Hartford, CT | Luke Massirio and Thom Wilks of O,R&L Commercial have completed the sale of 2 properties for the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA). The 2 properties were 171 Murphy Road, Hartford, and 211 Murphy Road, Hartford. The properties were purchased together for $12 Million, which was $2,100,000 over the asking price. 171 Murphy was offered at 1 million with 211 offered at 8.9 million respectively. O,R&L represented the seller, Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA), in the transaction and also procured the buyer, Murphy Road Holdings Inc., owned by Enfield based USA Waste and Recycling. They had previously purchased the 7,300 SF Watertown transfer station located on Echo Road for $2.55 million back in Sept. 2024. Of the four properties that were put up for sale in June of this year, there is only one left, the 10,280 SF building located at 217 Sadds Mill Rd in Ellington is awaiting subdivision from the abutting Landfill. O,R&L was selected by MIRA to handle the disposition of all four assets.
211 Murphy Road, is a 92,616-square-foot industrial building that is fully equipped and permitted as a single- and dual-stream recycling facility, includes a weigh station and access rights to a rail spur, and was also the former home of The Trash Museum and 171 Murphy Road, is an adjacent one-story, 19,200-square-foot industrial building.
MIRA made the decision to close its Hartford trash plant in 2022 after it failed to come up with the financing for a redevelopment plan of the aging property. MIRA as a governing entity was dissolved and replaced by the MIRA Dissolution Authority, which is overseeing the property sales.
O,R&L Commercial, LLC with offices in Branford and Rocky Hill represents landlords, tenants, sellers and buyers in the office, retail, medical, multi-family, investment and industrial markets.
O,R&L Integrated Services is a full service real estate firm that specializes in Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, Commercial Construction, and Facility Management and Maintenance. For additional information on this sale or other transactions you may contact O,R&L Commercial at 860-721-0033 or 203-488-1555 and for more information regarding O,R&L Commercial, visit online at www.orlcommercial.com.
