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A modern, 28,702-square-foot medical office building in the center of East Hartford recently sold for $3.9 million. Merchant East Hartford I LLC sold the 15-year-old medical building at 893 Main St. to Brooklyn-based Twenty Equities LLC, in a deal logged by the town on March 13. The buyer’s principal is Brooklyn real estate investor Gershon Eichorn. Attempts to reach Eichorn were unsuccessful. The seller traces back through other limited liability companies to Larry Nirenberg, of Wayland, Massachusetts, who was also unreachable.

An 11-acre retail plaza off Route 5 in East Hartford sold for $6.7 million in a deal recorded Dec. 8. East Hartford Development Director Eileen Buckheit said a broker representing the new owners said they plan to install a roughly 23,000-square-foot Indian grocery as an anchor tenant. Buckheit said the new owners also plan to complete a façade renovation started under the prior owner. The nearly 150,000-square-foot plaza at the corner of Ellington Road and School Street also hosts a fitness center, Dunkin’ Donuts and other tenants.

“I just want to thank everyone for supporting local businesses, small businesses especially because mom and pop shops like myself, it’s hard,” said Robar. To encourage even more people to shop local, East Hartford Development Director Eileen Buckheit created East Hartford Shops. Beginning this week, customers who spend at least $10 at an East Hartford retailer or restaurant can submit their receipt for a chance to win a $50 gift card to a local business of their choice. “We’re trying to support our local businesses during this really difficult pandemic, trying to get them through th...