At the 2015 New Haven Middlesex CID (Commercial Investment Division) Awards dinner, the 140 member organization recognized the largest transactions of the year.  The Proto Group is pleased to announce that Lou Proto received awards for the largest ground lease transaction of the year and largest retail lease of the year, and that Steve Patten was awarded the largest retail sale of the year. 

The ground lease was a 20-year lease to Cumberland Farms at 249 State Street, North Haven; the retail lease was a 10,400 sf lease for 10 years to Fresh Formats at 1262 Post Road, Fairfield; the retail sale was a 5,400 sf restaurant at 285 Boston Post Road, Orange purchased by Eli’s.