property: 22 Farrelly St., Kingston. Amount: $100,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Next Generation Construction Corp., et al, Highland. Seller: Shiya H. Gross, et al, Spring Valley. Property: 163 Pancake Hollow Road, Highland 12528. Amount: $45,000.

Filed Jan. 22.

Regency Equity Realty LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Harry Serviss, Jr., Cape Coral, Fl. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $210,000.

Filed Jan. 20.

Wallkill Star LLC, Monroe. Seller: Sable Estates LLC, Goshen. Property: 525 Route 17K, Wallkill. Amount: $535,000. Filed Jan. 21.

RC Food Fair Inc., Gardiner. $27,325 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 20.

Wama Development Inc., Monroe. $1,648 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

Orlo Time Plaza LLC, Valley Stream. Seller: Time Plaza LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 53 Route 17K, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $10,000. Filed Jan. 21.

Bucky’s Inc., Port Jervis. $1,542 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

741 Route 211 East Corp., Middletown. $2,000 in favor of Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

Decker’s Garage Inc., Middletown. $1,609 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

Black Rock Excavating Corp., Salisbury Mills. $30,718 in favor of Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

Big Shine Real Estate LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Irene Reilly, New Windsor. Property: 40 Deer Brook Drive, New Windsor. Amount: $485,000. Filed Jan. 21.

Crosscut Construction Inc., Newburgh. Seller: Marato Homes LLC, Milton. Property: 70 Frozen Ridge Road, Newburgh. Amount: $50,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Temple Hill Brand LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Boy Scouts of America Hudson Valley Council Inc., Newburgh. Property: 6 Jeanne Drive, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $900,000. Filed Jan. 22.

5 Carter Lane Unit 202 Associates LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Chaim Feldman, Monroe. Property: 5 Carter Lane, unit 102-302, Palm Tree.

Amount: $305,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Zahra Capital LLC, Thornwood.

Seller: Troy Elmendorf, et al, Newburgh. Property: 27 Midway Drive, Chester. Amount: $210,000.

Filed Jan. 21.

Fu and Ch LLC, Cornwall. Seller: Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 24 Favino Drive, Newburgh. Amount: $181,000. Filed Jan. 22.

Randall Street Property Inc., Warwick. Seller: Mario Carmelo Bologna, et al, Glendale. Property: 33 Randall St., Florida. Amount: $125,000. Filed Jan. 21.

ACC Now LLC, Washingtonville.

Seller: James C. Owen, Wurtsboro. Property: 47 Hanford St., Middletown. Amount: $142,000.

Filed Jan. 22.

MWJ Contracting Solutions LLC, Monsey. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 44 Boorman Road, Wallkill. Amount: $274,000.

Filed Jan. 21.

National Transfer Services LLC, Houston, Tx. Seller: Fabio D. White, et al, Monroe. Property: 247 Mountain Lodge Road, Blooming Grove. Amount: $499,900. Filed Jan. 21.

JUDGMENTS JJBen Corp., Saugerties. $80,619 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 20.

North Ridge Orchards LLC, Milton. $827 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 20.

Tass of New York Inc., Middletown. $2,319 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

Diving Source Inc., Monroe. $1,542 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

Duddy’s Services Inc., Monroe. $1,648 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

E-Z Prepaid Inc., Monroe. $1,648 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

Jewelry Master Inc., Monroe. $1,649 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

John Sheeley Inc., Chester. $1,426 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

Mixers Plus Inc., Port Jervis. $4,338 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

Mulberry Tree Learning Center Inc., Warwick. $1,648 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Jan. 21.

NY Toner and Supplies Inc., Monroe. $1,775 in favor of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

GG Wireless Inc., Newburgh. $23,500 in favor of Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Jan. 21.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed.

Torres, David II, et al. Filed by Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $456,577 affecting property located at 1490 Lakes Road, Monroe 10950. Filed Jan. 20.

Cordova, Luz A., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,000 affecting property located at 3 Tulip Lane, Monroe 10950. Filed Jan. 22.

NEW BUSINESSES This paper is not responsible for typographical errors contained in the original filings.

PARTNERSHIPS VFX Grace, 134 Lake Osiris Road, Walden, c/o Guifeng Yu, Fang Yang, and Qingyang Chen. Filed Dec. 23.

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS Awaken Discovery Counseling, 99 Forrester Ave., Warwick 10990, c/o Kathleen Cavanaugh. Filed Dec. 22.

Beauty by JEM, 88 Dunning Road, Middletown, c/o Jennifer E. Murray. Filed Dec. 21.

Blauvelt Photography, 223 Skytop Drive, apt. 6, Kingston 12401, c/o Kaysie Leigh Blauvelt.

Filed Jan. 21.

C4 Plumbing and Heating, 72 Pine Lane, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Charles D. Frank, IV. Filed Dec. 21.

Entre’ Nous Hair Studio, 88 Dunning Road, suite 12, Middletown, c/o Jill M. Ashworth. Filed Dec. 21.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

Grosso Construction and Excavating, 251 Mountain Road, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Allan Grosso, Jr. Filed Jan. 22.

Czerepak, Matthew, as owner. $85,306 as claimed by Automated Elevator Systems LLC, Greenwood Lake. Property: 520 Jersey Ave., Warwick. Filed Jan. 21.

If and When Property Management, 14 Alcazar Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Stuart K. Burns, Jr. Filed Jan. 21.

GMS Poughkeepsie Realty LLC, as owner. $36,665 as claimed by Custom Home Concept Inc., Wappingers Falls. Property: 2750 South Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed Jan. 21.

Young Property Management Inc., as owner. $27,467 as claimed

by Old Fashioned Mom LLC. Property: 71 E. Market St., no. 4, Rhinebeck. Filed Jan. 19.

Intelligent Merchant, 2 Karlin Blvd., unit 201, Monroe 10950, c/o Eliezer Gross. Filed Dec. 23.

Jon Decker Insurance, 269 Malden Turnpike, Saugerties 12477, c/o Jon M. Decker. Filed Jan. 15.

Jon Decker Sr Photography, 269 Malden Turnpike, Saugerties 12477, c/o Jon M. Decker. Filed Jan. 15.

Kegler Holding Co., 26 Jessup Road, Warwick 10990, c/o Christopher J. Liotta. Filed Dec. 21.

Kenny Perna, 18 Steiner Drive, Mahopac 10541, c/o Kenny Charles Perna. Filed Jan. 22.

Kevin C. Stanley, 601 Route 32, New Paltz 12561, c/o Kevin C. Stanley. Filed Jan. 21.

Keystone Construction, 27 Tow Path Road, Accord 12404, c/o Scott Field. Filed Jan. 20.

Leaf Treasures, 44 Beatty Lane, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Joseph Anthony Naclerio. Filed Dec. 21.

Martinez Painting, 487 N. Elting Corner Road, Highland 12528, c/o Ceasar Martinez. Filed Jan. 20.

Mead Gun Rack, 124 Schrade Road, Carmel, c/o Kyle R. Mead.

Filed Jan. 20.

Mitchell Mobile Notary, 280 Route 211 E., suite 104-112, Middletown 10940, c/o Simone M. Mitchell. Filed Dec. 21.

Raising the Wild, 476 Awosting Road, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Chase Coyne. Filed Jan. 19.

REACO Advertising, 2521 Albany Post Road, Walden 12586, c/o Erika Odle. Filed Dec. 23.

Richard Healy, 97 Foundry Pond Road, Cold Spring 10516, c/o Richard Healy. Filed Jan. 22.

Simply Styled, 88 Dunning Road, suite 12, Middletown, c/o Tina Louise Savold. Filed Dec. 21.

Thriving Spaces, 380 Hillside Ave., Hurley 12443, c/o Brooke Reisigl. Filed Jan. 22.

Xtreme Mobile Detailing, 109 Baldwin Place Road, Mahopac 10541, c/o Roberto C. Sarmiento.

Filed Jan. 22.

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Facts & Figures BUILDING PERMITS Commercial 55 Lewis Street Association, Greenwich, contractor for 55 Lewis Street Association. Renovate first floor at 11315 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed December 2020.

JMK Construction Group, Westport, contractor for Christ Episcopal Church. Construct new retaining wall at 254 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $44,000. Filed December 2020.

Powerhouse Retail Services LLC, Crowley, Texas, contractor for Greenwich Plaza Inc. Perform replacement alterations at 1618 Railroad Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed December 2020.

Service Roofing LLC, New Haven, contractor for Gino Strocchia.

Replace roof-covering system at 116 Knowlton St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $52,940. Filed Dec. 2.

Signature Pools, Norwalk, contractor for Meadowpoint LLC. Construct new swimming pool at 32 Grahanpton Lane, Greenwich.

Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed December 2020.

Southern New England Windows, Smithfield, contractor for Iglesia Pentecostal El Olivar.

Replace window at 510 Summit St. aka 3104 Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,120. Filed Dec. 7.

T + A Properties, LLC, T + A Properties, LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Prepare for a new tenant by changing clothing store to deli/grocery store at 1193 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $0. Filed Dec. 16.

Viking Construction, Bridgeport, contractor for Windward Developments Association.

Perform a tenant fit-out at 509 Park Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $1,072,612. Filed Dec. 23.

Waters Edge Swimming Pools, Stamford, contractor for Stephen M. and Eileen Edwards. Construct a new swimming pool at 8 Tower Lane, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed December 2020.

Wernert Construction Management, Cos Cob, contractor for the town of Greenwich. Perform replacement alterations at 10 Hillside Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $58,000. Filed December 2020.

West Reach Construction, Manchester, contractor for Sikorsky Aircraft. Perform renovations to first floor: replace windows and doors, exterior stairs, ramp and patio at 1201 South Ave., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $1,361,811. Filed Dec. 16.

Residential Arturi, Perrin, Greenwich, contractor for Perrin Arturi. Finish first and second floor, including windows and kitchen at 88 Indian Harbor Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $495,000. Filed December 2020.

Centimark Corp, Rocky Hill, contractor for Bimbo Bakeries USA. Remove existing roof and reroof 10 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich.

Estimated cost: $329,706. Filed December 2020.

Citarella, Joseph F. and Gail E., Riverside, contractor for Joseph F. Citarella. Replace kitchen cabinets at 18 Summit Road, Riverside.

Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed December 2020.

Classic Roofing Inc., Newtown, contractor for Lawrence F. Codraro. Remove existing roof and re-roof 43 Pecksland Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $47,000.

Filed December 2020.

Items appearing in the Fairfield County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken.

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ON THE RECORD

Edgewater Development LLC, Old Greenwich, contractor for James R. Hexter. Renovate Bathroom, windows, renovate gym, new bedroom at 46 Park Ave., Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed December 2020.

Greenleaf General Contractors, Stamford, contractor for David and Dara Johnson. Finish basement at 7 Wahneta Road, Riverside.

Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed December 2020.

Hall, Catherine, Greenwich, contractor for Catherine Hall. Change tub into shower at 1 Milbank Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed December 2020.

The Home Depot USA, Atlanta, Georgia, contractor for Eduardo Sanchez. Remove existing window and replace at 453 E. Putnam Ave., Unit 4H, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $1,622. Filed December 2020.

Lewis, Stephen R. and Su Lewis, Greenwich, contractor for Stephen R. Lewis. Renovate kitchen, remove wall to expand kitchen and install new cabinets at 43 Nutmeg Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed December 2020.

Nescor, West Springfield, Massachusetts, contractor for Iris Liceaga. Replace one window on second floor at 122-124 Garden Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $3,941. Filed Dec. 1.

New Liberty Construction and Landscaping Services, Plantsville, contractor for Mark Goux. Remove existing porch and rebuild front porch on first floor and second-floor balconies at 41-43 Columbia St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $7,600. Filed Dec. 3.

New Liberty Construction and Landscaping Services, Plantsville, contractor for Mark Goux. Remove existing porch and rebuild rear-entrance porch at 41-43 Columbia St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $1,800. Filed Dec. 2.

Newton, Dakota, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Perform a two-story addition at 130 Summet St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $26,000. Filed Dec. 1.

Phil’s Main Roofing LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Meredith Vander Handel. Install roof at 425-427 Brewster St., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $19,462. Filed Dec. 14.

Posigen Connecticut LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Louis Laskay. Decotech roof system for solar panels at 2080 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Pro Custom Solar DBA Momentum Solar, East Berlin, contractor for Fred Brutus. Replace roof covering at 263 Queen St., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $5,888. Filed Dec. 3.

Pro Custom Solar DBA Momentum Solar, East Berlin, contractor for Juliana Tapia. Replace roof covering at 91 Summit St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $8,588. Filed Dec. 3.

Pro Custom Solar, East Berlin, contractor for Gerald Carmona.

Perform a roof-covering replacement at 30 Martin Luther King Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $11,888. Filed Dec. 10.

Rafael Reillo, Bridgeport, contractor for Mark Goux. Remodel third floor to use with second floor at 41-43 Columbia St., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Dec. 2.

Resi Pro LLC, Naugatuck, contractor for US Bank Trust. Completely gut and rebuild at 73-77 Clifford Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $16,000. Filed Dec. 3.

Robert Rice, Greenwich, contractor for RMLL, LLC. Add second bathroom, laundry room, fourth bedroom and remodel existing bedroom at 81 Waller Road, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Dec. 21.

SBP Homes LLC, Stamford, contractor for Megan Sullivan. Extend roofline and renovate kitchen at 3 Marks Road, Riverside. Estimated cost: $400,000. Filed December 2020.

SLS Construction, Greenwich, contractor for Corey Eiges. Remodel kitchens and relocate powder room at 13 Old Club House Road, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $70,000. Filed December 2020.

Stamford Tent, Stamford, contractor for Fred Powers. Prepare for a private party at 18 Edson Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed December 2020.

Totaro, Peter and Christina Totaro, Old Greenwich, contractor for Peter and Christina Totaro.

Replace door with similar size window in basement at 28 Lincoln Ave., Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed December 2020.

Transform SR Home Improvement, Thompson, contractor for Roosevelt Eznat. Replace five windows at 30 Dixon St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $5,394. Filed Dec. 16.

Valverde, Wilson, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Construct a second-floor addition and perform first-floor alterations at 109 Emerald St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed December 22.

VME Real Estate Development, Fairfield, contractor for Ohana Properties LLC. Remodel kitchen and bath at 410 Huntington Road, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $9,200.

Filed Dec. 3.

W&W Construction, Cos Cob, contractor for Tom and Mary Anne Malone. Remove and change tub for shower in bathroom, remove carpets and paint and remove kitchen tops and appliances at 351 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich.

Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed December 2020.

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Wood, Curtis, Greenwich, contractor for Curtis Wood. Renovate second-floor master bedroom at 30 Perryridge Road, Greenwich.

Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed December 2020.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court Cusumano, Katelyn Rose, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Olufunmilola Olatunji, Ledyard. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Offices of Edward Czepiga LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBTCV-20-6102425-S. Filed Dec. 11.

Echeverri-Gil, Jadir, Bridgeport. Filed by Wesley Gooden, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller Rosnick D’Amico August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBTCV-20-6102010-S. Filed Nov. 25.

Juarez, Huenceslao, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Ryan Stein, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Silver Alan E PC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBTCV-20-6102176-S. Filed Dec. 2.

Facts & Figures Reynaldo, Matel, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by John Gomez, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Paul Stewart Levin, Trumbull.

Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. FBT-CV-20-6102426-S. Filed Dec. 11.

Danbury Superior Court Collado, Adames, Danbury.

Filed by Carmen Cerda, Danbury.

Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-20-6037800-S. Filed Nov. 23.

Grondin, Gilles, et al, Danbury.

Filed by CC1 CT II, LLC, Bridgeport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Juda J. Epstein Law Office, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff is the current owner of the lien and defendants are the owner of the real property on which the unpaid property taxes were assessed. As a result, the plaintiff was assigned the owner and holder of lien. The plaintiff claims foreclosure of lien, monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-206037484-S. Filed Oct. 19.

Panettieri, Rachel Ann, et al, New Fairfield. Filed by Leslie Beach, Geneva, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Zeisler & Zeisler PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBDCV-20-6037876-S. Filed Dec. 2.

Soares-DeCastro, Jaissom, Danbury. Filed by Alzira Ribeiro, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mott Zezula LLC, Washington. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBDCV-20-6037775-S. Filed Nov. 19.

Stamford Superior Court Arnold Bakers Employees Federal Credit Union Inc., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Cecilia Segovia, Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: Lucas & Varga LLC, Southport. Action: The plaintiff was employed by the defendants as the credit union manager. After an altercation and subordination of an employee, the plaintiff as manager terminated the employee. However, the defendants disagreed and gave the job back to the employee. Plaintiff voluntarily resigned her employment with defendant and started a job with a new company. Following, the plaintiff departure, the defendants’ employee took affirmative steps to destroy plaintiff’s personal and professional reputation and to prevent her from providing services for competing credit unions, primarily by making false claims.

As a result of the defendants’ wrongful conduct, plaintiff lost her position and was deemed to be dishonest and “unbendable,” and was rendered unemployable in the credit union industry. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. FST-CV-20-6049578-S. Filed Dec. 11.

Gannon, John B., et al, Wethersfield. Filed by Janie Smith, New Canaan. Plaintiff’s attorney: Wofsey Rosen Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by an unknown tortfeasor.

The defendants are the plaintiff’s insurance company and required to provide benefits for the plaintiff.

The defendants have not paid compensation to the plaintiff for her injuries and losses. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. FST-CV-20-6049405-S. Filed Nov. 30.

Progressive Direct Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Christopher McWilliams, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohen & Wolf PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by an unknown tortfeasor.

The defendant is the plaintiff’s insurance company and required to provide benefits for the plaintiff.

The defendant has not paid compensation to the plaintiff for her injuries and losses. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. FST-CV-20-6049501-S. Filed Dec. 7.

Shorehaven Golf Club Inc., Norwalk. Filed by Titasheen Mitchell, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cicchiello & Cicchiello LLP, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff was subjected to sexual harassment by the defendant, a club member.

As a result, plaintiff complained to management who made the harasser apologize to the plaintiff.

However, during winter season, she was laid off and was never called back to work for the spring season and ignored several times by the defendant. Plaintiff has sustained lost wages and benefits and seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. FST-CV-20-6049310-S. Filed Nov. 19.

DEEDS Commercial 26 Meadow Lane LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Andrew J. Blevin and Teresa Miskimen Blevin, Greenwich. Property: 26 Meadow Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $3,010,000.

Filed Dec. 9.

4547 Campfield LLC, Weston.

Seller: Ronald Callanan and Dean J. DiCamillo, Fairfield. Property: 45 Campfield Drive, Fairfield.

Amount: $287,250. Filed Dec. 18.

Atlas Associates LLC, Saratoga Springs, New York. Seller: RS 125 Field Point Road LLC, Miami Beach, Florida. Property: 125 Field Point Road, Unit B3, Greenwich.

Amount: $2,950,000. Filed Dec. 10.

Giordano, Kaitlin M. and Joshua R. Giordano, Trumbull. Seller: RFK Development LLC, Fairfield.

Property: 370 High Ridge Road, Fairfield. Amount: $385,000. Filed Dec. 15.

LaSorsa II, Peter and Helen LaSorsa, Cos Cob. Seller: LaSorsa Family Limited Partnership, Cos Cob. Property: 36 Ridge St., Greenwich. Amount: $450,000.

Filed Dec. 10.

Liu, Keiko, Stamford. Seller: GVVS LLC, Stamford. Property: 1 Broad St., Unit 9C, Stamford. Amount: $328,500. Filed Dec. 22.

Maiorano, Frank Charles and Jacqueline Ann Maiorano, New Fairfield. Seller: Joseph J. Lagana Builders Inc, Milford. Property: 67 Sterling St., Fairfield. Amount: $489,750. Filed Dec. 16.

Quattro Properties LLC, Riverside. Seller: Robert A. Cenci and Marjorie Peterson, Old Greenwich.

Property: 6 Tods Driftway, Old Greenwich. Amount: $8,950,000.

Filed Dec. 10.

Simon, Drew Aaron and Katherine Montgomery Simon, New York, New York. Seller: 38 Morehouse Drive LLC, Stamford.

Property: 38 Morehouse Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1,180,000. Filed Dec. 14.

Residential Abrams, Linus and Sharon Abrams, Greenwich. Seller: Linus Abrams and Sharon Abrams, Greenwich. Property: 3 Fairgreen Lane, Old Greenwich. Amount: $10.

Filed Dec. 10.

Aldrich, Jacquelyn and Pablo Nicolas DiLeo, Stamford. Seller: Michael R. Tomlin and Michelle C. Tomlin, Stamford. Property: 19 Woodway Road, Unit 2, Stamford.

Amount: $403,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Alickovic, Arnela, Stamford.

Seller: Lee Daniel Soffer, Stamford.

Property: 1 Broad St., Unit 15E, Stamford. Amount: $587,500. Filed Dec. 23.

Altieri, John S., Fairfield. Seller: Clifford L. Meiselbach and Elizabeth J. Katz, Fairfield. Property: 771 Reef Road, Fairfield. Amount: $741,300. Filed Dec. 15.

Berlingo, Michele Marie, Ridgefield. Seller: John J. Melucci and Marianne B. Melucci, Stamford.

Property: 64 Barmore Drive East, Stamford. Amount: $562,300. Filed Dec. 21.

Capalbo, Matthew and Kristen Capalbo, Stamford. Seller: Johannes Wernke and Erika Schaeffer, Stamford. Property: 49 Alma Rock Road, Stamford. Amount: $752,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Cherkasky, Ariel and Eli Cherkasky, New York, New York.

Seller: Barbara Herrott, Sarasota, Florida. Property: 9 West End Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $1,920,000.

Filed Dec. 9.

Cole, Ellison, Stamford. Seller: Danel E. Crumlish, Wakefield, Massachusetts. Property: 85 Camp Ave., Unit 17Q, Stamford. Amount: $400,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Curcio, Kenneth J. and Brenda Curcio, Greenwich. Seller: Joseph A. Caruso, Stamford. Property: 73 High Circle Drive, Stamford.

Amount: $565,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Doheny, James J. and Samantha Burstin, Stamford. Seller: Michael J. Miraglia and Celeste C. Miraglia, Stamford. Property: 171 Courtland Ave., Stamford. Amount: $726,000.

Filed Dec. 22.

Donovan, Mary Rocco and Michael D. Donovan, Fairfield.

Seller: Timothy Roach and Ann Roach, Fairfield. Property: 292 Parkwood Road, Fairfield. Amount: $880,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Feliciano, Edgar and Lissette Figueroa, Glendale, New York.

Seller: Dominick J. Pasqua, Stamford. Property: 110 Midland Ave., Stamford. Amount: $457,000. Filed Dec. 22.

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Gibson, Alexandra and Patrick Gibson, Bridgeport. Seller: Frank X. McDonough and Francis A. McDonough, Fairfield. Property: 72 Melville Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $440,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Hallen, Casey I. and Alexander Mehr Krupp, Stamford. Seller: Geoffrey S. Berg, Stamford. Property: 33 Strawberry Patch Lane, Stamford. Amount: $703,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Jangl, Lauren Elizabeth and Charles Joseph Jangl, Bronx, New York. Seller: Ronald VanBelle, Stamford. Property: 44 Rockridge Lane, Stamford. Amount: $1,043,500. Filed Dec. 23.

Keyes, Whitney, Greenwich.

Seller: Chantal M. Braun, Fairfield.

Property: 111 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $825,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Kirincic, Matthew and Jacquelyn Kirincic, Mahopac, New York.

Seller: Michael J. Acerbo and Beth Acerbo, Greenwich. Property: 18 Morgan Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $875,000. Filed Dec. 11.

Klein, Robert P. and Emily D. Klein, Stamford. Seller: Kathleen Ego, Stamford. Property: 39 Mill Brook Road, Stamford. Amount: $817,250. Filed Dec. 22.

Kramer, Elizabeth Garrett and David S. Kramer, Fairfield. Seller: Michael D. Donovan and Mary Margaret R. Donovan, Fairfield.

Property: 1798 Jennings Road, Fairfield. Amount: $650,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Kranes, Jeremy and Mollee Kranes, Norwalk. Seller: Omonbek Salaev, Fairfield. Property: 68 Miro St., Fairfield. Amount: $530,000.

Filed Dec. 15.

Lentz, Reuben J., Greenwich.

Seller: Reuben J. Lentz, Greenwich.

Property: 48 Spring St., Unit 14, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Dec. 14.

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Facts & Figures Leuders, Matthew K. and Cathy L. Lueders, Stamford. Seller: Angela Lacerenza, Stamford. Property: 48 Westover Lane, Stamford.

Amount: $715,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Li, Ling and Shen He, Westport.

Seller: Jennifer Giardino, Norwalk.

Property: 14 Ferris Ave., Unit 1, Norwalk. Amount: $244,500. Filed Dec. 7.

Lloyd, Elizabeth V. and Henry James Millar Morton, Fairfield.

Seller: Elizabeth V. Lloyd, Fairfield.

Property: 3129 Burr St., Fairfield.

Amount: NA. Filed Dec. 15.

Locurto, Caitlin and Christopher Grundy, Stamford. Seller: Jeffrey A. Hosken and Jean M. Hosken, Stamford. Property: 121 Old Mill Lane, Stamford. Amount: $850,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Lora, Franklyn, Hollis, New York.

Seller: Timothy J. Hull, Stamford.

Property: 75 Coolidge Ave., Stamford. Amount: $349,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Lynyak, Kevin, Fairfield.

Seller: Michele S. Bell, Southport.

Property: 72 Willow St., Southport.

Amount: $1,950,000. Filed Dec. 18.

Mafale, Elizabeth A., Fairfield.

Seller: Timothy M. McClung and Meredith C. McClung, Fairfield.

Property: 254 Homeland St., Fairfield. Amount: $500,000. Filed Dec. 18.

Magaran, David and Teresa Magaran, Old Greenwich. Seller: Victor N. DeGeorge, Port Chester, New York. Property: 51 Forest Ave., Unit 31, Old Greenwich. Amount: $547,000. Filed Dec. 11.

Mariel, Soraya J. and Arthur D. Robinson, Riverside. Seller: Laurette L. Rindlaub and John W. Rinlaub, Portland, Maine. Property: 8 Hill Lane Ave., Riverside.

Amount: $10. Filed Dec. 9.

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McIvor, Michael S. and Mercedes Garcia-Ayuso, New York, New York. Seller: Stephen K. MacKay and Catherine A. MacKay, Fairfield. Property: 289 Fair Oak Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $2,700,000. Filed Dec. 14.

Montellese, Sean and Kelsey Montellese, Fairfield. Seller: Steven C. Halstead and Sandra Lynn Tobey, Fairfield. Property: 263 Lalley Blvd., Fairfield. Amount: $1,700,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Moran, Daniel, New York, New York. Seller: Vivian Mosellie and Anthony J. Mosellie, Stamford.

Property: 155 Jonathan Drive, Stamford. Amount: $1,600,000.

Filed Dec. 21.

Morrisroe, Susan H., Greenwich.

Seller: Christopher H. Peterson, Greenwich. Property: 1 Idar Court Condominium, Greenwich.

Amount: $1,750,000. Filed Dec. 11.

Parrino, Alexander R., New Rochelle, New York. Seller: Prabhpreet Gill and Yeshwanth Venkateshwaran, Fairfield. Property: 933 Jennings Road, Fairfield. Amount: $500,000. Filed Dec. 18.

Perrin, Augusta, Greenwich.

Seller: Donna Mitchell Mabes, Greenwich. Property: 37 Stag Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Dec. 9.

Pettorini, Mark C. and Susan A. Pettorini, Shelton. Seller: Lucy A. Mecckel, New Britain. Property: 182 Gregory Blvd., Norwalk. Amount: $484,000. Filed Dec. 7.

Pi, David and Eva Pi, Monroe Township, New Jersey. Seller: Karin H. Hillmer, Norwalk. Property: 6 Green Hill Road, Norwalk. Amount: $850,000. Filed Dec. 7.

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Quintanilla, Guillermo A. and Ana L. Juarez Quintanilla, Norwalk. Seller: Patricia O’Connell-Hankins, Norwalk. Property: 13 Plymouth Ave., Norwalk.

Amount: $360,000. Filed Dec. 7.

Shulman, David H. and Jill J. Shulman, Palm Beach, Florida.

Seller: David H. Shulman and Jill J. Shulman, Palm Beach, Florida.

Property: 344 Taconic Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Dec. 9.

Sikora, Peter A., Darien. Seller: Irene Weed, Norwalk. Property: 12 Arbor Court, Norwalk. Amount: $359,500. Filed Dec. 7.

Stover, Kyle E. and Melissa Stover, Dobbs Ferry, New York.

Seller: Cheryl F. Quain, Greenwich.

Property: 112 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich. Amount: $743,000.

Filed Dec. 9.

Swett, Stephen Jonathan and Margaret Gourlie Cissel, Fairfield. Seller: Kevin A. Richardson and Sarah J. Richardson, Fairfield.

Property: 298 Figlar Ave., Fairfield.

Amount: $775,000. Filed Dec. 18.

Taylor, Anna and Jeffrey Taylor, Fairfield. Seller: Jayne Nesbitt Millard, Fairfield. Property: 1081 Hillside Road, Fairfield. Amount: $2,000,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Young, Ryan and Mallory Young, New York, New York.

Seller: Timothy K. Shanley, Fairfield. Property: 188 Rowland Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,500,000.

Filed Dec. 18.

JUDGMENTS Fawcett Jr., Blair, Norwalk. $8,915, in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina, by Rubin & Rothman LLC, Islandia, New York. Property: 7 Nelson Ave., Norwalk. Filed Jan. 22.

Fernandez, Alberto, Norwalk. $766, in favor of HOP Energy LLC, Bridgeport, by William G. Reveley, Vernon. Property: 29 Ponus Ave., Norwalk. Filed Jan. 20.

Freire, Stalin, Norwalk. $821, in favor of HOP Energy LLC, Bridgeport, by William G. Reveley, Vernon. Property: 7 Tower Drive., Norwalk. Filed Jan. 11.

Gorrie, Andrea, Norwalk. $519, in favor of HOP Energy LLC, Bridgeport, by William G. Reveley, Vernon. Property: 4 Wildmere Lane, Norwalk. Filed Jan. 11.

Iacurci, Melania, Fairfield. $3,457, in favor of Unifund Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 187 School St., Fairfield. Filed Dec. 21.

Klein, Samuel, Greenwich. $7,473, in favor of L.H. Gault & Son Incorporated, Westport, by Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 131 Ferry Lane, Greenwich. Filed Jan. 26.

Malizia, Anthony, Norwalk. $12,154, in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina, by Rubin & Rothman LLC, Islandia, New York. Property: 21 Sleepy Hollow Drive, Norwalk. Filed Jan. 22.

Mendez, Yanerys, Norwalk. $2,198, in favor of CACH LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, by the Law Offices of Steven Cohen LLC, Bronx, New York. Property: 16 1/2 Osborne Ave., Norwalk. Filed Jan. 11.

Mora, Edgar, et al, Norwalk. $1,892, in favor of L.H. Gault & Son Incorporated, Westport, by Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 3 Hollow Tree Court, Norwalk.

Filed Jan. 13.

Nelson, Julliene, Norwalk. $1,260, in favor of CACH LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, by the Law Offices of Steven Cohen, LLC, Bronx, New York. Property: 24 Chelene Road, Norwalk. Filed Jan. 13.

Perez, Edward James, Fairfield. $20,446, in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina,

by Rubin & Rothman LLC, Islandia, New York. Property: 260 Lloyd Drive, Fairfield. Filed Jan. 20.

Rise $ Grind LLC, Fairfield. $43,622, in favor of BRCD Holdings LLC, Fairfield, by Stephan B. Grozinger, Weston. Property: 665 Commerce Drive, Fairfield. Filed Jan. 29.

Salehzadeh, Ahmad, Greenwich. $4,881, in favor of Unifund Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 31 Hettiefred Road, Greenwich. Filed Dec. 3.

Sangkachand, Pong, Norwalk. $9,001, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 1 Lake St., Norwalk. Filed Jan. 13.

Sangkachand, Pong, Norwalk. $7,499, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 1 Lake St., Norwalk. Filed Jan. 13.

Tuozzoli, Frank A., Fairfield. $9,005, in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio, by Schreiber Law, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 442 Stevenson Road. Fairfield.

Filed Jan. 26.

Wright, Richard E. and Nancy J. Wright, Riverside. $12,701, in favor of Advantage Testing off Westchester LLC, Rye, New York, by Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 15 Pilot Rock Lane, Riverside. Filed Jan. 26.

LIENS Federal Tax Liens Filed Bonfiglio Inc., 17 Lark Ave., White Plains, New York. $6,453, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 12.

Deck, David, 16 Orchard Place, Greenwich. $7,393, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 12.

Deck, David, 16 Orchard Place, Greenwich. $387, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 12.

Deck, David, 16 Orchard Place, Greenwich. $894, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 12.

Ermert, Lida, 28 Westminster Road, Danbury. $52,138, civil proceeding tax. Filed Dec. 16.

Kipp, Erik I. and Heather A. Kipp, 217 Bronson Road, Southport. $78,102, civil proceeding tax.

Filed Dec. 16.

Madrid, Maria, 33 Crescent St., Shelton. $105,201, civil proceeding tax. Filed Dec. 22.

Ritzzo, Gail and Michael Ritzzo, 13 White Birch Ridge, Weston. $4,994, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 4.

LIS PENDENS Attias, Richard, et al, Greenwich.

Filed by John M. McNicholas, Ridgefield, for Piotr LLC. Property: 532 North St., Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 8.

Feica, Lee S. and Sara Feica, Fairfield. Filed by Halloran & Sage LLP, Hartford, for BCMB1 Trust.

Property: 965 High St., Fairfield.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Jan. 15.

Hallgrimur, Sigtryggsson, et al, Stamford. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for Towd Point Mortgage Trust. Property: 110 Van Rensselaer Ave., Stamford.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Jan. 15.

Facts & Figures Karageorge, John, et al, Fairfield.

Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for US Bank Trust National Association. Property: 103 Brookside Drive, Fairfield. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 19.

Natiss, Kenneth, Greenwich.

Filed by Law Offices of Heidi E. Opinsky LLC, Stamford, for Patricia Natiss. Property: 6 Coachlamp Lane, Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Jan. 7.

Petuck, Stacy J., et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for MEB LOAN Trust IV. Property: 80 Doubling Road, Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 19.

Riis, Mette, et al, Greenwich.

Filed by Philip Russell LLC, Cos Cob, for Peter Hansen and Sarah Kencel. Property: 56 Wesskum Wood Road, Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 21.

Rivas, Edgar J., et al, Fairfield.

Filed by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Mosswood Condominium Association Inc. Property: 245 Unquowa Road, Unit 98, Fairfield.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Jan. 25.

Toon, Tai, Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust. Property: 99 Prospect St., Unit P 7J, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage.

Filed Jan. 25.

Troland, Lisa A., et al, Fairfield.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society.

Property: 104 Florence Lane, Fairfield. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Jan. 28.

Wall, Deborah J., et al, Stamford.

Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for Citizens Bank NA. Property: 180 Turn of River Road, Unit 4D, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 15.

MORTGAGES Addeo, Craig H. and Lala Addeo, Greenwich, by Jeremy E. Kaye. Lender: First Republic Bank, 111 Pine St., San Francisco, California. Property: 62 Wesskum Wood Road, Riverside. Amount: $1,200,000. Filed Dec. 8.

Alickovic, Arnela, Stamford,

by Joseph J. Cessario. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 6850 Miller Road, Brecksville, Ohio.

Property: 1 Broad St., Unit 15E, Stamford. Amount: $528,750. Filed Dec. 23.

Altieri, John S., Fairfield, by Felicia B. Watson. Lender: First Republic Bank, 111 Pine St., San Francisco, California. Property: 771 Reef Road, Fairfield. Amount: $555,975. Filed Dec. 15.

Bethray, Adrian J. and Sandra J. Bethray, Stamford, by Aaron Charney. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 44 Shelter Rock Road, Stamford. Amount: $476,387. Filed Dec. 21.

Carey, Ellen S., Stamford, by Loretta F. Glazier. Lender: Quicken Loans LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 44 Belltown Road, Stamford. Amount: $270,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Celentano, Jacklynn, Norwalk,

by John Bove. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 19 Little Fox Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $435,000. Filed Dec. 7.

Dellacamera, Phyllis, Greenwich, by James Kavanagh. Lender: First Bank of Greenwich, 444 E Putnam Ave., Cos Cob. Property: 25 Fairview Terrace, Greenwich.

Amount: $1,130,000. Filed Dec. 7.

Keyes, Whitney M., Fairfield,

by Christ Barrato. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 111 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $660,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Rhame, Beth Harris, Fairfield,

by Donald P. Tutson. Lender: UBS Bank USA, 299 S. Main St., Suite 2275, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 271 High Meadow Road, Southport.

Amount: $715,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Ding, Ke and Andrew Errichetti, Stamford, by Gillian Ingraham.

Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio.

Property: 2539 Bedford St., Unit 35K, Stamford. Amount: $277,000.

Filed Dec. 21.

McCaffrey, Joseph M. and Wendy J. McCaffrey, Norwalk,

by Robert E. Colapietro. Lender: Shamrock Home Loans Inc, 75 Newman Ave., East Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 2 Wild Rose Lane, Norwalk. Amount: $142,000. Filed Dec. 7.

Robinson, Kellian E. and Cristine A. Robinson, Greenwich, by Robert V. Sisca. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 145 Bank St., Waterbury. Property: 800 Lake Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $1,110,000.

Filed Dec. 7.

Dreyer, Peter and Kerryann O’Malley, Stamford, by Stephen J. Schelz. Lender: People’s United Bank National Association, 850 Main St., Bridgeport. Property: 263 Barncroft Road, Stamford.

Amount: $809,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Gladstone, Daniel P., Norwalk,

by Herbert I. Mendelsohn.

Lender: Quicken Loans LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

Property: 61 Neponsit St., Stamford.

Amount: $180,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Iafolla, Brian Jeffrey and Adrianna Lisa Iafolla, Fairfield, by unreadable. Lender: Leader Bank NA, 864 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, Massachusetts. Property: 180 Primrose Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $510,400. Filed Dec. 16.

Judelson, Bruce I. and Deborah A. Judelson, Fairfield, by Laurence P. Nadel. Lender: First Republic Bank, 111 Pine St., San Francisco, California. Property: 163 Harbor Road, Fairfield. Amount: $500,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Kalubandi, Sridhar, Greenwich,

by Shauna Rose-Larmond. Lender: Better Mortgage Corp., 120 Broadway, Fifth floor, New York, New York. Property: 75 Cos Cob Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $365,933.

Filed Dec. 8.

Morris, Joseph and Mary M. Morris, Greenwich, by James Kavanagh. Lender: US Bank National Association, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 9 Cottage Court, Greenwich.

Amount: $712,800. Filed Dec. 7.

Pelton Amelia, Norwalk, by Heather M. Brown-Olsen. Lender: Amerisave Mortgage Corp., 8 Piedmont Center, Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia. Property: 20 Bartlett Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $255,000. Filed Dec. 7.

Perrin, Augusta, Greenwich, by Daniel II. Walsh. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 37 Stag Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $700,000. Filed Dec. 9.

Quintana, Joshua and Brenda LaFuente, Norwalk, by Carole M. Gilchrist. Lender: Loandepot.com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 6 Harris St., Norwalk. Amount: $404,282. Filed Dec. 7.

Rennert, Peter A., Fairfield, by Jason W. Messina. Lender: Baycoast Mortgage Company LLC, 330 Swansea Mall Drive, Swansea, Massachusetts. Property: 322 Adley Road, Fairfield. Amount: $189,000.

Filed Dec. 18.

SRQ 496 Lake Holdings LLC, Greenwich, by Kingsley O Obi. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 601 Oakmont Lane, Suite 300, Westmont, Illinois. Property: 496 Lake Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $5,400,000. Filed Dec. 9.

Tarrant, Kevin M. and Ellen Tarrant, Norwalk, by Dorian Arbelaez. Lender: Newrez LLC, 1100 Virginia Drive, Suite 125, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: 6 Mayflower Road, Norwalk.

Amount: $444,000. Filed Dec. 7.

White, John D. and Paulette White, Fairfield, by Cameron Elizabeth Snyder. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 145 Bank St., Waterbury.

Property: 130 Hanford Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $365,000. Filed Dec. 18.

PATENTS Aqueous ink composition comprising polyisoprene. Patent no. 10,907,058 issued to Naveen Chopra, et al. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Carbon filament lamp array.

Patent no. 10,906,333 issued to Roger Leighton, et al. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Digital image paper registration error correction through image shear. Patent no. 10,911,606 issued to Chu-heng Liu, et al.

Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Helicopter tail rotor blades and blade assemblies. Patent no.

10,906,638 issued to Krzysztof Kopanski, et al. Assigned to Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford.

Method and system for generating and printing three-dimensional barcodes. Patent no.

10,906,247 issued to Eliud Flores, et al. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Method for operating a constant-pressure filament driver to an extruder head in a three-dimensional object printer. Patent no. 10,906,224 issued to Barry Mandel, et al.

Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Solvent-free phase-inversion emulsification process for producing amorphous polyester resin emulsions. Patent no.

10,907,016 issued to Hajir Mokhtari, et al. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Ultrasonic removal methods of three-dimensionally printed parts. Patent no. 10,906,244 issued to Robert B. Anderson Jr., et al.

Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Vibration control assembly.

Patent no. 10,906,635 issued to Stephen Eberle, et al. Assigned to Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford.

Vibration control assembly for an aircraft and method of controlling aircraft vibration.

Patent no. 10,906,636 issued to William Welsh, et al. Assigned to Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford.

Waterborne clear ink compositions. Patent no. 10,907,059 issued to Naveen Chopra, et al. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

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LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of J.A.G. Auto Transport, LLC filed with SSNY on 12/09/20. Office location: 14 Maple Street, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to J.A.G. Auto Transport, LLC, 14 Maple Street, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62752 Rosedale Property LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/12/2020.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 603 Harrison Ave., Harrison, NY 10528. General Purpose #62753 Notice of Formation of (based) Goods, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State (NYSS) on 12/28/2020. Off. location: Westchester County. The NYSS is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Forward service of process to: 1767 Central Park Avenue, #402 Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: to conduct any lawful business activity. #62755 PostProJake, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/21/2020. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Jacob S Pippin, 34 Greenlawn Rd, Katonah, NY 10536.

General Purpose #62756 Kelly Friends LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/04/2020.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to One Renaissance Square, White Plains, NY 10601.

General Purpose. #62757

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Notice of Formation of Eldorado Court LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/22/2020. NY Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 64 Eldorado Court, White Plains, New York 10603.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #62758 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABIITY COMPANY. NAME: MELLGREN SOLUTIONS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/17/2020.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as an agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 34 Hill and Dale Road, Cortlandt Manor, New York 10567. Term: Until (Perpetual); Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #62759 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: BeauxLion LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/30/2020.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 18 Meadow Brook Road, Katonah, NY 10536.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #62760 NME Properties LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/18/2020. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Nicole Martucci, 290 Drake Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10805.

General Purpose #62761

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El Rincon Colombiano LLC. Art of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/19/2020 Office: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 2303 Villa At The Woods Peekskill, NY 10566 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62762

Notice of Formation of LKF Consulting Services, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/19/2020. Office Location: Westchester County SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 104 Parkview Dr. Bronxville, NY 10708.Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62768

King Elias Ambulette, LLC Art of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/20/2017.

Office loc. Westchester County. Cert of Amendment filed with SSNY on 12/28/2020.

Name changed to King Elias At 76 Chestnut, LLC. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served and shall mail copy of any process to the LLC, 8 Park Avenue, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose of LLC: all lawful activities #62764

Notice of Formation of WESTMONT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC. Arts. of Org. files with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/19/19.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Marc Samwick, 709 Westchester Ave., Ste. 300, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62769

MEADOW SHOPPE LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/6/21. Office location: Westchester.

SSNY has been desig. as an agent of the LLC upon whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to Nicole Schmidt, 5 Old Mamaroneck Rd., Apt 4L, White Plains, NY 10605. General Purpose #62766 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: SUPERIOR COLLISION, LLC. LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/24/2020.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Superior Collision, LLC., 3228 Albany Post Road, Buchanan, NY 10511, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62767

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99 Cleveland Drive LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/12/2021.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Barnard Doran, 30 Grand Street, Croton On Hudson, NY 10520. General Purpose #62770 MFB Ortho Services LLC Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State on January 15, 2021. Office located in WESTCHESTER COUNTY. Secy. Of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. Of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/ her to: 27 Foothill Rd. Bronxville, NY 10708 (the LLCs primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #62771

Sealed bids will be received as set forth in Instructions to Bidders (https://www.dot. ny.gov/bids-and-lettings/construction-contractors/important-info) until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at the NYSDOT, Office of Contract Management, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Maps, Plans and Specifications may be seen at Electronic documents and Amendments which are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/const-notices.

The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

Region 02: New York State Department of Transportation 207 Genesee Street, Utica, NY, 13501 D264453, PIN S12420, Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, Yates Cos., 2021 -2024 Statewide Emergency Bridge Contract Regions 1 - 10, Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $75,000.00), Goals: MBE: 0.00%, WBE: 0.00%, SDVOB: 6.00%

Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Bids may also be submitted via the internet using www.bidx.com. A certified cashier’s check payable to the NYSDOT for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, form CONR 391, representing 5% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/ opportunities/const-notices. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/const-planholder. Amendments may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification.

Contact Robert Kitchen (518)457-2124.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to D/W/MBEs. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

Region 08: New York State Department of Transportation 4 Burnett Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603 D264286, PIN 881204, FA Proj Z230-8812-043, Dutchess, Ulster, Westchester Cos., Traffic Signal, Sidewalk, etc. Improvements at 7 Locations in Fishkill, Greenburgh, Hyde Park, Kingston & Scarsdale., Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $200,000.00), Goals: DBE: 6.00%

LEGAL NOTICES Bofabri Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/8/2021.

Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Francesco D. Nesci, 2 Beechtree Dr., Larchmont, NY 10538. General Purpose #62772 Notice of Formation of The TriFocal Advisor, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/22/20.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Company, 80 State Street, Albany, New York, 12207-2543.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62773 Paula Lincoln LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 3/5/2020. NY office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for process.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o The LLC, 145 Westchester Ave., Tuckahoe, NY 10707.

Any lawful act or activity #62774 BB & H LI LLC Filed 4/15/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 570 Taxter Road, Suite 550, Elmsford, NY 10523 Reg. Agent: USA Corporate Services Inc, 19 W 34th St Ste 1018, New York, NY 10001.

Purpose: All lawful #62775 Monticello Venture Capital LLC. Filed 10/27/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 34 Norm Ave, Bedford Hills, NY 10507 Purpose: All lawful #62776

Notice of formation of Rossana Valentino Textiles, LLC. Art.of Org. filed with the SSNY on Jan. 6, 2021. Office: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 137 Cedar Lane, Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #62777 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC): C. F. S. Consortium, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed on January 5, 2021. The LLC is located in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: the principal business location of LLC at 104 N. Lawn Avenue, Elmsford, NY 10523.

Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62778 Christian Schreib Architect, PLLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/11/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Christian P. Schreib, 657 Forest Ave., Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: Architecture #62779 Notice of Formation of Kotahís Cakes, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/9/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 342 Westchester Ave. Port Chester, NY 10573.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #62780

Notice of Formation of Lighty Lockhart, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/04/2019.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 104 N. Lawn Ave. Elmsford NY, 10523. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62781 Notice of Formation of Pancake Punch LLC filed with SSNY on 11/18/20. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 100 Fisher Ave #506 White Plains, NY 10602.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62782 Seanís Lawn Care & Property Maintenance, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/28/20. Office: Westchester County.

United States Corporations Agents, Inc. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to United States Corporations Agents, Inc. at 714 13th Avenue, Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62783 7 Victoria Lane LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 9/19/2019. NY office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for process.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o The LLC, 145 Westchester Ave., Tuckahoe, NY 10707.

Any lawful act or activity. #62784 Notice of Formation of The DiMartino Group, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/28/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The DiMartino Group LLC, 445 Tarrytown Rd. Suite 1160, White Plains, NY, 10607. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62785

Mako Apparel LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/06/20.

Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 125 King St., Chappaqua, NY. 10514.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62786 Notice of Formation of Noop Innovations, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/10/21. Offc.

Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 188 Murray Avenue, Larchmont., NY 10538.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62787 Notice of Formation of Lady & The Plant LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/07/21. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Lady & The Plant LLC, 40 Smith Street, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62788 Notice of Formation of Barone Highview LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/07/2021.

Office location: Westchester County.

Princ. Office of LLC: 20 Highview Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the address of its principle office.

Purpose: Any lawful activity. #62789

BCS Cleaning Services LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/18/2020.

Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 50 Guion Pl., apt.

2E, New Rochelle, NY 10801. General Purpose #62790

Notice of Formation of Terra Ferma NY, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/1/21. Offc.

Loc: Putnam Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, PO Box 124 Armonk NY 10504. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62792

Notice of Formation of F.L.Y. Fully Love Yourself, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/19/2020. Offc.

Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62791

JAMES HARDEE ENTERPRISES LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/01/2021.

Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 20 Bonnefoy Place Apt.3 New Rochelle, NY 10805. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62793

Notice of Formation of NSCH Enterprise, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/28/21. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to NSCH Enterprise LLC, 9 West Prospect Avenue, Suite 210, Mt Vernon, New York 10550. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62794 Notice of Formation of SCM Real Estate Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/28/21. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to SCM Real Estate Management LLC, 9 W Prospect Ave., # 210, Mt Vernon, New York 10550. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62795

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PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EMPLOYEES DURING COVID-19 RECOVERY You need to make sure that they’re healthy and you need to make sure that there’s a sense that you as an employer have their best interests at heart.

However, you will find there are circumstances with the potential for employer liability. There are quite a few State, Federal and NYC employment laws you need to be very sensitive to in terms of whether you can compel somebody to come to work…”

(Excerpted from the Westchester County Business Journal, Aug. 3.)

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