The 234 Apartment

Written by Michael P. Walsh WEST HAVEN, CT — Clasping a pair of oversize scissors, Mayor Edward M. O’Brien cut the ceremonial ribbon Thursday with Acorn Group founder David A. Beckerman and Vice President Gary S. Letendre to mark the grand opening of Acorn’s The Atwood, an $18 million apartment and commercial development at 222 Boston Post Road aimed at making the neighborhood around the Allingtown Green a destination. As many of the new building’s residents, all students of the nearby University of New Haven, moved into their new digs, O’Brien touted The Atwood’s highly anticipated opening as “one example of how we are transforming West Haven through economic development .” “This area is transforming before our eyes,” O’Brien told a group of more than a dozen city officials and project executives moments before the afternoon ribbon -cutting, which also included Jay Brotman , managing partner of the New Haven architectural firm Svigals + Partners, state Rep. Michael A. DiMass...

MORTGAGES Selected mortgages filed with Kent County Register of Deeds SCHONDELMAYER, Chad et al, Lake Michigan Credit Union , Crystal Springs Plat No. 3, Lot 136, $315,875 KIRBY, Catherine J. et al, Quicken Loans, Walker, 2-7-12, $245,600 DAY, Eric G. et al, ChoiceOne Bank, Condo-Knockadoon Condominiums, $316,033 LOWE, Nathan et al, AmeriFirst Financial Corp ., Eastwood Plat, Lot 22, $223,250 KARCZEWSKI, Scott et al, Lake Michigan Credit Union , Grattan Twp., 17-8-9, $274,500 HAGA, Scott et al, Mercantile Bank Of Michigan, Princeton Estates No. 16, Lot 618, $219,600 SCHMIDT, Nancy A. et al, Finance Of America Reverse, Apple Valley Plat No. 3, Lot 31, $324,000 MULLINS, Lawrence H. et al, Independent Bank, Cascade Twp., 20-6-10, $256,410 COXON, Brad et al, ChoiceOne Bank, Solon Twp., 15-10-11, $260,000 3015 DORMAX LLC, Economic Development Foundation , Grand Rapids Gravel Industrial Park No. 2, Lot 37, $225,000 FASSETT, Brennan et al, Quicken Loans, Vergennes Twp., 31-7-9, $368,475 S...