Avison Young Lands Lease for Baseball, Softball Facility in Trumbull

Fairfield, CT – Avison Young has secured a long-term lease for a new baseball and softball training facility at 30 Nutmeg Drive in Trumbull, CT.

D-BAT Trumbull is scheduled to open in late fall of 2018. Lou Bunosso, a Shelton native who now lives in Southbury and is a long-time area baseball and softball coach, will oversee operations at the facility, which has 20,487 square feet. The business agreed to a 10-year lease. The franchise is the first D-BAT facility in Connecticut.

“D-BAT has more than 20 years of successfully fulfilling the original vision, which is that the best way to teach the game was by getting into the details of baseball and softball with each and every player and instructing them as individuals,’’ Bunosso said.

D-BAT will offer batting cages, lessons, camps and clinics, and a shop to purchase baseball and softball equipment and apparel. The business will also offer membership packages that will reduce the cost of lessons, camps and shop purchases.

D-BAT was founded in 1998 by Cade and Kyle Griffis in Texas. The company expects to have nearly 60 franchises by the end of 2018. Players who have trained at D-BAT include Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, 2016 World Series MVP Ben Zobrist of the Chicago Cubs and a slew of players who were first-round selections in the Major League Baseball draft. D-Bat is ranked among the Top 500 Franchise list by Entrepreneur Magazine.

“D-BAT has as a core belief that every player plays a different game and should be taught to maximize his or her talents to suit his or her game,’’ Bunosso said. “We also wanted to create a new type of baseball academy where there are multiple ways for a player to improve beyond the typical baseball and softball training facility. D-BAT is now moving to expand its prestigious academies to reach even more players and enhance the baseball and softball experience for players at all levels.”

Bunosso cited Avison Young’s expertise in Fairfield and New Haven counties and its experience in industrial real estate in choosing them to look for space for his business. The deal was brokered by Christopher Grundy and Eva Komreich. The facility is located in Trumbull Corporate Park with easy access to Interstate 95, Merritt Parkway and Route 8.

Bunosso promises ballplayers will find training facility unlike any in the county. The facility will have 16 cages to allow players to work on hitting, defense, pitching, strength and agility. It will include state-of-the-art pitching machines that throw real baseballs and softballs, and a monitoring system, Hit-Traxx, that will allow players to analyze their swing with the most cutting-edge technology.

“We are not about teams, games or tournaments,’’ Bunosso said. “Rather, we focus on training every player to be the best they can be regardless of age or talent level, and to have fun while doing so.”

Learn more about D-BAT Trumbull at its website, https://www.dbattrumbull.com/

Avison Young is one of the world’s fastest-growing commercial real estate services firm. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Avison Young is a collaborative, global firm owned and operated by its principals. Founded in 1978, the company comprises 2,600 real estate professionals in 84 offices, providing value-added, client-centric investment sales, leasing, advisory, management, financing and mortgage placement services to owners and occupiers of office, retail, industrial and multi-family and hospitality properties.

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Mary Awad, 203.658.6606, mary.awad@avisonyoung.com

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