The $19-million project will consist of three separate buildings, all configured for the biotechnology, technology and medical industries, according to Michael Belfonti, president and chief executive officer of Belfonti Associates of Hamden.
"The market for this type of development has finally come full circle," says Belfonti. "We have received numerous inquiries regarding space requirements and although we are building the project on speculation, we are confident that the first phase will be leased very quickly."
Belfonti and Secondino originally purchased the site in 1993. After several years of marketing the property, the ownership and several entrepreneurs decided to develop a two-surface skating rink on a little more than six acres of the property.
The ice rink, which was built in 1999 and cost approximately $5 million to construct, is owned by Belfonti Associates, A. Secondino & Son, John Lashar and Marty Ross. Secondino notes that the Northford Ice Pavilion is currently home to Quinnipiac University's Division I hockey teams, six high school teams, two youth hockey organizations, one boys' junior hockey team and one girls' youth hockey organization.
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